title: Is fatality-free travel on North Carolina's streets and highways feasible? It's time to think the unthinkable.
abstract: The persistent downward trajectory in the traffic fatality rate during the past 90 years suggests that fatality-free travel on North Carolina's streets and highways may one day be a reality. Multiple interventions, including raising the driving age to 17 years and banning cell phone use, will help North Carolina achieve this vision.
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency Medicine, Brody School of Medicine, Greenville, East Carolina University, University Health Systems of Eastern Carolina, Greenville, USA. herbgarrison@gmail.com
authors.forename: Herbert G
authors.initials: HG
authors.lastname: Garrison
authors.forename: Jennifer L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Smith
mesh_terms: D000063:Accidents, Traffic / Q000401:mortality / Q000517:prevention & control*; D001334:Automobile Driving / Q000193:education / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D009657:North Carolina / Q000453:epidemiology; D012449:Safety / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*