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Private Clubs and Public Vehicular Areas

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Is the parking lot of a private social club a public vehicular area for purposes of North Carolina’s impaired driving laws? Yes, in most circumstances, it is. Public vehicular areas (or PVAs) include any area within the state “used by the public for vehicular traffic at any time.” G.S. 20-4.01(32) sets forth several illustrative examples … Read more

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State v. Hopper: Public Streets and Motor Vehicle Regulation

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Jeff wrote here about the court of appeals’  April 20, 2010 opinion in State v. Hopper (Hopper I), which analyzed when an officer’s mistaken beliefs can support an investigative stop. The defendant in Hopper was stopped for violating G.S. 20-129(a)(4) by failing to operate the taillights on his vehicle when the windshield wipers were in … Read more