Flashers will alert any other vehicles that you are parked on the side of the road. Leave your headlights on as well. You may want to get out of the car to get a close up view and take pictures. Use good judgment on where it is safe to Night Drive and when it is safe to park and get out of the car. What To Look For Sticks, in the road.
Snakes look a lot like sticks at first.
In the beginning, you will find yourself stopping for every stick you see, but with practice you will learn that particular snake look, that is unique only to them. You will undoubtedly stop for a variety of odds and ends, including bicycle inner tubes, pieces of hose, fan belts and other goofy things. It is fun to write down in your log all the things you thought were snakes but weren't. Movement in the road. Movement is the first obvious clue that there is an animal in the road.