Delaware has seen more than double the number of traffic deaths so far in 2022 than at this time last year, and state agencies are grappling with how to slow the surge. The Delaware Office of Highway Safety reported that 29 people — including drivers of vehicles, motorcycles and bikes, as well as passengers and pedestrians — have died on the roads so far this year, compared to 14 in early March 2021.
- Start taking away licenses. — Tom Small
- That won’t stop people. — McCalah Sayers Mills
- Everyone is in a big hurry and won’t put their phones down — Stephen Terrance Herd
- Much higher fines and points for offenses. Jail time for driving on suspended licenses. — Andrew Dale
- Seat belts! Many involved in accidents involved aren’t wearing them. — Sabrina Kennedy
- People are driving so recklessly. It’s a lack of consideration. It’s the entitled people who think they’re allowed to do whatever they want, and it’s forgotten respect for laws and limits. It’s sad that almost every day, drivers are passing on double lines, using the shoulder, paying attention to their phones, making excuses for their speeding and reckless behavior. — Amy Shahan DeVincentis
- Speed is the problem. — Donna Blockinger-Lupien
- No drugs or alcohol. So can we please stop with the Nazi roadblocks? — Jimmy Cox
- Numbers are skewed, as more people are on the roads than during the height of the pandemic. However, taking stoplights off of Route 1 from New Castle all the way down to the beach just makes it worse. — Todd Culotta
- Enforce Delaware Code Title 21. — Richard Strycharz
- We registered all motor vehicles and tested, photographed and licensed all drivers. We have posted uncounted signs for safety, yet traffic fatalities and injuries continue to rise. I guess there is nothing to do but outlaw motor vehicles! — Chris Wolfe
- Need more traffic lights. — Vincent Olsen
- Half the folks stayed home all year and forgot how to drive — Yvonne Cole Herrmann
- Slow down. — Edna Staats
- No. 1, there are too many people on the road driving that should not have a driver’s license. No. 2, look around at how many drivers have their face in a phone. Driving through intersections, parking lots, etc. Why can’t people wait to get where they are going to make that call, return that text, watch that video? I see people backing out of their driveway and already on the phone. Too many distractions in the vehicles themselves. The dashboards in new vehicles are like command stations. Getting as bad as an aircraft cockpit. — Bob Hice
