A 3-minute lesson from the Wyoming course. Read the rules and examples, follow the handbook page references, and check your understanding before you move on.
Wyoming's big-game herds make animal collisions a real danger on rural highways. They kill animals and sometimes people, and can wreck your vehicle. You can't prevent every one, but you can lower the odds and the damage.
Know the rule
Animal collisions can happen any time of year but are most common in fall and spring, when animals migrate between summer and winter ranges.
If a collision seems inevitable, don't swerve suddenly; your risk of injury may be greater. Brake as quickly as you safely can and keep the vehicle under control and on the road.
At dusk near a river, a deer steps onto the highway 100 feet ahead and a car is close behind you. Tap your brakes and sound your horn, slow as quickly as you safely can, and stay in your lane rather than swerving into the ditch or oncoming traffic.
Check your understanding
Read the question, decide on an answer, then open it to check the explanation. These are Roadwise study questions based on the source handbook.
Flashing your headlights at an animal on the road can sometimes cause the opposite of the desired effect and 'freeze' it in place.
True
False
Answer: True
Be careful about flashing your headlights because one unintended effect may be to freeze the deer or other animal on the road directly ahead.