North Carolina Public Safety Secretary Frank Perry is trying to tap the brakes on fears that the state Highway Patrol will soon begin cracking down on drivers for going 1 or 2 mph over the posted speed limit. That’s just ...

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U.S. v. Saafir (Lawyers Weekly No. 14-01-0582, 10 pp.) (Per Curiam) No. 13-4049, June 11, 2014; USDC at Greensboro, N.C. (Eagles, J.) 4th Cir. Holding: A police officer who stopped defendant’s vehicle for speeding violated defendant’s Fourth Amendment rights when ...

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Authorities say a man and woman from Gaston County are accused of stopping traffic on Interstate 85 so they could drag race, one of them with a young child in the car.

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Traffic Law Focus: New York ROCHESTER, N.Y. (Dolan Media Newswires) – A woman’s failure to dim her high beams was not enough reason to pull her over, but a Town Court justice has found the officer’s estimation of her exceeding ...

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The North Carolina Highway Patrol says it has "taken appropriate action" against three state troopers who were caught speeding on camera in non-emergency situations.

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Suspended North Carolina guard P.J. Hairston's court appearance on a speeding charge has been delayed another month.

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State v. Gardner Even though defendant pleaded guilty to felony speeding to elude arrest, and even though she had been convicted of the same crime previously, the trial court should not have assigned a sentencing point under G.S. § 15A-1340.14(b)(6).

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Thomas v. Union County Board of Education The Industrial Commission’s finding and conclusion that the defendant’s school bus driver was not negligent were supported by substantial evidence: The bus driver, corroborated by the motorist behind the bus, testified that she stopped at a stop sign, looked both ways, pulled up further to get a better view and looked both ways again. Not seeing any traffic, she proceeded to cross the road. When the bus was over half way across the road, the front of plaintiff’s car struck the bus between the front and back tires.

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A car crash that left an 80-year-old man with fatal brain damage has settled confidentially for $1.75 million. The October 2008 crash occurred when a small commercial truck ran a stop sign. The plaintiff, driving from the truck driver's right, hit the truck's front-side corner, causing the truck to flip over and skid to the other side of the intersection. The plaintiff's vehicle stayed upright but sustained massive damage. The plaintiff suffered traumatic brain injury that he never recovered from, said his family's Wilmington attorney, M. Troy Slaughter.

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"Reasonable and prudent." That was the daytime speed limit in Montana for a breezy four years after Congress in 1995 lifted its draconian, federally mandated limits, which first imposed the pokey "double-nickel" 55-mph limit that was later softened to 65. Does that mean that there was an American Autobahn in Big Sky Country in the late '90s? Not exactly.

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