Name: Fewer people on NC roads means fewer traffic stops
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Description: Law enforcement officers around the state routinely pull over more than 100,000 drivers each month. In March, that number dropped to 71,000, the lowest monthly total WRAL Data Trackers found in the last five years.

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Law enforcement officers around the state routinely pull over more than 100,000 drivers each month. In March, that number dropped to 71,000, the lowest monthly total WRAL Data Trackers found in the last five years.

THIS IS IN MICHIGAN. AND FRONTIER AIRLINES IS REQUIRED PASSENGERS TO FILL OUT A HEALTH FORM TO MAKE SURE NO ONE FLIES WITH A FEVER >>> WE HAVE SEEN DRASTIC CHANGES ON THE ROAD LATELY AND NOT NEARLY AS MUCH TRAFFIC AS YOU WOULD EXPECT TO SEE SHORTLY AFTER FIVE. BUT WHEN IT COMES TO POLICING DURING THE PANDEMIC, CHANGES AS WELL AND IN FACT JANUARY AND FEBRUARY THERE WERE MORE THAN 100,000 TRAFFIC STOPS EACH MONTH AND IN MARCH BEFORE MOST STAY-AT-HOME ORDERS TOOK AFFECT THE NUMBER DROPPED TO 71,000, DOWN 29%. OUR DATA TRACKERS FOUND IT IS THE LOWEST NUMBER OF TRAFFIC STOPS ONE MONTH AT LEAST FIVE YEARS. AND WE HAVE A CLOSER LOOK AT THE NUMBERS NOW.>>REPORTER: DAVID OF COURSE THERE ARE POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE IMPACTS TO THE STAY-AT-HOME ORDERS WHEN IT COMES TO TRAFFIC THERE ARE FEWER CARS AND TRUCKS ON THE ROAD WHICH OF COURSE MEANS LESS CONGESTION AND FEWER CRASHES. AND ACCORDING TO PUBLIC RECORDS IT IS LESS OF A CHANCE YOU WILL SEE BLUE LIGHTS IN YOUR REARVIEW. AS CORONAVIRUS RESTRICTIONS ROLLED OUT ACROSS THE STATE TRAFFIC CONGESTION STARTED DWINDLING AND ONE RESULT, FEWER TIMES OFFICERS PULL DRIVERS OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD.>> THE VEHICLES ARE JUST NOT ON THE ROADWAYS THAT WERE PRIOR TO COVID 19. SPIRIT DATA SHOWS THAT TRAFFIC STOPS DROPPED NEARLY 30% STATEWIDE IN MARCH AND A CLOSER LOOK REVEALS THAT RALEIGH STOPS FELL 27% AND DURUM A WHOPPING 78% JUST A 10% DROP IN FAYETTEVILLE WHILE CHARLOTTE SOPS ARE DOWN 30%. HAVE YOU CHANGED YOUR ENFORCEMENT PRIORITIES.>> THEY HAVE NOT CHANGED. >> TROOPERS ARE TAKING EXTRA PRECAUTIONS BEFORE THEY INTERACT WITH DRIVERS.>> THEY HAVE MASKS AND FACE SHIELDS AND WE HAVE PROVIDED THEM WITH GLOVES AND HAND SANITIZER. >> THEIR NEGATIVES TO MORE OPEN ROADS.>> IN CERTAIN AREAS OF THE STATE SOME PEOPLE TRAVEL IN EXCESS OF 100 MILES PER HOUR DUE TO THE ROADWAYS BEING LESS CONGESTED.>> TROOPERS WILL GIVE CHASE OF THOSE CASES BUT FOR MOST OTHER DRIVERS. >> THE LESS CONGESTION AND THE LESS DRIVER FATALITIES WHICH IS GOOD NEWS.>> WHEN IT COMES TO REVENUE THE NEWS ISN'T GOOD AND IN FACT TRAFFIC CITATIONS HELPED FUND THE COURT SYSTEM IS SO OBVIOUSLY THE FUNDING SOURCES NOW DOWN, DRIVERS PAYING FOR GAS TAX WHEN THEY FILL UP AND THEY PAY FEES WHEN THEY BUY AND SELL CARS AND COMING UP AT SIX THE DIRE MESSAGE FROM THE STATE'S

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I'm meteorologist K Campbell in the severe weather center. It's feeling like summer again. On Thursday, high temperatures reach the upper eighties and we could come awfully close to 90 in Fayetteville. It's possible. Fayetteville sees the 1st 90 degree day of the year. The average first day in the nineties in Fayetteville is, is May 3rd and May twelveth here in the triangle. 87 in the triangle and 85 in rocks, a lot more sunshine in the forecast tomorrow. Those clouds that we saw, they're going to be clearing out overnight. So get some fresh air, enjoy it while you can. We're not going to see these warm days every day for our seven day. We'll wake up to temperatures in the low sixties warming up to 80 degrees by noon and upper eighties for highs during the afternoon. We've got the sunshine tomorrow, but a lot of us could really use the rain, especially anybody who's starting with their gardening, our rainfall for the month of April 66 inches. So that's more than an inch below normal. I would recommend to keep watering your gardens. We do have some opportunities for rain, but none of these rounds look like a widespread soaking rain. I would go ahead and keep watering. We've got a 40% chance of storms on the way. Friday and Friday, we need to keep an eye on the potential for a severe storm. Tonight. We're seeing showers dissipate as they move closer to us. And that trend should continue. We dry out throughout the day tomorrow with the sunshine and then here comes Friday's front in the morning, we'll see some rain in the mountains kind of falling apart. But as this front gets closer to us during the afternoon, as we're heating up, we'll have a more energized atmosphere and this should create some lift to generate some scattered storms throughout the afternoon and evening. It's about a 40% chance that you would see one at your house. The issue is pretty much anywhere in our viewing area. There could be a severe storm. That's why there's level one out of five threat for severe storms, Friday. The threats, damaging wind gusts and hail your seven day forecast shows some big changes are on the way for the weekend. We are cooling down, especially on Sunday, just 68 for the high falling into the 40 Sunday night into Monday morning, Monday, mostly cloudy, some lingering sprinkles possible. And then next week, temperatures are right back in the mid seventies, which is pretty much on par with where we should be this time of year

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Hey there. Good afternoon. I'm Noah Klein. Welcome to this afternoon's draws for Wednesday, April 17th, 2024. Let's get started here with Carolina pick three. That first pick three number is eight, second number is nine. Third number is eight pick 35. Ball number is one. Joining me for this afternoon's drawings are auditor from mcconnell and Jones L LP. Let's move to the Carolina pick four. That first pick four. Number is nine eight third number 64. Number is five and a pick for firewall number is five. The North Carolina Education lottery contributed over $10 billion to educate occasion. Thank you for your support. You get your winning numbers each day at 3 p.m. and again at 11:22 p.m. right here on your exclusive station for the North Carolina Education Lottery.

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Good evening. I'm Tina Sing Cash with tonight's lottery drawings for Tuesday, April 16th, 2024. Here we go. The Carolina pick 35 is our first winning number tonight. Followed by one third pick three is four and our pick three. Fireball number is also four. Joining me for tonight's drawing is our auditor from mcconnell and Jones L LP. Now let's move on to the Carolina pick four, check your tickets. Good luck too as the first winning number tonight. Second pick 45. 3rd winning number six. Fourth pick four is eight and our pick four. Fireball number is five. Let's turn now to the Carolina cash five. If no one matches all five numbers to win the jackpot tonight, tomorrow's top prize is an estimated $154,000. Good luck first winning cash five number tonight 28 followed by four, third winning number 26. Our fourth cash five tonight is 13 and good luck. Our final winning number is 18. The North Carolina Education lottery has contributed over $10 billion to education. Thanks for your support and get the winning numbers every night right here on your exclusive station for the North Carolina education lottery. Thanks for playing and have a good night.

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