U.S. Roadways Are a Little Safer Than Last Year, but That's Not Saying Very Much

Speeders tend to be going faster than before, drinkers drunker, there's more marijuana and drug use, of course, people are looking at their phones. But while distracted, lawless driving is up, law enforcement is down. In Kansas City, the police department's traffic enforcement division has shrunk to less than half the size it was just four years ago.

U.S. Roadways Are a Little Safer Than Last Year, but That's Not Saying Very Much

Story by Frank Morris
December 27, 2023