# Unsafe drivers up during pandemic: AAA study **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Created:** [February 28, 2022, 3:56pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/unsafe-drivers-up-during-pandemic-aaa-study/182733 "2022-02-28T15:56:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![shanonia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de053/32.png) [@shanonia](https://community.cartalk.com/u/shanonia)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2022, 3:56pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/unsafe-drivers-up-during-pandemic-aaa-study/182733/1 "2022-02-28T15:56:21Z")
[AAA study: Unsafe drivers made up larger share of motorists during covid - The Washington Post](https://www.washingtonpost.com/transportation/2022/02/28/unsafe-driving-aaa-study-covid/) As many hunkered down, the proportion of unsafe drivers on the roads was up. ---
**Author:** ![bing](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/bing/32/4619_2.png) [@bing](https://community.cartalk.com/u/bing)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2022, 7:44pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/unsafe-drivers-up-during-pandemic-aaa-study/182733/2 "2022-02-28T19:44:13Z")
Gee about two years late with that one. Shootings were up too. ---
**Author:** ![jtsanders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c2a13f/32.png) [@jtsanders](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jtsanders)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2022, 10:38pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/unsafe-drivers-up-during-pandemic-aaa-study/182733/3 "2022-02-28T22:38:28Z")
I had to go to work occasionally during the past two years. The roads were empty, and the idiots were all too happy to go 90 or more. I was going 70 and many cars passed me like I was standing still. I’d swear that many of them broke 100 mph. On a public road. With other cars on it. ---
**Author:** ![shadowfax](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/shadowfax/32/13026_2.png) [@shadowfax](https://community.cartalk.com/u/shadowfax)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2022, 1:47am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/unsafe-drivers-up-during-pandemic-aaa-study/182733/4 "2022-03-01T01:47:58Z")
> [@jtsanders](#): > > I’d swear that many of them broke 100 mph. They certainly did around here. Not long ago someone got nabbed doing north of 120. I speed some, but drivers are blowing by me like I’m standing still half the time. ---
**Author:** ![RandomTroll](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/randomtroll/32/12184_2.png) [@RandomTroll](https://community.cartalk.com/u/RandomTroll)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2022, 2:40am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/unsafe-drivers-up-during-pandemic-aaa-study/182733/5 "2022-03-01T02:40:05Z")
_Idle hands are the devil’s workshop_ We’ve had a spate of street racing in Albuquerque. [APD: West Side street race led to crash, flipped school bus - Albuquerque Journal](https://www.abqjournal.com/2472995/students-injured-after-school-bus-rollover-in-sw-abq.html) ---
**Author:** ![jtsanders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c2a13f/32.png) [@jtsanders](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jtsanders)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2022, 9:59pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/unsafe-drivers-up-during-pandemic-aaa-study/182733/6 "2022-03-01T21:59:34Z")
A guy I work with lives in Southern Maryland. He says that they can hear street racing a few miles from his house late at night. Complaining to the police didn’t seem to make a difference. ---
**Author:** ![bing](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/bing/32/4619_2.png) [@bing](https://community.cartalk.com/u/bing)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2022, 11:23pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/unsafe-drivers-up-during-pandemic-aaa-study/182733/7 "2022-03-01T23:23:22Z")
> [@jtsanders](#): > > A guy I work with lives in Southern Maryland. I can think of only two guys that fit that description. Come on now, identify him. ---
**Author:** ![jtsanders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c2a13f/32.png) [@jtsanders](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jtsanders)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2022, 12:54am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/unsafe-drivers-up-during-pandemic-aaa-study/182733/8 "2022-03-02T00:54:16Z")
Stick to cars @bing. You’ll be a lot happier that way. Besides, I don’t believe for a minute that you know anyone in Southern Maryland.