I didn't look at the video, but if you've been on a blacktop road on a moonless night miles away from any light source you don't have to be speeding to hit something..be it cows, deer, moose, you name it.
I hit a deer going to a disturbance call a while back. My in-car camera was running so we, (my chief deputy, sheriff and I) analyzed the footage and saw where the deer stepped out from the head high Johnson grass and into the roadway. Using the center stripes for reference we determined the deer was 67 feet away from the car when it entered the roadway. At the posted speed of 70 mph you travel 102.67' per second. It takes on average 1/4 second to recognize a threat in the roadway, 1/4 second to take evasive action, and 1/4 second for the vehicle to respond, ie slow down.
According to my calculations for me to have been able to avoid the deer I would've had to drive 46 mph, or 67.46 feet per second. Now, if your drunk brother-in-law is whaling on you do you want me to drive 46 mph across the county to your house?
That's why they call them accidents...some things just happen.
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