In the little area I live in there are at least 20 deer/elk collisions a year. There are a few fatalities, mostly be people who aren't from around here and don't know to watch the sides of the road. Almost everyone drives with high beams on, and noone whines too much - even a cop coming at you - because everyone needs the lights on the sides to see the critters.
Now for funny: I was going home the other day in the Cobra and actually slowed down and honked at a prairie rat (some of you might call them prairie dogs). I could just see this vermin whacking my
oil cooler with his gnarly teeth to spite me before its brains collided with the car.