Click it or ticket: Seatbelt checks happening all over NC for Memorial Day holiday
Buckle up! Highway patrol and other law enforcement agencies will be watching for drivers and passengers not wearing seatbelts now through June 6. Author: Megan Allman (WFMY News 2 Digital) Published: 1:25 PM EDT May 24, 2021 Updated: 1:28 PM EDT May 24, 2021
RALEIGH, N.C. Fasten your seatbelt or you could get a ticket. It s as simple as that.
The North Carolina Department of Transportation launched its Click It or Ticket campaign on Monday ahead of the busy Memorial Day holiday. The campaign runs through June 6.
The State Highway Patrol and other law enforcement agencies will have checkpoints all around the state, making sure drivers and passengers are buckled up safely.
More NC pedestrians died in the first half of 2020, even with fewer cars on the road Richard Stradling, The News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.)
May 20 RALEIGH The number of pedestrians struck and killed in North Carolina rose during the first half of 2020, even as the coronavirus pandemic reduced traffic.
Through June of last year, 121 people were killed while on foot along the state s roads and highways, according to preliminary data released Thursday by the Governors Highway Safety Association. That s up 11% from the 109 pedestrians killed in North Carolina during the same period the year before.
The increase came at a time when stay-at-home orders and the closure of businesses and schools kept many from driving. Traffic dropped 30% to 50% in the state s metro areas last March and April compared to pre-pandemic levels in mid-February, according to the N.C. Department of Transportation, and remained lower than normal through the summer.
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FIND WAYS TO EASE VOTING, NOT RESTRICT IT: This needless “Elections Integrity Act” bill demands mail-in ballots not only be cast by Election Day, but if mailed, must be RECEIVED no later than Election Day. It is a change that is not necessary, won’t make elections any more secure and simply erects another unnecessary impediment to casting a fair ballot and getting it counted. There was no problem to be fixed. Things worked better than ever! The quest should be for ways to get MORE people to vote and get MORE properly cast ballots counted. A legal vote legally cast on or before Election Day (including placed in the mail) should be counted. The current practice for receipt of mail-in ballots is basic common sense. To seek a political advantage, regardless of whether done to help Democrats or Republicans, under the guise that appointed elections officials or staff professionals acted improperly is disingenuous at best.
A Cumberland County native has been named the next commander of the North Carolina State Highway Patrol, Gov. Roy Cooper announced Wednesday.
Maj. Freddy L. Johnson Jr. was raised in Fayetteville and is a Fayetteville State University alumnus, the release said.
After graduating at the top of his class in the Highway Patrol Basic School in 1996, Johnson began his career as a state trooper in Lumberton, according to the news release.
The majority of his career he spent in Cumberland and Robeson counties, the release said.
“Being chosen to lead such a great organization with such great people is an incredible honor,” Johnson said in the news release. “I will do all I can to support the men and women of the patrol while continuing to build stronger partnerships with the communities we serve across this great state.
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