Maybe in a secondary sense the type of automobile is part of it but also I don't know why you are saying there is "increasingly poor visibility". There have bee

Maybe in a secondary sense the type of automobile is part of it but also I don't know why you are saying there is "increasingly poor visibility". There have been trucks and SUVs for decades now as well. My belief is that very bad habits were created by the empty roads in 2020 that made people start speeding. A plausible case can be constructed around this theory based on evidence. A lot of people are anecdotally familiar with this as well. Traffic data indicates the higher death toll was related to higher average speeds in conjunction with more of those on the roads driving under the influence of drugs and alcohol and a slight decline in seatbelt use.[1] Speeding increased after the pandemic lockdown.[2] There also appears to be an increase in road rage incidents.[3] So far in 2022 NHTSA says that there is an increase in road deaths for early 2022.[4] One theory that could explain the sustained increase is lower levels of traffic enforcement. [1]: https://apnews.com/article/covid-19-speeding-highway-deaths-30a26b82eeab5880abab5f2b30952725 https://apnews.com/article/covid-19-speeding-highway-deaths-... [2]: https://www.iihs.org/news/detail/pandemic-lockdowns-made-rush-hour-speeding-risky-driving-the-new-normal https://www.iihs.org/news/detail/pandemic-lockdowns-made-rus... [3]: https://www.healthline.com/health-news/road-rage-has-risen-during-the-pandemic-how-to-stay-safe https://www.healthline.com/health-news/road-rage-has-risen-d... [4]: https://www.nhtsa.gov/press-releases/early-estimates-first-quarter-2022 https://www.nhtsa.gov/press-releases/early-estimates-first-q...