We've seen the same uptick in reckless driving in CO since Covid. Reddit Denver complains about it all the time. I think it's happening everywhere, and it's not clear why.

One of the lesser known dictatorship plays: the ostensible increase of police presence with a proportionate and perceptible increase in crime lead the public and local governance to embrace harsher rule of law and violations of their rights under the auspices therin.

I think the truth is more boring.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jeaHOe7eviQ

Cause there are fewer police watching and there are no consequences for these people's actions.