RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - The North Carolina Highway Patrol is participating in a multi-state campaign to combat traffic deaths on Interstate 95.
Beginning Saturday, troopers from Maine to Florida will join in the I-95 Drive to Save Lives campaign.
Troopers will focus their efforts along the I-95 corridor in an attempt to decrease traffic collisions and increase law enforcement visibility. The patrol says the emphasis of the campaign will be to change high-risk behaviors associated with distracted driving, impaired driving, speeding and the failure of drivers and passengers to use a seatbelt.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration says 2015 marked the largest increase in traffic fatalities since 1966. The 1,920-mile stretch along the I-95 corridor has been ranked among the top 10 nationally in fatalities for the past several years.
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