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Ohio traffic fatalities were down 9.7 percent last year, but so far this year they’re back up 10.2 percent. What do you think is going on?

Ohio traffic fatalities were down 9.7 percent last year, but so far this year they’re back up 10.2 percent. What do you think is going on?

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ROCKY MAYES

ROCKY MAYES, New Lebanon: “Nobody had any money to travel last year. People are starting to get on the road again.”

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SCOTT KIER

SCOTT KIER, Carlisle: “Inattentive driving. You can watch a person driving normal, and then see them get a call and you can totally see their driving change. They start tailgating and weaving. I would be all for banning cell phones in a moving vehicle.”

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DEBBIE BASINGER

DEBBIE BASINGER, Huber Heights: “Road construction. People are driving too fast through there.”

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CRAIG TIREY

CRAIG TIREY, Dayton: “People just don’t pay attention to things around them. Maybe they’re paying attention to too many other things — playing with their cell phones or eating or even reading behind the wheel. It’s always terrifying when you see someone with a book propped up on the steering wheel.”

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DINEE KIER

DINEE KIER, Carlisle: “Cell phones. I see all kinds of people texting while driving.”

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BOB STANAFORD

BOB STANAFORD, Centerville: “It’s all the road construction. Where southbound 75 and Route 4 comes in, you can’t tell whether you should go left or right.”

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