If you are a fan of Charlotte Stories, one of Charlotte, North Carolina's online news and entertainment portals, you may have seen this: Mecklenburg Drivers Can Now Get Their Speeding Tickets Reduced Online. It's true. If you get stopped for...
If you are a fan of Charlotte Stories, one of Charlotte, North Carolina's online news and entertainment portals, you may have seen this: Mecklenburg Drivers Can Now Get Their Speeding Tickets Reduced Online. It's true. If you get stopped for...
Drug laws across the country are changing, especially those regarding marijuana, but some states are still behind the curve. Depending on where you live in the U.S., marijuana is completely legal, approved for medicinal use, or, like it is in North...
DWIs and other serious traffic violations in North Carolina can carry some stiff penalties and often require an experienced traffic attorney to help minimize the damage. While there are many serious traffic offenses, others like running a stop sign or...
Drug laws across the country are changing fast, especially regarding marijuana. Depending on the state you live in, marijuana may be completely legal, approved for medical use, or decriminalized. In North Carolina, certain arrests involving...
The Second Chance Act in North Carolina changed the face of the expungement process and, maybe most importantly, features automatic expungement for some. Charges that result in a not guilty verdict or a dismissal will automatically be...
ORIGINALLY POSTED: May 31, 2018 UPDATED: November 2, 2021 If you are charged with speeding or certain other traffic tickets in North Carolina, you will have “points” assessed to your driving record. Those points determine to a...
UPDATED: November 2, 2021 As of 2021, the bill discussed below has not become a traffic law in North Carolina. ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED: November 1, 2017 A new controversial bill protecting drivers, HB 330, has passed the NC House. The new law would...
UPDATED: November 2, 2021 While North Carolina has yet to make the bill into law, a similar bill was signed into law by Gov. Henry McMaster on May 17, 2021. The law says a vehicle can’t travel in the farthest left lane of a...
ORIGINALLY POSTED: August 13 2019 UPDATED: November 31 2021 In 2018, 123 people died in North Carolina because of distracted driving, and fatalities involving texting and driving account for 9 percent of all fatal auto accidents nationwide from...
ORIGINAL PUBLICATION DATE: 08/22/2019 UPDATED: 10/28/2021 From running a red light to DWI, there were almost a million traffic stops in North Carolina in 2020. That's a lot of drivers being pulled over for a range of reasons. While state...
ORIGINALLY POSTED: AUGUST 28, 2019 UPDATED: OCTOBER 27, 2021 Drinking and driving is one of the most dangerous things any driver can do and it puts other drivers in danger as well. In North Carolina, DWIs have dropped significantly over the...
Original Date of Publication: 04/02/2020 UPDATED: 10/24/2021 Approximately 1 in 4 North Carolinians has a criminal record that could result in collateral consequences that impact employment, housing, and other opportunities. Recent changes in...
Many drivers, at one time or another, have broken the speed limit. There are signs on nearly every road in North Carolina displaying the speed limit, but speeding tickets still remain one of the most common citations in the state. A minor speeding...