U.S. traffic death increase caused by speeding, says new study
?You can?t tackle our rising epidemic of roadway deaths without tackling speeding.? Traffic deaths have been on the rise in the U.S. for the last few years and experts can?t agree why. Some say it?s due to an overall increase in driving, while others have tried to blame smartphone-holding pedestrians. A new study out from the National Transportation Safety Board declares there?s a singular and unequivocal reason for the uptick in deaths: Speed is what?s killing Americans.
?You can?t tackle our rising epidemic of roadway deaths without tackling speeding. Speed kills,? said NTSB acting chairman Robert L. Sumwalt. ?This study examines how it kills and what actions can be taken to save lives and prevent speeding-related crashes.?
The study looked at U.S. passenger vehicle crashes from 2005 to 2014 and found that speeding was the main factor in 112,580 deaths, or about 31 percent of all traffic fatalities. That figure is made more shocking when you look at the number of people killed in crashes where alcohol was the main factor. During that same period, almost the exact number of people?112,948?were killed by drunk drivers. (This data doesn?t even include the uptick in overall traffic deaths that?s occurred over the past two years.)
Drunk driving and speeding have a lot in common, as the NTSB?s report highlights. Like someone driving under the influence, a driver who is speeding increases both the likelihood of being in a crash and also the likelihood that s...
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