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TRAFFIC DEATHS JUMPED IN THE
FIRST HALF OF 2012. 22NEWS
REPORTER NICOLE NALEPA EXPLAINS
WHY GOVERNMENT AGENCIES ARE
ALARMED BY THE INCREASE, AND
SEARCHING FOR A CAUSE.
EVEN THOUGH MORE PEOPLE ARE
USING THEIR SEATBELTS...THERE'S
AN ALARMING AMOUNT OF MOTOR
VEHICLE TRAFFIC DEATHS FOR THE
FIRST HALF OF THIS YEAR. THIS
IS THE BIGGEST JUMP IN A
SIX-MONTH PERIOD SINCE 1975. IT
MAY BE TOO EARLY TO
SPECULATE...BUT MANY DRIVERS
BELIEVE THEY KNOW WHAT'S CAUSING
THIS PROBLEM.
I THINK PEOPLE ARE JUST TOO BUSY
GETTING FROM POINT A TO POINT
B; THAT THEY ARE JUST NOT
WORRIED ABOUT WHAT'S GOING
AROUND THEM.
WHICH IS PUTTING OTHER LIVES IN
DANGER. WE'VE ALL SEEN IT THE
DISTRACTIONS: DRIVERS SWITCHING
LANES WITHOUT THEIR BLINKERS...
...RUNNING RED LIGHTS AND STOP
SIGNS... ...AND EVEN IGNORING
YIELD SIGNS AND CROSSWALKS.
THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT CROSSWALKS
MEAN. IN FACT, YOU JUST STAY
HERE FOR A WHILE...YOU WATCH THE
PEOPLE GO THROUGH.
ACCORDING TO THE NATIONAL
HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY
ADMINISTRATION, NEARLY 16,300
LIVES WERE LOST IN CRASHES FROM
JANUARY TO JUNE...A 9% INCREASE.
AAA BELIEVES THAT THIS IS A
CLEAR INDICATOR THAT OUR ROADS,
MAY NOT BE AS SAFE AS WE ONCE
THOUGHT THEY WERE.
THE TRAVEL ORGANIZATION ALSO
SAYS THERE ARE MORE CARS OUT
THERE ON THE ROAD...AS THE
ECONOMY BEGINS TO SLOWLY TURN A
CORNER. SO TRY AND STEER CLEAR
OF THE DANGERS WHEN YOU'RE
BEHIND THE WHEEL. IN WEST
SPRINGFIELD, NICOLE NALEPA,
22NEWS.