i mean, do we not care about our lives .. like you'll be going 10 over with a line of people in front of you and there will always be some impatient driver right behind you. and then they'll swerve in the other lane just to go a couple mph faster and to only get directly in front of you, risking everyones lives around them.
and its doesn't stop there. i see company vehicles at LEAST a few times a week doing the same stuff.
its understandable that this city is growing fast. for everyone person who moves out, there is about two people that move in. roads and houses are being built and jobs are being taken up. this means that there is an influx of traffic. but i will honest, i encounter way more people speeding than people going slow, or even the speed limit. while that is my experience, i have also heard this from my friends, family, and the statistics are scary. feeling like you're risking your life to just go to work isn't the greatest.
idk about you guys, but im pretty tired of almost getting into multiple crashes a day because of negligent drivers. so here are some more statistics.
in knoxville, tennessee:
there are 13.94 fatal crashes per 100,000 residents (involving bad drivers) this is 3x the national average.
consumer affair's ranking of fatal crashes in 2024 increased from 25th place to 2nd place in 2025.
(in all of tennessee-) there were over 1,300 crashes in 2025, mainly caused by improper or reckless driving.
43% of those crashes are people whose ages are 16-25.
in 2025, 1,516 crashes are confirmed to involve a driver on their phone.
in 2024, there were 52 deaths from car crashes.
of the 29 deaths in knoxville crashes last year, 8 were motorcyclists, 6 were pedestrians, and one was a bicyclist. 6 of these were on north broadway, and 2 were on western avenue and chapman highway. in at least 7 of these, the victim was not wearing a seat belt.
every 37 hours, someone is involved in a life-altering crash.
you can prevent most accidents by taking a driver's course, even though it isn't required for your license.
your life matters more than being late to work.
sources:
(if i have missed any sources or have gotten a statistic wrong, please let me know! this is all information that i could find online)
wate.com (consumer affairs study)
knoxvilletn.gov
knoxvilletnpolice.gov
if youre interested in more statistical info, i would visit this website:
https://www.tn.gov/safety/stats/dashboards/trafficfatality.html