Memorial Day starts the '100 Deadliest Days of Driving'

Some organizations like AAA refer to the time between Memorial Day and Labor Day as the 100 deadliest days of driving, particularly for teens.

"100 DEADLIEST DAYSTO DRIVE."NBC 26'S JULIANAFALK SHARES MOREON WHAT THIS MEANSAND HOW YOU CANSTAY SAFE ON THEROADS..."TYPICALLY MEMORIALDAY WEEKEND AND ALOT OF THE HOLIDAYWEEKENDS, WE SEE ABIG INCREASE INTRAFFIC.

IT'S COMMONTHAT WE SEE ANINCREASE IN CRASHESAND INJURIES."LT.

JOHN BAIN WITHTHE BROWN COUNTYSHERIFF'S OFFICESAYS THIS YEARMIGHT BE DIFFERENTTHOUGH AS TRAFFICVOLUME HAS BEENDOWN IN RECENTWEEKS... AND HESAYS TRAFFICCRASHES ARE DOWN,TOO."I THINK WE'RE SEEINGAN INCREASE INTRAFFIC FROM WHATWE HAD IN THE PASTFEW WEEKS, BUTPROBABLY NOT ASMUCH TRAFFIC ASWE'VE SEEN INPREVIOUS YEARS ATTHIS TIME."SOME... LIKE AAAREFER TO THEPERIOD OF TIMEFROM MEMORIAL TOLABOR DAY AS THE100 DEADLIEST DAYSTO DRIVE.THAT'S WHENSCHOOL'S OUT,TEENS HAVE MOREFREE TIME, ANDCRASHES ANDFATALITIESTRADITIONALLYINCREASE.."NOW THAT'S GOING TOBE A LITTLE BITDIFFERENT THIS YEARAS RESTRICTIONS ANDSOCIAL DISTANCINGHAS CONTINUED TOCUT TRADITIONALTRAFFIC VILUMESBOTH FORRECREATIONAL TRAVELAS WELL AS YOURDAILY COMMUNTES."HE SAYS BASED ONCRASH DATA, THEY'VESEEN THE NUMBER OFCRASHES ANDFATALITIES PER MILEDRIVEN AREACTUALLY UP."EVEN THOUGHTHERE'S LESS PEOPLEON THE ROAD, THEPEOPLE THAT ARE ONTHE ROAD ARE MORELIKELY TO BE INVOLVEDIN A CRASH THAN THEYNORMALLY WOULD."BUT LT.

BAIN SAYS INBROWN COUNTY,PEOPLE SEEM TO BEIN LESS OF ARUSH...LIKELYLEADING TO LESSCRASHES, WHICH HEATTRIBUTES TO THEPANDEMIC..HE ALSO SAYS, WITHOR WITHOUT COVID-19, SUMMER ISALWAYS A BUSY TIMEINWISCONSIN...INCREASING TRAFFIC FLOWWHICH BRINGSTRAFFIC SAFETYCONCERNS...IN BROWN COUNTYJULIANA FALK NBC 26.LT.

BAIN ALSO SAYSTEEN DRIVERS RAISEA HIGHER CONCERNAS THEY'RE NOT ASEXPERIENCED.TRIPLE A SAYS WITHMANY PROGRAMS ORACTIVITIES FORTEENS CANCELLEDTHIS SUMMER... THATCOULD MEAN MOREOF THEM AREDRIVING.BAIN ADDS...WHILEIT'S HARD TO PREDICTWHAT THIS SUMMERMIGHT BE LIKE...HE'S ENCOURAGINGPEOPLE STAY PATIENTAND FOCUSED ONTHE ROADS...ANDALWAYS PRACTICEGOOD BEHAVIORS TOSTAY SAFE.