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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The needless bloodshed needs to stop:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/11/06/reckless-driving-is-causing-spike-traffic-fatalities-we-must-do-better/

Please slow down and don't worry so much about other people in front of you going the speed limit.  Road rage kills!!![/quote]

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The immediate cause of the on-the-road carnage is not mysterious. Both police records and public polling — not to mention personal observations — [b]show a major decline in good behavior by the nation’s drivers[/b] over the course of the pandemic. Semi-empty streets early in the pandemic permitted speeding and risky attitudes that persisted even as the economy reopened.

According to a recent survey by Erie Insurance, [b]a majority of drivers say they noticed more drivers driving at high speeds than they had previously.[/b] One in 10 admitted to doing it themselves.

[b]Drag racing is up[/b], too. In California, [b]the number of people receiving tickets for driving more than 100 miles per hour nearly doubled during the pandemic.[/b] So is driving under the influence. Nevada Highway Patrol busted almost twice as many people for driving under the influence in April 2020 than they did the same month the year prior.

[b]The victims are young and old, rich and poor. They have died when cars spin out of control. They have died in multi-car crashes. And they have died when cars struck them while they were walking or biking.[/b] Less than 24 hours before Ruggs crashed into Tintor, an alleged drunken driver in Mississippi killed Allison Conaway, 39, and her 6-month-old son — and severely injured her two daughters. The day after, Wilma Chan, 72, a longtime San Francisco-area politician, was hit and killed while crossing a street in Alameda, Calif., with her dog.[/quote]

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