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NC Gen Stat § 20-160 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 20 - Motor Vehicles|Article 3 - Motor Vehicle Act of 1937.|§ 20-160 - Driving through safety zone or on sidewalks prohibited.

 20-160. Driving through safety zone or on sidewalks prohibited.(a) The driver of a vehicle shall not at any time drive through or over a safety zone.(b) No person shall drive any motor vehicle upon a sidewalk or sidewalk area except upon a permanent or temporary driveway. (1937, c. 407, s. 122; 1973, c. 1330, s. 24.)
NC Gen Stat § 20-160.1 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 20 - Motor Vehicles|Article 3 - Motor Vehicle Act of 1937.|§ 20-160.1 - Failure to yield causing serious bodily injury; penalties.

 20-160.1. Failure to yield causing serious bodily injury; penalties.(a) Unless the conduct is covered under some other law providing greater punishment, a person who commits the offense of failure to yield while approaching or entering an intersection, turning at a stop or yield sign, entering a roadway, upon the approach of an emergency vehicle, or at highway construction or maintenance shall be punished under this section. When there is serious bodily injury but no death resulting from the violation, the violator shall be fined five hundred dollars ($500.00) and the violator's drivers license or commercial drivers license shall be suspended for 90 days.(b) As used in this section, "serious bodily injury" means bodily injury that involves a substantial risk of death, extreme physical pain, protracted and obvious disfigurement, or protracted loss or impairment of the function of a bodily member, organ, or mental faculty. (2004-172, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 20-161.1 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 20 - Motor Vehicles|Article 3 - Motor Vehicle Act of 1937.|§ 20-161.1 - Regulation of night parking on highways.

 20-161.1. Regulation of night parking on highways.No person parking or leaving standing a vehicle at night on a highway or on a side road entering into a highway shall permit the bright lights of said vehicle to continue burning when such lights face oncoming traffic. (1953, c. 1052.)
NC Gen Stat § 20-162 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 20 - Motor Vehicles|Article 3 - Motor Vehicle Act of 1937.|§ 20-162 - Parking in front of private driveway, fire hydrant, fire station, intersection of curb lines or fire lane.

 20-162. Parking in front of private driveway, fire hydrant, fire station, intersection of curb lines or fire lane.(a) No person shall park a vehicle or permit it to stand, whether attended or unattended, upon a highway in front of a private driveway or within 15 feet in either direction of a fire hydrant or the entrance to a fire station, nor within 25 feet from the intersection of curb lines or if none, then within 15 feet of the intersection of property lines at an intersection of highways; provided, that local authorities may by ordinance decrease the distance within which a vehicle may park in either direction of a fire hydrant.(b) No person shall park a vehicle or permit it to stand, whether attended or unattended, upon any public vehicular area, street, highway or roadway in any area designated as a fire lane. This prohibition includes designated fire lanes in shopping center or mall parking lots and all other public vehicular areas. Provided, however, persons loading or unloading supplies or merchandise may park temporarily in a fire lane located in a shopping center or mall parking lot as long as the vehicle is not left unattended. The prima facie rule of evidence created by G.S. 20-162.1 is applicable to prosecutions for violation of this section. The owner of a vehicle parked in violation of this subsection shall be deemed to have appointed any State, county or municipal law-enforcement officer as his agent for the purpose of arranging for the transportation and safe storage of such vehicle. No law-enforcement officer removing such a vehicle shall be held criminally or civilly liable in any way for any acts or omissions arising out of or caused by carrying out or enforcing any provisions of this subsection, unless the conduct of the officer amounts to wanton misconduct or intentional wrongdoing. (1937, c. 407, s. 124; 1939, c. 111; 1979, c. 552; 1981, c. 574, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 20-162.1 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 20 - Motor Vehicles|Article 3 - Motor Vehicle Act of 1937.|§ 20-162.1 - Prima facie rule of evidence for enforcement of parking regulations.

 20-162.1. Prima facie rule of evidence for enforcement of parking regulations.(a) Whenever evidence shall be presented in any court of the fact that any automobile, truck, or other vehicle was found upon any street, alley or other public place contrary to and in violation of the provisions of any statute or of any municipal or Department of Transportation ordinance limiting the time during which any such vehicle may be parked or prohibiting or otherwise regulating the parking of any such vehicle, it shall be prima facie evidence in any court in the State of North Carolina that such vehicle was parked and left upon such street, alley or public way or place by the person, firm or corporation in whose name such vehicle is then registered and licensed according to the records of the department or agency of the State of North Carolina, by whatever name designated, which is empowered to register such vehicles and to issue licenses for their operation upon the streets and highways of this State; provided, that no evidence tendered or presented under the authorization contained in this section shall be admissible or competent in any respect in any court or tribunal, except in cases concerned solely with violation of statutes or ordinances limiting, prohibiting or otherwise regulating the parking of automobiles or other vehicles upon public streets, highways, or other public places.Any person found responsible for an infraction pursuant to this section shall be subject to a penalty of not more than five dollars ($5.00).(b) The prima facie rule of evidence established by subsection (a) shall not apply to the registered owner of a leased or rented vehicle parked in violation of law when the owner can furnish sworn evidence that the vehicle was, at the time of the parking violation, leased or rented, to another person or company. In those instances, the owner of the vehicle shall furnish sworn evidence to the courts within 30 days after notification of the violation in accordance with this subsection.If the notification is given to the owner of the vehicle within 90 days after the date of the violation, the owner shall include in the sworn evidence the name and address of the person or company that leased or rented the vehicle. If notification is given to the owner of the vehicle after 90 days have elapsed from the date of the violation, the owner is not required to include the name or address of the lessee or renter of the vehicle in the sworn evidence.  (1953, c. 879, ss. 1, 11/2; c. 978; 1955, c. 566, s. 1; 1983, c. 753; 1985, c. 764, s. 32; 1985 (Reg. Sess., 1986), c. 852, s. 17; 1987, c. 736, s. 1; 1989, c. 243, s. 2; 2001-259, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 20-162.2 through 20-162.3 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 20 - Motor Vehicles|Article 3 - Motor Vehicle Act of 1937.|§ 20-162.2 through 20-162.3 - through 20-162.Transferred to §§ 20-219.2, 20-219.3 by Session Laws 1973, c. 1330, s. 36.

 20-162.2 through 20-162.3. Transferred to 20-219.2, 20-219.3 by Session Laws 1973, c. 1330, s. 36.
NC Gen Stat § 20-163 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 20 - Motor Vehicles|Article 3 - Motor Vehicle Act of 1937.|§ 20-163 - Unattended motor vehicles.

 20-163. Unattended motor vehicles.No person driving or in charge of a motor vehicle shall permit it to stand unattended on a public highway or public vehicular area without first stopping the engine, effectively setting the brake thereon and, when standing upon any grade, turning the front wheels to the curb or side of the highway. (1937, c. 407, s. 125; 1973, c. 1330, s. 26.)
NC Gen Stat § 20-165.1 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 20 - Motor Vehicles|Article 3 - Motor Vehicle Act of 1937.|§ 20-165.1 - One-way traffic.

 20-165.1. One-way traffic.In all cases where the Department of Transportation has heretofore, or may hereafter lawfully designate any highway or other separate roadway, under its jurisdiction for one-way traffic and shall erect appropriate signs giving notice thereof, it shall be unlawful for any person to willfully drive or operate any vehicle on said highway or roadway except in the direction so indicated by said signs. (1957, c. 1177; 1973, c. 507, s. 5; c. 1330, s. 28; 1977, c. 464, s. 34.)
NC Gen Stat § 20-166.2 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 20 - Motor Vehicles|Article 3 - Motor Vehicle Act of 1937.|§ 20-166.2 - Duty of passenger to remain at the scene of an accident.

 20-166.2. Duty of passenger to remain at the scene of an accident.(a) The passenger of any vehicle who knows or reasonably should know that the vehicle in which he or she is a passenger is involved in an accident or collision shall not willfully leave the scene of the accident by acting as the driver of a vehicle involved in the accident until a law enforcement officer completes the investigation of the accident or collision or authorizes the passenger to leave, unless remaining at the scene places the passenger or others at significant risk of injury.Prior to the completion of the investigation of the accident by a law enforcement officer, or the consent of the officer to leave, the passenger may not facilitate, allow, or agree to the removal of the vehicle from the scene, for any purpose other than to call for a law enforcement officer, to call for medical assistance or medical treatment as set forth in subsection (b) of this section, or to remove oneself or others from a significant risk of injury. If the passenger does leave the scene of an accident by driving a vehicle involved in the accident for a reason permitted by this subsection, the passenger must return with the vehicle to the accident scene within a reasonable period of time, unless otherwise instructed by a law enforcement officer. A willful violation of this subsection is a Class H felony if the accident or collision is described in G.S. 20-166(a). A willful violation of this subsection is a Class 1 misdemeanor if the accident or collision is a reportable accident described in G.S. 20-166(c).(b) In addition to complying with the requirement of subsection (a) of this section, the passenger shall give the passenger's name, address, drivers license number, and the license plate number of the vehicle in which the passenger was riding, if possible, to the person struck or the driver or occupants of any vehicle collided with, provided that the person or persons are physically and mentally capable of receiving the information, and shall render to any person injured in the accident or collision reasonable assistance, including the calling for medical assistance if it is apparent that such assistance is necessary or is requested by the injured person. A violation of this subsection is a Class 1 misdemeanor. (2005-460, s. 2.)
NC Gen Stat § 20-166.3 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 20 - Motor Vehicles|Article 3 - Motor Vehicle Act of 1937.|§ 20-166.3 - Limit storage duration for vehicle damaged as a result of a collision.

 20-166.3. Limit storage duration for vehicle damaged as a result of a collision.(a) Limited Duration of Storage. - A motor vehicle that is towed and stored at the direction of a law enforcement agency following a collision may be held for evidence for not more than 20 days without a court order. Absent a court order, the vehicle must be released to the vehicle owner, insurer, or lien holder upon payment of the towing and storage fees.(b) Application. - This section shall not apply to a motor vehicle (i) seized as a result of a violation of law or (ii) abandoned by the owner.  (2015-188, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 20-167 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 20 - Motor Vehicles|Article 3 - Motor Vehicle Act of 1937.|§ 20-167 - Vehicles transporting explosives.

 20-167. Vehicles transporting explosives.Any person operating any vehicle transporting any explosive as a cargo or part of a cargo upon a highway shall at all times comply with the rules and regulations of the United States Department of Transportation as adopted by the Division of Motor Vehicles. (1937, c. 407, s. 129; 1985, c. 454, s. 7.)
NC Gen Stat § 20-167.1 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 20 - Motor Vehicles|Article 3 - Motor Vehicle Act of 1937.|§ 20-167.1 - Transportation of spent nuclear fuel.

 20-167.1. Transportation of spent nuclear fuel.(a) No person, firm or corporation shall transport upon the highways of this State any spent nuclear fuel unless such person, firm, or corporation notifies the State Highway Patrol in advance of transporting the spent nuclear fuel.(b) The provisions of this section shall apply whether or not the fuel is for delivery in North Carolina and whether or not the shipment originated in North Carolina.(c) The Radiation Protection Commission is authorized to adopt, promulgate, amend, and repeal rules and regulations necessary to implement the provisions of this section.(d) Any person, firm or corporation violating any provision of this section is guilty of a Class 3 misdemeanor and shall be punished only by a fine of not less than five hundred dollars ($500.00), and each unauthorized shipment shall constitute a separate offense. (1977, c. 839, s. 1; 1985, c. 764, s. 33.1; 1985 (Reg. Sess., 1986), c. 852, s. 17; 1993, c. 539, s. 378; 1994, Ex. Sess., c. 24, s. 14(c).)
NC Gen Stat § 20-168 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 20 - Motor Vehicles|Article 3 - Motor Vehicle Act of 1937.|§ 20-168 - Drivers of State, county, and city vehicles subject to the provisions of this Article.

 20-168. Drivers of State, county, and city vehicles subject to the provisions of this Article.(a) Subject to the exceptions in subsection (b), the provisions of this Article applicable to the drivers of vehicles upon the highways shall apply to the drivers of all vehicles owned or operated by the State or any political subdivision thereof.(b) While actually engaged in maintenance or construction work on the highways, but not while traveling to or from such work, drivers of vehicles owned or operated by the State or any political subdivision thereof are exempt from all provisions of this Article except:(1) G.S. 20-138.1. Impaired driving.(2) Repealed by Session Laws 1983, c. 435, s. 28.(3) G.S. 20-139.1. Procedures governing chemical analyses; admissibility; evidentiary provisions; controlled-drinking programs.(4) G.S. 20-140. Reckless driving.(5) Repealed by Session Laws 1983, c. 435, s. 38.(6) G.S. 20-141. Speed restrictions.(7) G.S. 20-141.3. Unlawful racing on streets and highways.(8) G.S. 20-141.4. Felony and misdemeanor death by vehicle. (1937, c. 407, s. 130; 1973, c. 1330, s. 30; 1981, c. 412, s. 4; c. 747, s. 66; 1983, c. 435, s. 28.)
NC Gen Stat § 20-169 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 20 - Motor Vehicles|Article 3 - Motor Vehicle Act of 1937.|§ 20-169 - Powers of local authorities.

 20-169. Powers of local authorities.Local authorities, except as expressly authorized by G.S. 20-141 and 20-158, shall have no power or authority to alter any speed limitations declared in this Article or to enact or enforce any rules or regulations contrary to the provisions of this Article, except that local authorities shall have power to provide by ordinances for any of the following:(1) Regulating traffic by means of traffic or semaphores or other signaling devices on any portion of the highway where traffic is heavy or continuous.(2) Prohibiting other than one-way traffic upon certain highways.(3) Regulating the use of the highways by processions or assemblages.(4) Regulating the speed of vehicles on highways in public parks.(5) Authorizing law enforcement or fire department vehicles, ambulances, and rescue squad emergency service vehicles, equipped with a siren to preempt any traffic signals upon city streets within local authority boundaries or, with the approval of the Department of Transportation, on State highways within the boundaries of local authorities. The Department of Transportation shall respond to requests for approval within 60 days of receipt of a request.Signs shall be erected giving notices of the special limits and regulations under subdivisions (1) through (4) of this section. (1937, c. 407, s. 131; 1949, c. 947, s. 2; 1955, c. 384, s. 2; 1963, c. 559; 1973, c. 507, s. 5; 1979, c. 298, s. 2; 1991, c. 530, s. 5; 1999-310, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 20-170 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 20 - Motor Vehicles|Article 3 - Motor Vehicle Act of 1937.|§ 20-170 - This Article not to interfere with rights of owners of real property with reference thereto.

 20-170. This Article not to interfere with rights of owners of real property with reference thereto.Nothing in this Article shall be construed to prevent the owner of real property used by the public for purposes of vehicular travel by permission of the owner, and not as matter of right from prohibiting such use nor from requiring other or different or additional conditions than those specified in this Article or otherwise regulating such use as may seem best to such owner. (1937, c. 407, s. 132.)
NC Gen Stat § 20-171 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 20 - Motor Vehicles|Article 3 - Motor Vehicle Act of 1937.|§ 20-171 - Traffic laws apply to persons riding animals or driving animal-drawn vehicles.

 20-171. Traffic laws apply to persons riding animals or driving animal-drawn vehicles.Every person riding an animal or driving any animal drawing a vehicle upon a highway shall be subject to the provisions of this Article applicable to the driver of a vehicle, except those provisions of the Article which by their nature can have no application. (1939, c. 275.)
NC Gen Stat § 20-171.1 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 20 - Motor Vehicles|Article 3 - Motor Vehicle Act of 1937.|§ 20-171.1 - Definitions.

 20-171.1. Definitions.As used in this Part, except where the context clearly requires otherwise, the words and expressions defined in this section shall be held to have the meanings here given to them:Bicycle. - A nonmotorized vehicle with two or three wheels tandem, a steering handle, one or two saddle seats, and pedals by which the vehicle is propelled, or an electric assisted bicycle, as defined in G.S. 20-4.01(7a).  (1977, c. 1123, s. 1; 2016-90, s. 13(c).)
NC Gen Stat § 20-171.2 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 20 - Motor Vehicles|Article 3 - Motor Vehicle Act of 1937.|§ 20-171.2 - Bicycle racing.

 20-171.2. Bicycle racing.(a) Bicycle racing on the highways is prohibited except as authorized in this section.(b) Bicycle racing on a highway shall not be unlawful when a racing event has been approved by State or local authorities on any highway under their respective jurisdictions. Approval of bicycle highway racing events shall be granted only under conditions which assure reasonable safety for all race participants, spectators and other highway users, and which prevent unreasonable interference with traffic flow which would seriously inconvenience other highway users.(c) By agreement with the approving authority, participants in an approved bicycle highway racing event may be exempted from compliance with any traffic laws otherwise applicable thereto, provided that traffic control is adequate to assure the safety of all highway users. (1977, c. 1123, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 20-171.6 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 20 - Motor Vehicles|Article 3 - Motor Vehicle Act of 1937.|§ 20-171.6 - Short title.

 20-171.6. Short title.This Article shall be known and may be cited as the "Child Bicycle Safety Act." (2001-268, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 20-171.7 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 20 - Motor Vehicles|Article 3 - Motor Vehicle Act of 1937.|§ 20-171.7 - Legislative findings and purpose.

 20-171.7. Legislative findings and purpose.(a) The General Assembly finds and declares that:(1) Disability and death of children resulting from injuries sustained in bicycling accidents are a serious threat to the public health, welfare, and safety of the people of this State, and the prevention of that disability and death is a goal of all North Carolinians.(2) Head injuries are the leading cause of disability and death from bicycling accidents.(3) The risk of head injury from bicycling accidents is significantly reduced for bicyclists who wear proper protective bicycle helmets; yet helmets are worn by fewer than five percent (5%) of child bicyclists nationwide.(4) The risk of head injury or of any other injury to a small child who is a passenger on a bicycle operated by another person would be significantly reduced if any child passenger sat in a separate restraining seat.(b) The purpose of this Article is to reduce the incidence of disability and death resulting from injuries incurred in bicycling accidents by requiring that while riding on a bicycle on the public roads, public bicycle paths, and other public rights-of-way of this State, all bicycle operators and passengers under the age of 16 years wear approved protective bicycle helmets; that all bicycle passengers who weigh less than 40 pounds or are less than 40 inches in height be seated in separate restraining seats; and that no person who is unable to maintain an erect, seated position shall be a passenger in a bicycle restraining seat, and all other bicycle passengers shall be seated on saddle seats. (2001-268, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 20-171.8 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 20 - Motor Vehicles|Article 3 - Motor Vehicle Act of 1937.|§ 20-171.8 - Definitions.

 20-171.8. Definitions.As used in this Article, the following terms have the following meanings:(1) "Bicycle" means a human-powered vehicle with two wheels in tandem designed to transport, by the action of pedaling, one or more persons seated on one or more saddle seats on its frame. This term also includes a human-powered vehicle, designed to transport by the action of pedaling which has more than two wheels where the vehicle is used on a public roadway, public bicycle path, or other public right-of-way, but does not include a tricycle.(2) "Operator" means a person who travels on a bicycle seated on a saddle seat from which that person is intended to and can pedal the bicycle.(3) "Other public right-of-way" means any right-of-way other than a public roadway or public bicycle path that is under the jurisdiction and control of this State or a local political subdivision of the State and is designed for use and used by vehicular and/or pedestrian traffic.(4) "Passenger" means a person who travels on a bicycle in any manner except as an operator.(5) "Protective bicycle helmet" means a piece of headgear that meets or exceeds the impact standards for protective bicycle helmets set by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) or the Snell Memorial Foundation.(6) "Public bicycle path" means a right-of-way under the jurisdiction and control of this State or a local political subdivision of the State for use primarily by bicycles and pedestrians.(7) "Public roadway" means a right-of-way under the jurisdiction and control of this State or a local political subdivision of the State for use primarily by motor vehicles.(8) "Restraining seat" means a seat separate from the saddle seat of the operator of the bicycle that is fastened securely to the frame of the bicycle and is adequately equipped to restrain the passenger in such seat and protect such passenger from the moving parts of the bicycle.(9) "Tricycle" means a three-wheeled, human-powered vehicle designed for use as a toy by a single child under the age of six years, the seat of which is no more than two feet from ground level. (2001-268, s. 1.)