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We're ready to celebrate SUMMER--and that means vacations, cookouts, and maybe a whole new wardrobe. How are you going to fund your summer fun?. You could get a part-time job at an ice cream shop, but who wants sticky hands? You could work as a public pool lifeguard--but then you've got to deal with all those screaming kids. And that sunburn? HARD PASS.

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An open road is not a personal racetrack, but some seem to think differently. In these top ten states, road racing occurs at unprecedented rates. Rates of street racing are on the rise. Over the past year, the coronavirus pandemic provided the perfect opportunity for speed racing enthusiasts to spend time at home fixing up and modifying their cars, according to a 2021 report from Associated Press News. Paired with reduced traffic on public roads, street racing exploded across the nation. The same report found that street racing complaints in 2020 skyrocketed in multiple cities, with some police departments even experiencing five times the number of complaints compared to the same period in 2019.

Drivers in these twenty U.S. cities have racked up the most moving violations in the nation, earning them the title of America’s worst drivers in 2021. As cities reopen this year, many of us are eager to get “back to normal” after a year of uncertainty and isolation. A semblance of life outside of lockdown is taking shape as restaurants, bars, concerts, and other large in-person gatherings reopen in full force, to many city dwellers’ relief.

Although property crime has decreased dramatically since 1990 nationwide, it still occurs at alarmingly high rates in many cities across the United States. Over the last year in the United States, an average of almost 19 thousand property crime offenses occurred each day. In 2019, an estimated 6.93 million property crime offenses occurred in the United States, according to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting database. 6.93 million offenses in the last year might seem astronomically high, but property crime in the United States has actually been on the decline. In fact, the property crime rate has decreased by 24 percent since 2010, and over 58 percent since 1990. Despite this overall decrease in property crime over the past few decades, property crime is still a pervasive problem that disproportionately affects some cities more than others.

These cities have adapted exceptionally to encourage voting in the historic 2020 general election. To say that 2020 has been a consequential year is the understatement of the 21st century. The global pandemic, civil unrest, and growing effects of climate change are just a few of the major developments that the nation has experienced over the past year. 2020 is also host to one of the most highly-anticipated elections in recent history, and the events of these last nine months have only intensified the fervor of Americans to get out and vote.

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According to the data, these ten vehicles tend to attract better drivers than most. Chivalry may be dead, but rest assured that skilled and courteous drivers are still out there. It’s much easier to remember — and resent — the driver who ran a red light, who rudely sped past you in the right-hand lane, or even who caused an accident that slowed traffic to a crawl. Yet for every bad driver, many others exist whose courteous and lawful behavior flies under the radar. It can be hard to recognize good drivers for what they are because they work to make the experience for other drivers more seamless and less stressful.

When it comes to breaking this bad habit, some states have gone above and beyond for the sake of public health. Perhaps one of the most significant shifts in the cultural paradigm during the twenty-first century has been the perception of smoking. For most of U.S. history, smoking was glamorized and accepted as a societal norm. In 2009, however, the Tobacco Regulation Law was passed, allowing the FDA to regulate tobacco manufacturers. As a result, the negative health outcomes of smoking are now regularly taught in schools and must be disclosed on cigarette packets. f This recent scrutiny of tobacco companies, especially in their efforts to appeal to young people by selling candy and fruit-flavored cigarette products (which were banned as of 2009), demonstrates a move towards contending with corporations in order to improve public health.

Which U.S. cities have been the quickest to return to public transportation during the pandemic?. When the pandemic hit the United States in early 2020, leading to the enforcement of shelter-in-place quarantine orders, Americans experienced great fluctuations in their access to modes of transportation. Many local public transportation systems including bus routes and commuter rails were suspended, operating at limited capacity, or advised for use only when absolutely necessary by transit agencies due to the CDC’s social distancing recommendations. In cities like New York, where the subway system is an integral component of residents’ daily lives, mass transit may be seen as a great equalizer — take the subway at the busiest peak hours in Manhattan, and you’ll see a diverse ridership of commuters. However, limitations in the usage of public transit systems brought on by the coronavirus pandemic have quickly illuminated the economic disparity between city residents.

You’ll find risky drivers on the road no matter where you are, but in some states, these rulebreakers are less likely to get away with it. While driving patterns vary across the United States, American drivers can generally agree on the following decorum: be mindful of your surroundings, try to avoid sudden movements, and do your best to follow the traffic patterns of the vehicles around you. However, the disregard of these practices by reckless drivers seems to be more blatant in certain states. Reckless driving is characterized by a wanton disregard for the rules while driving. This broad penalty encompasses violations such as excessive speeding, driving while under the influence, racing, and illegal passing (such as passing a stopped school bus). Reckless driving rates across the country are not only driven by varying levels of offense shown by regional drivers, but also the level of on-road enforcement that varies from state to state. States with high rates of reckless driving likely have not only drivers who exhibit more blatantly negligent behavior, but a stronger presence of highway patrols who are able to catch these reckless motorists in the act.

Accidents happen, but the drivers of certain cars seem to have these slip-ups more often than others. It’s inevitable that drivers will make mistakes on the road. But however innocent a driver’s intentions are, road accidents can often be more than just minor blips, resulting in serious or even fatal casualties. The National Safety Council reported earlier this year that despite a decline in overall traffic in early 2020 due to quarantine orders, the rate of fatal driving accidents increased by 14% from 2019.

Staying at home has never been more of a priority, and many Americans are eager to invest in a new nest. 2020 has been full of surprises. The economic shutdown incited by the coronavirus pandemic has sent irrevocable shockwaves across vast economic sectors. While many industries have seen irreparable damage, causing businesses to shut down at alarming rates, some, like the housing market, have seen unexpected upturns.

The nation’s rudest drivers tend to gravitate towards sporty models and brands, from cheap, fast cars to powerful luxury sedans. Driving levels across the United States have largely returned to normal since lockdowns began in March. Unfortunately, this means that rude drivers are back on the roads in full force. These ill-behaved drivers have what seems like the unique ability to ruin the mood of an otherwise pleasant drive in mere seconds.

Despite reductions in driving early on in the pandemic, driving levels have returned to normal across the country and rude drivers are back on the roads in full force. For many, common courtesy seems to go out the (car) window the moment they get behind the wheel. Drivers may feel less social pressure to behave courteously towards other drivers since any real face-to-face interaction is nonexistent; on the roads, a driver's identity is reduced to the car they drive and a license plate number.

This fall, many schools will reopen their doors to students — and to COVID-19. The beginning of the school year is already in full swing in some states, and it’s just around the corner in many others. Despite the variation in opening dates among states, one factor remains constant: teachers across the country are concerned, not only for the wellbeing of their students but also for their own safety.

Many people drive for a living, but which job’s drivers have the cleanest records on the road?. The job market as we know it has radically changed throughout 2020. In late March, the onset of the coronavirus pandemic led to an economic shutdown when stay-at-home orders were enforced. While many companies shifted to a remote model, employees in certain industries that rely heavily on in-person transactions, such as restaurants and retail, saw an unprecedented surge in unemployment. As public transportation systems were largely vacated and the demand for at-home deliveries surged, different occupations that involve driving saw unanticipated and diverse outcomes.