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It has changed the population of drivers on the road. Wealthy, highly educated professionals are driving less because they work at home more. "Essential workers" are driving as much or more. They are biased toward poorer and less educated people, who are also as a population worse drivers with worse vehicles compared to the population staying at home. These shifts in driver population are more than enough to account for the change.



> These shifts in driver population are more than enough to account for the change.

This is an interesting and maybe even plausible hypothesis, but it lacks any data whatsoever for the final claim.




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