20-05-2025
State Highway Patrol offers safe driving tips for Memorial Day weekend
RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCT) — With Memorial Day weekend coming up, it is important to practice safe driving.
According to AAA, it is estimated that 45 million Americans are expected to travel domestically this Memorial Day weekend, with 87% of those people taking road trips.
The North Carolina State Highway Patrol wants to ensure that people are safe as Memorial Day weekend marks the unofficial start to summer. They plan to use educational and enforcement efforts, such as restraint laws, to lessen collisions from things such as speeding, and impaired and distracted driving.
Since Memorial Day is the beginning of the '100 Deadliest Days' for teen drivers, parents and teens are encouraged to adhere to the North Carolina Graduated driving requirements that can be found here.
The State Highway Patrol will also be partnering with the NC Governor's Highway Safety Program's Click It or Ticket campaign. This campaign consists of two seven-day enforcement periods, the first being May 19-25 and the second being May 26-June 1. More information about this campaign can be found here.
If you want to report dangerous driving behaviors to the State Highway Patrol, please dial *HP (*47).
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