Be Careful on the Road
Sep 3, 2021 12:06:02 #
I read yesterday that traffic deaths went up substantially in 2020, and the trend is continuing this year. They suspect it's because fewer people were driving, so those on the road drove faster and with less care. They also drove with more alcohol and drugs. Be careful out there.
Sep 3, 2021 12:13:43 #
Not so sure. A few weeks ago the traffic was bumper-to-bumper from Portland Maine down into Virginia, I think people are just way more inconsiderate than ever before.
Sep 3, 2021 13:57:28 #
sb wrote:
Not so sure. A few weeks ago the traffic was bumper-to-bumper from Portland Maine down into Virginia, I think people are just way more inconsiderate than ever before.
Traffic here is very heavy, too, but people seem to be driving faster and more wild.
Sep 4, 2021 00:19:53 #
we see a car about every mile.....................we are all locked up!
Sep 4, 2021 06:26:51 #
Don W-37
Loc: Bangkok, Thailand
Try driving in Thailand and you'll see one of the highest traffic death rates in the world. And if that doesn't scare you, I just renewed my driver's license, and I'm legal to drive until age 90! How scary is that?!?
Cheers,
Don
Cheers,
Don
Sep 4, 2021 08:29:34 #
dancers wrote:
we see a car about every mile.....................we are all locked up!
Our county went from 149 a month ago to 561 now.
Sep 4, 2021 08:41:19 #
sb wrote:
Not so sure. A few weeks ago the traffic was bumper-to-bumper from Portland Maine down into Virginia, I think people are just way more inconsiderate than ever before.
Bumper to bumper from Maine to Virginia. You don't tend to exaggerate a little, do you?
Sep 4, 2021 08:48:11 #
Ava'sPapa wrote:
Bumper to bumper from Maine to Virginia. You don't tend to exaggerate a little, do you?
The idea of the article was that people began driving wildly when there was less traffic because of Covid. Now that traffic is heavy again, the bad driving is continuing.
Sep 4, 2021 10:37:52 #
jerryc41 wrote:
I read yesterday that traffic deaths went up substantially in 2020, and the trend is continuing this year. They suspect it's because fewer people were driving, so those on the road drove faster and with less care. They also drove with more alcohol and drugs. Be careful out there.
I think it's more due to distracted driving. Most new cars now have fancy center console for radio, audio, etc. I think people get distracted using them.
Sep 4, 2021 10:48:03 #
sb wrote:
Not so sure. A few weeks ago the traffic was bumper-to-bumper from Portland Maine down into Virginia, I think people are just way more inconsiderate than ever before.
Definitely agree with you. People are just all around unhappy these days and road courtesy seems to be a thing of the past.
Sep 4, 2021 11:33:00 #
Bmarsh wrote:
I think it's more due to distracted driving. Most new cars now have fancy center console for radio, audio, etc. I think people get distracted using them.
Yep I had a loan car while mine was having some work done. I was glad to give it back I just got anoyed with all of those added safety features waning me that there was a car on my left and on my right and warning me I was too close to the car in front! I've been driving for sixty years and not been the cause of any accident but all this uncalled for technology for the people who never learned to drive properly in the first place.
BTW have no place in my life for self driving cars.
Sep 4, 2021 12:00:28 #
Bmarsh wrote:
I think it's more due to distracted driving. Most new cars now have fancy center console for radio, audio, etc. I think people get distracted using them.
Also from texting on their smartphones. A friend of mine’s daughter totaled two cars in a month going through an intersection and reading texts from her boyfriend.
Sep 4, 2021 12:18:54 #
Ava'sPapa wrote:
Bumper to bumper from Maine to Virginia. You don't tend to exaggerate a little, do you?
Maybe, but I live on Eastern Shore VA. We don't have many traffic lights here, and mostly in small towns along US 13, but lately traffic has more and more often been backed up almost the entire distance from one light to the next. You can quite literally walk the distance faster than you can drive it.
Sep 4, 2021 13:43:23 #
kenArchi
Loc: Seal Beach, CA
I've been watching these youtube car crashes.
Yup, most of them are on the phone.
Then she got out of the car raging, with the phone still to her ear, telling the other driver to learn how to drive.
Yup, most of them are on the phone.
Then she got out of the car raging, with the phone still to her ear, telling the other driver to learn how to drive.
Sep 4, 2021 18:17:41 #
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