Traffic deaths have risen almost everywhere. Experts say the pandemic may have made us more reckless, and perhaps more aggressive and selfish, drivers.
It was a tally that shocked the experts: 38,680 deaths on U.S. roadways last year, the most since 2007 even though pandemic precautions had dramatically reduced driving. “This was completely unprecedented,” said Ken Kolosh, a researcher at the nonprofit National Safety Council. “We didn’t know what was happening.” One possibility