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Sorry if this is too political but we should consider Tucker Carlson's take: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DGb748VOcYU In videos like this, he's not being conservative but simply making an observation or asking a question that liberals don't like. The theory basically is that minority traffic deaths are increasing because the police are less willing to enforce traffic law with them.

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I only skimmed the video as I can't stand Tucker Carlson (sorry), but I think it's possibly an interesting point. As I pointed out in another comment, traffic deaths in the Netherlands decreased in 2020 and 2021, and many factors such as differences in road design stayed identical, and we had the COVID-factor too.

Policing in the US, however, did change quite a bit, which happened to coincide with COVID and it's a factor that didn't exist in the Netherlands.

Needs more data though: how are things in other countries? And how much did traffic enforcement decrease in the US? And how much of the traffic victims are from minorities? I'm not convinced this is a significant factor yet, but I think it's good to explore. Phrasings such as "question that liberals don't like" probably doesn't help make your point btw.

The increase did disproportionately hit Black people but people who study these things think the main factors were the economic impact of the pandemic and underinvestment in infrastructure for minority communities [1].

For the several years before the pandemic traffic fatalities also disproportionately affected Black and some other minority communities.

[1] https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/traffic-deaths-increased-bla...

> In videos like this, he's not being conservative but simply making an observation or asking a question that liberals don't like.

Isn't that his whole thing? Asking weasely questions instead of making statements?

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