found traffic accidents and related deaths remain high compared to pre-pandemic times, and some experts blame a lack of policing. indicated that while deaths due to traffic incidents have dropped from 2021 to 2022, the rate is still higher than it was in the pre-pandemic era, with an 18% increase over 2019.
The still-elevated numbers may have resulted from a decrease in police traffic enforcement, one expert told NPR. Jonathan Adkins, executive director of the Governors Highway Safety Association, speaks during a National Governors Association policy event in Washington, D.C., Feb. 6, 2018. , where we know people who are Black and brown have been disproportionately stopped," he added."But perhaps we've gone too far on that other side."
Talk to the defunders.
So why do Republicans want to defund the police?
Since the data indicates Gen-Z is responsible for the lion's share, I have to speculate that the removal of Driver's Ed from high school curriculums plays a part in this.