Traffic Fatalities Reach 16 Year High

Re:Traffic Fatalities Reach 16 Year High by charlie0 on Thursday August 04, 2022 @10:52PM (#32350992)

I've got a sneaking suspension this is being caused indirectly by our society's increasing inability to focus. I'll stop short of blaming gen Z here since I have not seen the data. I will note they are coming of driving age.

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Re:Traffic Fatalities Reach 16 Year High by grog454 on Thursday August 04, 2022 @11:14PM (#32351115)

For what its worth, a few hours ago I witnessed an elderly driver on their cellphone, driving about 5 miles per hour in a 30, followed by a line of cars and constantly blaring horns. Gen Z isn't the only age group using tiktok, and definitely not the only age group that drives distracted / inconsiderately / obliviously.

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Re:Traffic Fatalities Reach 16 Year High by tomuli38 on Friday August 05, 2022 @01:02AM (#32351919)

The official narrative will always blame the powerless. Weird how the calls for mandatory driving tests for the elderly only come from social media and not established media.

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Re:Traffic Fatalities Reach 16 Year High by okdood64 on Friday August 05, 2022 @02:05AM (#32352345)

> in the 16-to-24 age group (up 15%), the 25-to-34 age group (up 18%), and the 35-to-44 age group (up 14%)

https://crashstats.nhtsa.dot.gov/Api/Public/ViewPublication/...

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Re:Traffic Fatalities Reach 16 Year High by ekianjo on Friday August 05, 2022 @02:46AM (#32352595)

> I'll stop short of blaming gen Z here since I have not seen the data. I

Smartphones and the like should be distracting pretty much everyone, not just gen Z

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