I remember seeing studies in the US[1] that showed that wreckless driving had drastically increased during the pandemic… and stayed high afterwards.
Everyone is at the end of their rope. The problem is that everyone is also taking that out on everyone else, even though everyone else is in the exact same position.
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it feels more like everyone in the entire society is more stressed and desperate and that’s reflected in the driving
I remember seeing studies in the US[1] that showed that wreckless driving had drastically increased during the pandemic… and stayed high afterwards.
Everyone is at the end of their rope. The problem is that everyone is also taking that out on everyone else, even though everyone else is in the exact same position.
https://www.gao.gov/blog/during-covid-19-road-fatalities-increased-and-transit-ridership-dipped ↩︎