The improved economy may be one factor, with more driving, more traffic, and more road users out and about in general, more people may be walking because of the education efforts in recent years surrounding health and fitness. We can only speculate on this question.

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There are a couple of problems with drawing the conclusion that drugged driving is now somehow a bigger problem with alcohol, for one, there isn't very consistent testing for drivers who are killed in crashes with regard to drugs.

There's no question that alcohol remains our biggest highway safe... by Russ Rader

There's no question that alcohol remains our biggest highway safety problem.

There's no question that texting while driving is distracting and dangerous, unfortunately, we have no evidence that these laws reduce crashes.

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Unfortunately, we have no evidence that these laws reduce crashes. one theory is that drivers -- these laws are well publicized -- may be trying to conceal what they're doing so they're not spotted by a police officer. So they move the device down below window level, thus taking their eyes off the road.

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