North Carolina Law enforcement agencies have announced that officials will be patrolling the roads July 18-24 to make sure drivers are obeying speed limits as part of the “Speeding Wrecks Lives” campaign, a national initiative in conjunction with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Mark Ezzell, director of the Governor’s Highway Safety Program said, “Speeding-related crashes are at all-time high levels across the country, including North Carolina, and one proven way to prevent speeding is an increased law enforcement presence on the roads. Campaigns like these are key pieces to decreasing crashes, even as we work on more long-term solutions such as safe road design, safer cars and quality driver education.”
According to NCDOT, 424 people died statewide in speeding-related crashes last year. The department says “speed was a contributing factor in nearly a quarter of all fatal crashes in 2021. Males under 39 account for nearly half of all speeding-related crashes.”
