RALEIGH — Supporters of a struggling state-funded vehicle research center in Northampton County are seeking an additional $18.2 million from state taxpayers. Since the center’s inception in 2005, the General Assembly and other public sources have committed $17 million to the project.
RALEIGH — What’s a vehicle? That issue was at the heart of a case from Hyde County, involving a man who contended he shouldn’t have been convicted of drunken driving while he was operating a small electric-powered scooter. In a ruling Dec. 20, the N.C. Court of Appeals rejected his argument, finding that though Segways and lawnmowers were exempt from the state DWI law, it did apply to the scooters.
