Granite Staters, slow your engines.

That was the message on Wednesday when Gov. Kelly Ayotte joined top state officials to unveil a sweeping set of recommendations aimed at reducing deaths and serious crashes on New Hampshire’s roads and improving public safety.

There were 134 deaths on New Hampshire highways in 2023, a five percent increase over the year before, according to the report. A WalletHub study released earlier this year ranked New Hampshire the fourth-worst state to drive in, and gave it the lowest safety rank in New England.

Among the biggest challenges called out by Ayotte and the Governor’s Special Task Force on Highway Safety are the spike in speeding incidents involving speeds of 100 mph or more, the state’s increase in wrong-way driving, and the rate of drivers refus

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