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NNS on Lake Effect: Reckless driving in Milwaukee

by Dwayne Burtin, Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service
March 4, 2018

<h1>NNS on Lake Effect: Reckless driving in Milwaukee</h1>
<p class="byline">by Dwayne Burtin, Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service <br />March 4, 2018</p>
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<p>After years of traffic fatalities and injury accidents trending down, both are now on the rise and are soaring to levels not seen in recent years. As police regroup, Milwaukee residents are grappling with the idea that a green light doesn’t mean it’s safe to go.</p>
<p>Related story: <a href="https://milwaukeenns.org/2018/02/14/reckless-driving-forces-milwaukee-residents-into-game-of-red-light-roulette">Reckless driving forces Milwaukee residents into game of “red light roulette.”</a></p>
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