North Carolina · North Carolina General Statutes — Chapter 20, Motor Vehicles
N.C.G.S. (Motor Vehicles) § 20-168: Drivers of State, county, and city vehicles subject to the provisions of this Article
What this law says, in plain English
This statute applies traffic rules to drivers of state, county, and city vehicles. During highway maintenance or construction work, those drivers are exempt from most rules except impaired driving, reckless driving, speed violations, illegal racing, and death-by-vehicle offenses.
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