Posted on 09/20/2022 7:55:34 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
The number of people killed on U.S. roadways fell slightly from April through June, the first decline in two years as pandemic-era reckless driving appeared to ease. But the government says the number of deaths remains at a crisis level.
Estimates from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration show that 20,175 people died in crashes from January through June, a 0.5% increase over the same period last year.
Yet the second-quarter decline ended a string of seven straight quarterly increases that began in the summer of 2020 with the onset of the coronavirus pandemic. The agency estimated that 10,590 people died this year on roadways from April to June, nearly 5% fewer than the same period a year ago.
Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said while deaths may be declining, they are still at levels that require urgent action. “These deaths are preventable, not inevitable, and we should act accordingly,” he said in a statement.
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Smart phones. They are more dangerous than a .12 BAL.
They are why I stopped bicycle commuting.
Back in the late ‘70s early ‘80s Maryland was trying to curb their traffic accident issue by writing a whole lot more tickets.
The federal government took notice and said “you’re writing a lot of tickets don’t you have your highways under control” and they threatened to stop their Federal Highway money because it on paper it looked as if they didn’t have control of the situation.
Highways are racist
40 thousand people a year is a crisis?! Dude. We got soft.
Knowing maryland the ticket writing had a whole lot more to do with extorting money from the citizens than it did to do with wanting to reduce traffic accidents.
Those wascally ‘undocumented, uninsured, unlicensed’ immigrants are likely a part of the equation too.
“Crisis”?
Oh no, not again !
Oh noes!!!! Another crisis
I bet their solution is to ban cars
“...pandemic-era reckless driving...”
Huh? Weren’t there LESS of us on the roads for two years while we were imprisoned in our own homes by Mother Government?
Were those trying to ESCAPE driving more recklessly? The Politicians, perhaps, who ignored their own decrees and were traveling from home base to vacation spots or their second and third homes, perhaps?
*SMIRK*
New pandemic of cars killing people.
Killer SUV are back
In the early days of the lockdowns and other restrictions, we were in the process of moving. I made a number of trips through Phoenix that summer, and noticed two things: that there was a lot less traffic, so people were driving faster, and that police seemed to be spending more time parked beside the freeway and less time pulling people over.
Never before or since have I been able to take a pickup and trailer all the way through the Phoenix metro area with cruise control set at 70 the whole way.
These vehicles aren't the horse/buggy that was available when the constitution was written...
We need to confiscate all personal automobiles...
If it saves even one life...
For the children...
There was pandemic reckless driving? With lockdowns traffic was beautifully light in the Atlanta area
I would say with the price of gasoline people are using their cars less.
It was partially due to the fact that many states released prisoners during covid. That is why all crime went up.
How many more are crippled and disfigured due to automobile slaughter? How many people woke up happy-go-lucky and their lives crushed by the loss of a close friend or loved one? I liked the 55 mph law. Slow down and smell the roses. Drinkers and speeders should lose their license with no chance of ever getting it back.
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