Close shave for Sharon barber shop clipped in morning crash

We still do not know the likely total deaths from the pandemic, so you don't have a reasonable scale of comparison yet. I recall when our President said there would be zero deaths, and it would go away in the spring like magic, and we're now over 100,000 deaths with no apparent end in sight, likely undercounting them (when governors like that Florida dolt aren't deliberately hiding them), and likely set up for a resurgence in a few months' time.

Further, car accidents aren't capable of multiplying geometrically as this virus still can. A sudden spike in accidents that can lead to a healthcare system crash isn't likely to happen. We recognized the risks in auto travel years ago, and through Federal regulation have taken steady steps to improve its safety, which would be a nice thing for our Federal government to do with the virus, but which the current one is utterly incompetent to do.

But nice try.

Although cell phone usage and other distracted driving problems have made it worse in the last few years.

The death rate per 100,000 has been on a pretty steady decline since the 60s (with a bit of a jump after the oil shock of the early 70s).

But there is still room for more improvement.

https://injuryfacts.nsc.org/motor-vehicle/historic...

Also the higher traffic crash rates of the last 3 months have been called out, not aware of any tabulation of stepped up enforcement rates though.

of much harder driving tests and periodic re-tests. It boggles my mind how basic the tests are here vs some other countries in Europe. I'm also in favor of enforcing harsh penalties for distracted driving. I agree the answer isn't to ban cars, it's to keep idiots from operating them.

I always wanted to sneak an issue of Playgirl into a barbershop but never did.... sigh

Thankfully no one killed, otherwise, Barbacide?