Driving is the most dangerous activity Americans do every day. One of the reasons is that roads have historically been built for cars to go fast, and pedestrians and cyclists are rarely considered in most road designs. Cyclists and pedestrians are at their own risk when trying to go from one place to another.
Fatalities on our streets have increased during COVID, mostly because with less cars on the streets, people are driving faster.
Controlling speeds on roads is the most important goal of any car safety strategy. There are two main ways to do that: change the physical design of the road with “traffic calming” measures that encourage slower driving, like narrowing lanes and adding speed bumps, or change the legal speed limit, which is easier and inexpensive but less effective.
https://www.vox.com/22675358/us-car-deaths-year-traffic-covid-pandemic
