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Article missed chance
to examine traffic deaths
The title of Sunday’s article (“San Jose broke its record for traffic fatalities in 2022. Why?” Page A1, Jan. 1), promised insights into the causes of rising traffic fatalities, but failed to deliver.
It never mentioned – nor analyzed – the record spike in traffic deaths nationally every year since 2019, as chronicled by the U.S. Department of Transportation and many national publications.
A less myopic view might acknowledge larger forces at work, and identify those cities and approaches uniquely bucking this national trend. It might consult the
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