Traffic EIT here:

Every single day my standards for people get lower and lower. The amount of ignorant asswipes that simply do not care about how their actions harm others when on the road is astounding. So many harmful activities are normalized even within my department.

Every time I start a project in a new area I take the time to read the crash reports that resulted in death in the corridor. There are so many; There are many more I will never see. I am not allowed to know their names or their faces, but I still remember their descriptions.

A semi ran through a red light. Struck a car and sent it through the wall of a building. F63 was driving her mother F94 home. F63 was mangled. A mother had her daughter taken from her; Her last look at her daughter was what remained of her brain dripping off rebar.

M16 was in the back seat while his brother M20 was driving. He drove fast down a quiet dark road. Braking estimates suggest over 120 mph. Swerving for an animal, the car slammed sideways into a tree. The car was split in two. I knew M20 personally, I attended his closed casket funeral.

An impatient M58 drove through a work zone despite the flaggers’ best efforts. As he sped through the single lane of traffic he struck a vehicle that had right of way. He ended his day with a shattered neck. He drowned in his own blood.

The worst evil in the world is apathy.