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09-16-2020, 06:07 AM | #1 | |
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Highway Death Rate Surged 20% During First Half of 2020
Highway Death Rate Surged 20% During First Half of 2020
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09-16-2020, 12:08 PM | #2 |
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Going by the way people drive here during this whole thing, on the highway, I am not surprised. It's getting to where I don't even want to get on the highway, and I'm a well trained driver (not a race car driver however Johnny) and rider. The S I'm seeing is the worst driving I have witnessed in my life. Fatalities just about every night on the news.
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09-16-2020, 12:16 PM | #3 |
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People are driving way faster for sure, and paying less attention to boot.
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09-16-2020, 01:27 PM | #4 |
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Yup, I don't get it. Where is everyone going in such a rush? There's like half the traffic as usual so no-one is holding you up so you should be getting wherever your going sooner.......I mean I'm not a slow driver and I get passed by probably 70% pf the traffic.
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09-16-2020, 01:44 PM | #5 |
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Does the data correct or otherwise normalize for the change in miles driven per state though due to changing population flows? How about per capita drinking and driving arrests?
It seems like some of the ones with the reduction in death rate are tourist driven places that had less tourists (Hawaii). Then you figure connecticut probably has a bunch of new yorkers who are spending time away from the city. Other states it could be depressed unemployed people drinking and driving. |
09-16-2020, 01:51 PM | #6 |
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09-16-2020, 02:10 PM | #7 |
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Traffic speeds in Seattle have picked up to normal levels for other parts of the country, its great. You can actually drive above the speed limit in the fast lane now... I hope people are learning some new habits, but I doubt it. The left-lane parkers are likely the same people hunkered down in their basement due to covid.
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09-16-2020, 02:12 PM | #8 | |
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09-16-2020, 02:18 PM | #9 | |
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I do think part of it is degradation in driving skills from not having to do it as much. It's a bit of a perishable skill and even I've noticed some decline just from not having done it. Things that were instinctual now require a bit more thought. Muscle memory has also gone away a bit. |
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09-16-2020, 02:26 PM | #10 |
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Being a Connecticut resident, property/houses within 2hrs of NYC are being bought up by new yorkers attempting to get out of the city, but that is a recent development.
I've noticed the increased speeds people are hauling around at on the highways (95mph+ instead of 80mph+) but beyond that, in my very limited driving, there are days where I am almost hit in my f***ing bright red car 3-4 times due to people not paying attention and blowing through stop signs/lights etc.; my horn and middle finger, not to mention rear tires, are getting prematurely worn during covid because people somehow got worse at driving. I'd also like to see how they are getting their numbers; actual increases in deaths or if it's per million miles driven as the article eludes to, which in that case considering everyone cut their mileage hard, it's likely a decrease in deaths annually. |
09-16-2020, 04:32 PM | #11 | |
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2) Perception of speed with modern cars is way, way higher than it used to be. It just plain old doesn't feel like you are going fast, so ya, people go faster now. |
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09-16-2020, 09:03 PM | #12 |
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09-17-2020, 03:02 AM | #13 | |
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All I’m seeing is a bunch of novices try to drive fast and they are hilariously bad at it and incredibly dangerous. You can tell when someone doesn’t know how to drive. How many times have you got a bad feeling about someone in front of you. “This jack wagon Mf’er is about cut me off” or swerve in front of you, or not give a F, and cut into the fast lane where you are doing 80 mph, and they are doing 65 mph. It’s not ESP. You pick up on people’s poor driving skills and habits. I get on the highway now, and people are putting the worst passing moves on that I have ever seen in my life. Real sloppy, cutting multiple lanes at a time. People doing 90, 95, 100 mph and it’s easily discernible they have no skills. Pick your favorite sport or hobby. You know when someone’s an idiot and endangering themselves. Like the idiot at the gym, racking up 225 on a bench and it looks strange. Next thing you know plates are falling onto the floor and the guy is about to choke himself out with the bar. It’s bad out there. Sounds strange but I’m only comfortable on the highway on my bikes right now. Power to weight. They trained my ass in MSF over 20 years ago to be going 5-10 mph faster than the flow of traffic in the fast lane. I just can’t do that in my DD or truck with people zipping by at 100. On my bike I sure AF can. I can squirt, swap lanes and move my ass quick. Even then weekends only as usual, early mornings or when it’s hot AF outside. Weekday highway driving is completely out for me. These people are zombies and out of their flippin minds. Oh my conveniences are slowed, social functions nixed, oh the horror. I’m gonna have to go home tonight, make dinner, and watch Netflix. I want to kill myself!!!!! F’in soft ass people. God help us if a World War happened. Last time we went to war, we went into the factories and worked, banded together. All anyone is doing now is crying about this and that, acting like complete ass holes at the grocery store or any brick and mortar, narcissism on full display, and driving like d bags. I had to pick up wine for this lady I’m dating as I was cooking dinner. Go the big massive likka/beer store. This clown is in there with a paper towel, using it to push buttons on the credit card scanner. I’m like dude, have you not heard of rubbing alcohol or sanitizer? He was acting like he was picking a lock in a bank robbery and didn’t want to leave a print. Then he grabs his bag and whatever else with his hands. Acting like anthrax was on the keypad |
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09-17-2020, 04:24 AM | #14 |
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That's what I'm thinking as well, and it's not just the US. We were in lockdown for over 3 months and people don't seem to know how to drive, how to make a simple roundabout or to even park (more than before).
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09-17-2020, 06:19 AM | #15 |
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I have to agree on the speed. I’ve seen more people going 100+ a day than I ever remember.
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09-17-2020, 07:24 AM | #16 |
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On the plus side, the record for the Cannonball Run was bested 4-5 times this year so far.
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09-17-2020, 07:26 AM | #17 |
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I just got passed by two Qtips in a 20 year old Caravan with a donut on the back welcome to the Lehigh Valley. Oh I was doing 85 soooo
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09-17-2020, 09:14 AM | #18 |
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With the way the economy has been pissing people off, it is understandable people are frustrated. Not that I accept these preventable fatalities.
When I see someone driving erratically, including tailgaters, I just give them the right of way and stay as far away as I can. |
09-17-2020, 12:02 PM | #19 |
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I always just pick a speed and drive that on highways/freeways/surface streets, letting everyone else get the speeding tickets. Still have a clean record with zero tickets in 24 years of driving... But I still hoon on twisty backroads at will
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09-18-2020, 02:35 PM | #20 |
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09-18-2020, 03:38 PM | #21 | |
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