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Re:Social distancing slowing not only Covid-19, but other di... by Swenrekcah on Thursday March 26, 2020 @03:33AM (#22691363)
I’m purely guessing, but maybe the traffic deaths have decreased linearly with traffic, and violent crime in some porportion to gathering size.

That is to say, that it’s due to less activity and not a changed mindset.

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Re:Social distancing slowing not only Covid-19, but other di... by ekianjo on Thursday March 26, 2020 @05:31AM (#22691854)
I doubt traffic accidents and traffic have a linear correlation. I would assume it looks very different depending on the density of the traffic, i.e. not linear at all.
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