{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-20-141.6","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 20-141.6","heading":"Aggressive Driving.","body":"(a)\tAny person who operates a motor vehicle on a street, highway, or public vehicular area is guilty of aggressive driving if the person:\n(1)\tViolates either G.S. 20-141 or G.S. 20-141.1, and\n(2)\tDrives carelessly and heedlessly in willful or wanton disregard of the rights or safety of others.\n(b)\tFor the purposes of this section only, in order to prove a violation of subsection (a)(2), the State must show that the person committed two or more of the below specified offenses while in violation of subsection (a)(1):\n(1)\tRunning through a red light in violation of G.S. 20-158(b)(2) or (b)(3), or G.S. 20-158(c)(2) or (c)(3).\n(2)\tRunning through a stop sign in violation of G.S. 20-158(b)(1) or (c)(1).\n(3)\tIllegal passing in violation of G.S. 20-149 or G.S. 20-150.\n(4)\tFailing to yield right-of-way in violation of G.S. 20-155, 20-156, 20-158(b)(4) or (c)(4) or 20-158.1.\n(5)\tFollowing too closely in violation of G.S. 20-152.\n(c)\tA person convicted of aggressive driving is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.\n(d)\tThe offense of reckless driving under G.S. 20-140 is a lesser-included offense of the offense set forth in this section. (2004-193, s. 1.)","path":["Chapter 20. Motor Vehicles.","Article 3. Motor Vehicle Act of 1937.","Part 10. Operation of Vehicles and Rules of the Road."],"source_url":"https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_20/GS_20-141.6.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T17:58:08Z","sha256":"83adc6a7b49a4a0a41b454a8d627faa5454d621617af9d58dda44c4d4275307b","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-20-141.5","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-20-141.10"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}