Is the Traffic Death Spike, Like the Homicide Increase, a Ferguson Effect?

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From the New York Times:
U.S. Traffic Deaths Rise for a Second Straight Year By NEAL E. BOUDETTE FEB. 15, 2017
Last year, traffic deaths increased 6 percent, to 40,200, according to estimates released on Wednesday by the National Safety Council.
The two-year increase — 14 percent — is the largest in more than a half a century.
… According to its estimates, 40,200 people died in accidents involving motor vehicles in 2016, a 6 percent rise from the year before.
… The 2016 total comes after a 7 percent rise in 2015 and means the two-year increase — 14 percent — is the largest in more than a half a century. …
Part of the increase is believed to stem from the improving economy, which has led Americans to drive more miles for both work and pleasure.
...Government officials and safety advocates contend, however, that more than anything else, the increase in deaths has been caused by more lenient enforcement of seatbelt, drunken driving and speeding regulations by authorities and a reluctance by lawmakers to pass more restrictive measures.
...“It’s still the same things that are killing drivers — belts, booze and speed,” Mr. Adkins said.
No doubt, but why the change since 2014?
…“I think speeding is the No. 1 problem. There are times of the day when we only have one or two troopers on duty in a county, so you can speed, and there’s no one there to deter it.”
Maybe what’s happening is that we’re seeing another manifestation of the Ferguson Effect. 
As you’ll recall, as the Obama Administration’s narrative about Ferguson turned out to be Fake News, the Administration ran a massive investigation of the Ferguson Police Department and found … that Ferguson was a Speed Trap!
For awhile this was the worst thing in the history of the world and the Justice Department used their Speed Trap to take over the Ferguson police department.
So, if the Obama Administration is out to abolish Speed Traps, the cops have a remedy: America has plenty of donut shops..."