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1. Statistically, the driving in New Jersey is better...contrary to the eye test
2. Our gas is still cheaper than man places due to lower gas taxes
Regional driving differences is a much better topic.
Having learned to drive in NJ, and then lived in several other Northeast and Mid Atlantic states, there is one thing that definitely sticks out as different.
What people do when a light changes. Either from red to green or greed to yellow and red.
Learning in NJ, I learned that when a light turns green, you MUST hit the gas. That the first three cars will all hit the gas as soon as the light changes. If you're in the front two and you don't, the third car will rear end you. Likewise, while a yellow might mean speed up, a red definitely meant stop. As those cars gunning the green would hit you.
While during my time in CT, I learned that when the light turned green, count to two before going. There were some almost rear ends while I learned this change and the car in front didn't move. This was because in CT, the change from green to yellow to red apparently only suggests stopping and frequently a car or two would come through in that two count.
I assume the car on the Tomorrowland Speedway rear ending me is a NJ driver while the one stationary in front is from CT. The one from Boston is trying to jump the guide rail and go around because of the slowdown.
With a 52% positive rate and only 122 tests it doesn't seem like too many random, asymptomatic people were tested. I don't think I'd look at those results as a sign of a significant increase in disease prevalence.
It's not that random testing is missing. It's that insufficient contacts from those positive and from whomever they originally had contact with have been tested. A 52% positive rate means there's no idea what community spread is going on. It could be back luck, and everyone was tested, but more likely there's lots of spread occurring that nobody knows about. That's what leads to increases in cases as it grows faster than people are isolated.