Is it possible that the "profile" of people driving has changed and this could account for the increase in citations and accidents?

More specifically, is it possible that a higher percentage of people driving now are doing so to flaunt risk and demonstrate their resistance to perceived oppression, limitation of freedom, etc.? If true, could this account for the rise, e.g. if those drivers are more likely to speed, drive aggressively, etc.?

I'm really not trying to "politicize" this and I'm not passing judgment on the whole "liberty" issue with respect to business closure. I'm just trying to present a hypothesis, albeit ineloquently.

Best.

W

This smells like yet another attempt for a prima donna developer to avoid responsibility for the havoc his or her shoddy code wreaks upon the real world. Sad.

samzenpus,

"a human remains concentration game"?

Yes, people getting fired up about a book that helps kids understand tragedy is idiotic, as Olmsted clearly recognizes. However, writing or saying things that are even more asinine isn't going to achieve anything except validating the idiots' misdirected efforts.

Ignoring respect for the dead doesn't make you sound clever or witty; rather, it makes you look foolish and weak.

-W