The pandemic just changed people in a scary way. As I've said here a few times, I've lived across the country, often moving 8 hours or more away every year or

The pandemic just changed people in a scary way. As I've said here a few times, I've lived across the country, often moving 8 hours or more away every year or two. The difference in driving behavior should be alarming to anyone who routinely drives longhaul or road trips. Post 2021, I saw way, way more road rage. More tit for tat 'payback'. More people driving in medians and shoulders. I'm not sure if people broke, or people are stressed, or due to being told to stay away from people during covid we now see others as enemies, but something huge happened. I'm just curious if it's a permanent effect. Compounding that, there's also just less police presence, which I'm not sure is COVID related or not. When I started driving, there were cops everywhere, and every day you'd see at least a couple people pulled over. I even got multiple tickets myself. FF to today, and I think I've seen a total of three people pulled over in the past 2 years.