But if you're passing through Mecklenburg, New Hanover, Pitt, Guilford, orCumberland Counties, you really need to be careful. AAA of the Carolinasranks the most dangerous driving counties so drivers are aware. Drivers have a lot to be aware of as they pass through Cumberland County. Cumberland is the 5th most dangerous driving county in the state. Driverssay the problem is other drivers.
"I see a lot of drivers that don't respect the fast lane," says driver,Random Coppage. "They have no regard for the faster traffic, traffic thatcould flow a lot smoother if they would regard the fast traffic, youknow."
Truck drivers also say the problem is other drivers, specifically car drivers. Ricky Rogers believes if people could ride in a truck for amonth or so and actually see what cars are doing to you, then maybesomeone would realize that the truck driver isn't at fault all the time.
Highways seem to grab all the attention, but it's the back roads that claimthe most lives. Cumberland County's high number of crashes, injuries anddeaths come on a mix of roads, and from the mixture of traffic.
"Well, everyday we're getting more and more cars on the road,"explains Trooper A.G. Stephenson. "When you have a large volume of cars,you're getting more people and more personalities, some of them drivinglong distances for days at a time, some of them just a 5 minute trip. Soyou have a lot of different driver personalities and a lot of differentcars on the road."
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