Number of Pennsylvania road deaths kept climbing even as millions stayed home

[PJMcK]

2. Here's a thought

We retreated from our NYC apartment to our mountain house in NE Pennsylvania back in early March. Here's what I've seen anecdotally in our "adopted" state.

The speed limits on the highways here vary between 55 and 65 mph. Normally, the pace of traffic averages about 10 mph over the limit. These days it seems more like 20 mph. Additionally, there seem to be more aggressive drivers zipping along these roads.

To exacerbate this danger, Pennsylvania's roads are not the best in the nation. Some highways have been beautifully maintained but many others are a mess of potholes, uneven surfaces and dangerous construction zones.

A drive from here to Scranton is about an hour or so and it demonstrates all of the issues I've mentioned. An increase in fatalities doesn't really seem surprising.