Most dangerous time of day to ride?

[jrns_imp]

In rural Nova Scotia ..animals pose a greater threat than cars - in particular deer. Which makes dawn and dusk very dangerous. We have no rush hours, or things like lane splitting. we barely have traffic- but we do have many distracted drivers. they are everywhere and pose as much hazard as deer and therefore the danger exists whatever time of day you ride.
As a new rider I'm as vigilant and defensive as can be- and last season I had 3 very close calls from distracted drivers who didn't see me -but I saw them (fortunately).