Drivers 16% more likely to hit deer next week — the time change may be why

HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — Texas drivers, beware. Your chances of hitting a deer are at their highest now through next week.For a week after clocks change this Sunday, motorists are 16% more likely to run into a deer, according to a recent report that examined a dataset of more than one million instances of vehicles colliding with deer across 23 states in the United States. Video: Deer chases woman on Rutgers’ campusA team of researchers from the University of Washington in S