Editing Roadkill (section)

===Night driving===
Although strikes can happen at any time of day, deer tend to move at dusk and dawn, and are particularly active during the October–December [[Estrous cycle|mating season]] as well as late March and early April in the Northern Hemisphere.<ref name="DrvEd" /> Driving at night presents its own challenges: nocturnal species are active, and visibility, particularly side visibility, is reduced. Penguins, for example, are common roadkill traffic victims in [[Wellington, New Zealand]] due to their color and the fact that they come ashore at dusk and leave again around dawn.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://blog.forestandbird.org.nz/the-demise-of-juan-carlos-and-his-feathered-friends/ |title=Roadkill in Wellington |date=13 September 2015 |access-date=13 September 2015}}</ref>

Night time drivers should reduce speed and use high beam headlights when possible to give themselves maximum time to avoid a collision.<ref name="DrvEd" /> However, when headlights approach a nocturnal animal, it is hard for the creature to see the approaching car (nocturnal animals see better in low than in bright light). Furthermore, the glare of oncoming vehicle headlights can dazzle some species, such as rabbits; they will freeze in the road rather than flee. It may be better to flash the headlights on and off, rather than leaving them on continuously while approaching an animal.<ref name="SFarm" />

The simple tactics of reducing speed and scanning both sides of the road for foraging deer can improve driver safety at night, and drivers may see the [[Tapetum lucidum|retro-reflection]] of an animal's eyes before seeing the animal itself.<ref name="Chan" /><ref name="DefDrv" /><ref name="OntHbk">{{cite web|title=Animals on the road |url=http://www.mto.gov.on.ca/english/dandv/driver/handbook/section2.10.7.shtml |website=Ontario Ministry of Transportation: Driver's Handbook |publisher=Government of Ontario |access-date=2016-02-28}}</ref>