Not true.
First of all, hitting any animal (dog, cat, coyote, racoon, squirrel, bird or even frog or snake) in not coll at all (at least for me).
That night there was no way to stop (heavy traffic behind me and no shoulder), so I turned around, drove back with all lights on, but there was nothing on the road. Parked near by and checked both sides of the road (ditches). No even trace of anything. I also checked under the car to see if nothing got sucked in. Na damage to the bumper or fender either. I was doing 35mph at that time (coasting to the stop sign) so maybe soft plastic bumper saved that poor creature.
As for the bird I am sure it's gone - no way it could survive the contact at 60mph.
Anyway, last night I checked my Osram LED Fog lights if they can blind oncoming traffic when I use them at night (nothing sophisticated - just squat 100 yards in front of the truck and see at what height I am below the cut-off). Osram LED Fogs have black/white cut off with almost no glare above the cut off line. And because they are aimed below headlights they can be seen as white front accent lights.
So I decided to use my Osram LED Fogs when driving at night - flat wide projection lets me see both shoulders if front of me where low beams don't put any light. For country roads driving at night 2010-2013 T4R low beams suck big time. I don't know about 2014+ models but projectors in 2012 Mazda 5 where much better than that. Definitely I'm going to convert my low beams to projectors soon.
