WTOP: DC experienced a 63% increase in highway deaths

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Cell phones.

It's not the speeding, its the distracted driving. Even on hands free calls, people are not focusing fully on their surroundings.

This. I see drivers on their handheld phones frequently. They can be easily identified because they are driving slower than the traffic flow, encouraging others to swerve around them, and they wander across the lanes of traffic.

[Anonymous]

It’s got to be azz hats on phones.

[Anonymous]

Cars have unnecessary horsepower. Drivers are too distracted with technology and phones. And drivers are too reliant on safety interventions like antilock brakes. They are exceeding their abilities. We need much better driver education and robust enforcement.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Cars have unnecessary horsepower. Drivers are too distracted with technology and phones. And drivers are too reliant on safety interventions like antilock brakes. They are exceeding their abilities. We need much better driver education and robust enforcement.

+1. Let's get rid of seat belts too. It's just a crutch for unsafe drivers.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I hate to ask, but is the variation within the error bars for the measurement?

I know, I know, chill out. Don't do science. Just feel.

Fellow scientist here.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is a ridiculous level of click bait. The "jump" from 8 to 13, comparing quarters when no one drove to now when the roads are normal again is not even newsworthy. So dumb.

Exactly. Totally salacious headline. Even 13 is a very tiny number for a city of 680k people, plus transient and commuter traffic

[Anonymous]

Obviously the solution is to lower all speed limits to 10 mph. Bikes included. With GPS enforcement and massive fines and vehicle confiscation.


That should make everyone safe.

I mean, if it just saves ONE life, it’s worth it, right?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Let's talk about the real DC numbers. It was 8 in 2021 and 13 in 2022. It's more likely to have a high occupancy vehicle involved in a crash or two than to make sweeping generalizations about year over year enhanced safety with new technology.

The above matters.

The other day, I saw a woman driving down the wrong side of the road. She was looking at her phone.