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Originally Posted by Poochie
Well, it's not rocket science; less cars on the road, means almost no traffic congestion, equal to more room to travel faster.
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I'm not sure what the national trend is, but I was surprised to see more traffic fatalities in MA in April 2020 than April 2019:
The COVID-19 pandemic has left streets empty. But the roadway fatality rate still doubled in April.
Some drivers are speeding with all the open roads around Massachusetts, officials say.
https://www.boston.com/news/coronavi...-massachusetts
Curiously it also mentions:
"Massachusetts State Police began an initiative on April 25 to reduce speeds after seeing an uptick, including some cases where drivers were traveling at speeds over 100 mph..."