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Deadly crash in North Las Vegas spurs conversation about traffic safety

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North Las Vegas Police Department via AP

North Las Vegas Police Department shows a Dodge Challenger in North Las Vegas on Saturday, Jan. 29, 2022.

Police say a driver was going 100 mph or more when he sped through a red light, killing himself, a passenger and 7 people he hit with his vehicle. 

The same driver had pled guilty to speeding just nine days earlier. He also had another speeding ticket years earlier. 

A recent study out of Harvard suggests that drivers are, quote, “venting pent-up anger and frustration about life under covid-19 by letting it rip on the road.

Conversations arise as to whether the pandemic, lack of awareness, traffic policies and roads, or plain recklessness are at fault.   

 

Erin Breen, Director, UNLV Vulnerable Road Users Project; Shashi Nambisian, Director, UNLV Transportation Research Center; David Swallow, Deputy Chief Executive Officer, Regional Transportational Commission; John Lee, Mayor, North Las Vegas

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