The roads in Michigan are becoming deadlier for drivers. A new study by The Road Information Program found traffic fatalities increased by fifteen percent since 2019.
It found that drivers are continuing to drive as quickly and aggressively as they did during the pandemic when there were fewer cars on the road.
Carolyn Bonifas Kelly is the director of Communications and Research for the group.
"The increase in traffic fatalities despite the reduction in vehicle travel appears to be largely the result of an increase in risks that are being taken by drivers that includes risky behaviors like speeding or not wearing a seatbelt or being impaired by alcohol or drugs and also aggressive driving." said Kelly.
Kelly says strategies to reduce traffic fatalities include additional lane markings, rumble strips, turn lanes, lighting, and shoulders.
