AAA Carolina is predicting close to 1.5 million North Carolinians will be traveling 50 miles or more for Thanksgiving this year. If that projection proves accurate, that will be the highest number since 2005.
The vast majority of those travelers – estimated at 90 percent – will be making their way to holiday festivities by motor vehicle, which is expected to cause delays on interstates across North Carolina.
Those traveling by vehicle will see the highest price for gas at Thanksgiving in the last four years, although those figures are down from earlier this year.
AAA estimates that the evening commute period on Wednesday could see peak traffic volumes for the travel period, which runs from Wednesday through Sunday.
Thanksgiving Day is actually projected to be the best travel day, if you can wait until the day of to make your way to your destination.
Law enforcement will have a heavy presence across the Tar Heel State throughout the holiday period with authorities looking for speeders and those who they believe are driving under the influence.
AAA reports there were more than 2,700 crashes over the Thanksgiving holiday period in 2017, which led to more than 1,200 injuries and 23 fatalities. The number of deaths was up from 2016.
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