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Re:Pedestrian deaths spike in U.S. as reckless driving surges by Steltek on Monday February 14, 2022 @09:24AM (#30332343)
Boston drivers were cconditioned for perpetual bumper-to-bumper traffic. With traffic levels down, there was no bumper in front of them to slow them down so they just floor it until they find one.
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Re:Pedestrian deaths spike in U.S. as reckless driving surges by pivo on Monday February 14, 2022 @09:43AM (#30332552)
This made me laugh, and might even be true. There were a number of years where we had the highest number of of traffic accidents in the country and yet the lowest related fatalities. That was because traffic was moving so slowly that most accidents were “fender-benders”.
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Re:Pedestrian deaths spike in U.S. as reckless driving surges by atomicfiredoll on Monday February 14, 2022 @09:50AM (#30332638)
And then they complain that the car in front of them isn't "moving at the speed of traffic."
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