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The reason for the behavioral change is that police stopped doing traffic stops during the pandemic and had already "quiet quit" in response to movements toward

The reason for the behavioral change is that police stopped doing traffic stops during the pandemic and had already "quiet quit" in response to movements toward greater police accountability, and now people know they can now get away with almost anything. I cannot remember the last time I saw a police officer pulling someone over, either around town or on the highway. I was rear-ended by a guy who was clearly looking at his phone and the cop refused to write a ticket despite him rear-ending me at a stoplight that I had been waiting at for over half a minute. Cops are a legal gang and we cannot have police reform fast enough, starting with federal minimum standards for fitness, education, training, and on-the-job apprenticing/mentoring. In huge swaths of the US, all you need to be a cop is to pass a background check, have a pulse, and be young enough.

switch007 4y ago
And at the same time if you fall in to a certain bubble on social media (eg TikTok) you could be convinced that there are police pulling someone over every 5 seconds in every city. We need good stats on the topic I do feel the same way as you though. Running red lights, for example, has, at least in my experience, increased massively the past few years (UK)
autoexec 4y ago
> The reason for the behavioral change is that police stopped doing traffic stops during the pandemic I suspect there isn't just one cause, but I did see that several states have stopped requiring new drivers to take a road test. Teens who wouldn't have passed a drivers test, cell phones, higher than normal stress/anxiety/frustration, grief, and an increase in walkers may also have played a role .