State: Traffic numbers collapse, but fatality rate increases, so stop driving like a maniac

Adam, do you have a link to this report? Thanks!!

Just a general sense of lawlessness on the streets these days -- from drivers disregarding speed limits and stop signs (even more than usual) to an apparent uptick in street crimes, stabbings, shootings, etc. Is it just because the law-abiding people are staying home and abandoning the streets to the lawbreakers? Is alcohol use way up? Are narcotics harder to find or more expensive? Is law enforcement shorthanded due to illness? If/when this is all behind us, there will be so much fodder for sociologists to study about our reactions.

Absolute maniacs on the road. When I go out to deliver food to seniors I try to be cautious and go the speed limit etc for my own safety but also not to tip over bags etc. I constantly have people flying around me, yelling, horns , lights , so much anger.

I ended up on the highway the other day and that was nerve racking too. I mean legit , quite a few people must have been going 100. At times it kind of felt like Nascar.

It's almost like road safety has less to do with cyclists or pedestrians not being careful enough, and more about drivers being irresponsible while operating dangerous machinery. Maybe, just maybe - the answer is to build safer infrastructure that protects humans even if it slows down cars? And maybe we need to consider improving alternatives to transportation other than personal cars?

I've definitely seen faster than usual driving in my neighborhood. The combination of drivers driving more carelessly and more children playing outside is terrifying.

I was on 128 north in Wakefield going about 70 in the center lane and several cards whizzed by me on the right. The open roads are definitely bringing out some jerks.

... that I relish the lack of noise, exhaust, Uber/Lyft drivers and traffic jams. It’s heavenly!

Then there are the absolutely terrifying moments when some homicidal maniac comes speeding by. Also probably relishing the wide open space that they see as their own private race track.

I have been emailing my city councilors and the mayor asking to please take immediate action to
put temporary and permanent traffic calming measures in place. I urge everyone with concerns who hasn’t already done so to please contact their representatives.