Posted on 08/09/2021 9:11:14 AM PDT by karpov
Motorists put the pedal to the metal during the pandemic and police are worried as roads get busy with the final stretch of summer travel.
The latest data shows the number of highway deaths in 2020 was the greatest in more than a decade even though cars and trucks drove fewer miles during the pandemic.
“Summer is an incredibly dangerous time. And it culminates with Labor Day, that last hurrah,” said Pam Shadel Fischer of the Governors Highway Safety Association.
Traffic data indicates the higher death toll was related to higher average speeds in conjunction with more of those on the roads driving under the influence of drugs and alcohol and a slight decline in seatbelt use.
Motorists do not seem to be slowing down.
“People are flying down the roads,” Maine State Police Cpl. Doug Cropper said of summer traffic on Interstate 95. “It’s just ridiculous.”
Tickets issued by the California Highway Patrol for speeding in excess of 100 mph from January to June were nearly double pre-pandemic levels, and the number of tickets for reckless driving citations grew, as well, officials said.
In New York state, the percentage of fatalities for which speeding was the primary cause and the total number of speeding tickets grew from January through June, compared to the year before the pandemic, officials said.
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The extreme speeding dates to the early days of the pandemic.
With police distracted by civil disobedience and scaling back routine stops for safety, the lightly traveled roads quickly turned into the wild west in many places. In New York City, super cars like Ferraris and Lamborghinis blazed down empty streets, with roaring engines disturbing residents trying to sleep. Motorists from coast to coast were ticketed at eye-watering speeds.
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Articles like this take on a whole new meaning when the Dims are looking for excuses to control how much we drive.
But,but,but I was hurrying to get my jab.
Police are worried? Hahahaha
Next thing you know ... Sunspots are caused by COVID-19 ...
Sunspots...no doubt!
Even Art Bell’s famous “kill shot.” The sun flare that will wipe out telecommunication systems all over the world.
Some Dims are saying all cars should come with location trackers to help them identify who participate in truly peaceful protests the Dims don't like, instead of the "peaceful protests" that kill people and burn cities down.
Articles like this one about too much speeding will be used to justify that level of tracking and control over our mobility.
I have noticed that many drivers have lost a lot of skills - cognitive decision-making skills - such as calculating convergence, maintaining lane travel, and anticipating stopping distances.
Drivers seem to be less patient with one another as well.
Morrison riders on the Storm is now Riders on the Jab/Vacc.
There is a killer on the road and everywhere else when a killer has been injected within.
Oh, but the claim (for automatic, continuous GPS tracking) will be speeding, taxes based on distance driven, “emergency tracking of accidents and road blocking and rerouting around accidents”.
All excellent reasons, right? Add a dose of “climate change” and “reduce pollution “ during “ air quality emergencies “ ....
We could use a few more sunspots, propagation sux!
Breaking: Covid causes.... COVID!! Film at 11!
Paging Speed Racer and the Mach 5!!!
Good point indeed.
Is this due to normals escaping from hordes of vax zombies?
We sure have noticed it. Speeding and changing lanes right on your bumper. There is something weird going on with some people psychologically since this Chinese virus started.
The only thing I’ll say is that is weird that two republican lawmakers and some conservative radio hosts have died. But no democrats have died from covid. Even democrats who were positive didn’t die. Any connection??????
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