News of the Week 3-28-18
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Pedestrian Deaths On the Rise
According to an article in the Standard, for the second year is a row, pedestrian deaths will hover around 6,000 accounting for almost 16% of deaths involving motor vehicles as opposed to 11% a few years ago. This based on data compiled by the Governors Highway Safety Association GHSA). The GHSA attributes this alarming trend to the use of smartphones and the legalization of recreational marijuana. According to the data, for the period 2012 to 2016, the seven states and D.C. that legalized marijuana use experienced a 16.4% increase in pedestrian deaths as compared to a 5.8% decrease in the states that didn’t.
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