I think you’re right. But it’s still a good idea to be very careful what you say to the police, because they’ll put it in their report and then the prosecutors will have more stuff to twist and distort.
I hit a deer once on a desolate stretch on OH 32, the Honorable James A. Rhodes Memorial Highway.
The cop asked my how fast I was going. I told him 65. He said, "You might not want to tell me that (the speed limit was 60.)"