Comparing Milwaukee's reckless driving issues to similarly-sized cities is easier said than done

As TMJ4 News launches a new series called Project: Drive Safer, the team wanted to try and compare Milwaukee's reckless driving issues to issues in similarly sized cities. While digging through data and interviewing sources, we learned making a comparison is easier said than done. Milwaukee monitors crash and speed data, along with the number of traffic citations police issue, as key indicators when trying to wrap their minds around reckless driving issues, according to Alderman Michael Murphy. Murphy has been part of the fight to make Milwaukee's streets safer for years. He served as chair of the City-County Carjacking and Reckless Driving Task Force in 2020. READ MORE: https://www.tmj4.com/news/project-drive-safer/comparing-milwaukees-reckless-driving-issues-to-similarly-sized-cities-is-easier-said-than-done