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BurnTheBarricade  ·  2793 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Daily chart: Ride-hailing apps may help to curb drunk driving | The Economist

This seems like common sense at the surface. The easier access people have to safety measures against drunk driving, the more likely people are to use it. The data in the article is interesting, however, due to the subsequent spikes in drunk driving that Queens and Brooklyn (to a lesser extent) experienced. Not sure what's causing those.





snoodog  ·  2793 days ago  ·  link  ·  

That char shows the combined effect of drunk driving and any enforcement actions. A spike in drunk driving arrest could come from either one and in this case is likely due to extra enforcement