Three people in Tampa were arrested for drag racing early in the pandemic and charged with driving as fast as 85 mph in a 45 mph zone. In the following minutes, a motorcycle going at least 80 mph in a 35 mph zone struck a pedestrian, killing both of them. Is it possible that they were isolated incidents? Almost impossible. It's one of many documented instances of how driver behavior has changed dramatically since the coronavirus became a public health emergency in March. In the last 11 months, fewer Floridians have been on the roads, but the number of fatal crashes has risen. A police officer in Atlanta driving 130 mph in a 65 mph zone was pulled over by a state trooper in April after he tested positive for the Coronavirus and was supposed to be in self-quarantine. The same month, a New York City police officer on his Harley-Davidson motorcycle was killed in a hit-and-run accident on the Cross Island Parkway in Queens. You may have seen similar behavior in your neighborhood - carpoolers taking full advantage of empty lanes, suburban interstates treated as their own private autobahns - since tens of millions of Americans pulled out of their offices to work at home during the pandemic.

Source: https://patch.com/florida/across-fl/pandemic-revs-bad-driver-behavior-traffic-fatalities-fl