I generally like riding at night. It's a lot of fun!
But I'm wary now after an incident last summer.
My bf, another friend, and I were night riding with full lights on a rural road and a huge racoon jumped out of a ditch right into my bfs rear wheel. Kicked the bike right out from underneath him. He went down. Knocked out (helmet cracked). Grade 3 concussion, minor brain hemmorage (sp?). Surly CC did not have a scratch on it.

Cars I can deal with. Critters totally unpredicable.