NC Hwy Patrol Labor Day Totals

The North Carolina State Highway Patrol has released its Labor Day Weekend totals for “On the Road, On the Water, Don’t Drink and Drive” campaign.  The “On the Road, On the Water, Don’t Drink and Drive” campaign is a multi-agency initiative with the Division of Law Enforcement Wildlife Resources Commission and the Alcohol Law Enforcement Division that is designed to combine law enforcement resources to ensure that all motorists can safely travel on highway and waterways during the summer months.  For the Labor Day Weekend, over 6500 citations were issued including:  221 DWI’s, 22 drug charges, over 850 seatbelt violations, and 132 child restraint violations.