"Study" claims jump in automobile deaths was caused by...global warming???

In 2015 traffic deaths increased sharply from 2014:  over 2,300 more deaths, an increase of over 7 percent.

Experts were baffled.  Many blamed the sharp increase on cell phone use, but it seemed odd.

But now a retired Yale professor claims the increase in auto-related deaths is due to...wait for it...GLOBAL WARMING!!!

Of course the planet hasn't warmed by a measurable amount in the past 18 years, but don't let that inconvenient fact get in the way of a good chance to scare the American public into supporting more ghastly wastes of money trying to "solve" this alleged problem.

Retired Yale University epidemiologist Leon Robertson said "increasing temperatures and increased rainfall" were causing Americans to drive more miles than they would have otherwise, leading to more deaths.

Now, I want you to consider the above statement for a moment, because you'll pretty quickly realize that the professor's "study" is a crock of crap, and that the guy is either a deluded idiot or a shill for snowflakes who demand that YOU stop driving and flying--while they continue jet-hopping over to Europe five times a year to attend sweet, sweet conferences on the taxpayer's dime.

It's certainly logical that the more miles people drive, the more accidents.  But for this to be the explanation for the 7 percent jump in traffic deaths, total mileage would have to have risen by that same percentage.

Did miles increase?

Well for that to happen, gasoline consumption in 2015 would have gone up by virtually the same amount.  (The percentage of electric cars is so microscopic as to have no measurable effect on total gasoline use.)

So did gasoline consumption increase in 2015?  Yes but by barely one percent.

But aside from the fact that total miles driven didn't go up over a fraction from 2014, how does the professor believe more rain causes people to drive more miles?  Let alone 7 percent more miles.  Did rainfall in the U.S. increase 7 percent between 2014 and 2015?  No.

So what could account for the increase in traffic deaths?  The U.S. Department of Transportation says the increase was due to more drunk driving, distracted driving — which includes cell phone use — and speeding.

But it sure as hell isn't due to "global warming."