Skyrocketing plane tickets and a reasonable average of $2.63 for a gallon of gas has many people hitting the road this holiday, but with more people on the road comes more danger.

 

It's the most traveled day of the year with 33 million Americans getting where they need to go by car, and as many of them drive through Siouxland they're realizing getting to grandma's house may take a little longer.

 

All you need to do is hop in your car, and you'll know it's a holiday.

 

"Yesterday was pretty slow and the closer we get, it's been picking up steadily, definitely. You can tell," said Eric Johnson, who is driving from Minot, North Dakota to Omaha for the holiday.

 

In an attempt to avoid the huge traffic of Thanksgiving, many people headed out of town a day early.

 

"We actually skipped class this morning to try and get a jump start, but I guess we didn't even realize that it was only one lane for a lot of it so it's probably better that we got a head start on it," said Johnson.

 

If you drive south of Sioux City on Interstate 29 be prepared for orange barrels, detours, and speed zones. But the road warriors aren't letting the slower traffic dampen their holiday. Many say their just glad the weather hasn't been too bad.

 

"It has been good. There have been some detours but the traffic is moving along just fine. I hit some snow flurries up in Minnesota, but it's beautiful and sunny here," said Mary Williamson of Stockton, California, who was driving from Minneapolis to Lincoln, Nebraska.

 

"It's been a nice, easy trip. Snow and rain for about four hours," said Jack Thompson of Mountain Iron, Minnesota.

 

"The only place in the entire United States where there's precipitation, we drove through it to get here," added his wife Sally with a laugh.

 

Now that they've traveled the roads, seen the construction, and know about the delays, they can plan out their trip home more accurately.

 

"Oh yeah, we're coming back Saturday instead of Sunday. Oh, definitely," said Cheryl Wilson of Sioux Falls, who was on the way to Kansas with her family.

 

According to AAA, Thanksgiving is the deadliest travel day of the year. Last year 502 people died in traffic deaths. That's compared to about 100 on a typical day.

 

Many of those traffic deaths are alcohol-related, so if you're drinking make sure you have a designated driver.