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Road Worrier: If you blow a .05, safety board says you’re not fit to drive

Some Triangle drivers worry that a proposed new DWI standard lowering the blood-alcohol concentration from .08 to .05 would threaten the pleasures of social drinking.

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TRAFFIC

Westbound lanes of Interstate 40 in southeast Raleigh reopen to traffic

An accident shut down westbound Interstate 40 at the 301 mile marker in southeast Raleigh for more than four hours Monday.
TRAFFIC

Raleigh police officer's 'improper right turn' causes traffic accident

The two-vehicle accident on North Raleigh Boulevard on Saturday injured officer Isaac Perez Jr., but none of the seven people in the other vehicle was hurt.
TRAFFIC

If you blow an .05, are you too drunk to drive?

The National Transportation Safety Board recommends .05 percent, much more strict than the current DWI standard of .08 percent.
TRAFFIC

NC House says yes to interstate tolls - but with limits

If the Senate agrees with an unanimous House vote, North Carolina won't be able to use tolls to finance major freeway overhaul projects. But the state could start adding toll express lanes to existing interstates.
CRIME

Raleigh police say driver who hit pedestrian was impaired, unlicensed

The driver of a car that hit a woman who was crossing a street just west of downtown Raleigh on Thursday night has been charged with driving while impaired and driving with a revoked license.
TRAFFIC

Legislators make progress on speeds, tolls and transportation money

Raleigh's Tift Merritt has a lovely song that comes to mind on the General Assembly's frantic "Crossover Day." Any bill that didn't clear one chamber by the end of the day Thursday was eliminated from consideration by the other chamber. Here's where the transportation issues stand.
LOCAL/STATE

Autopsy details injuries to Clayton woman's body in towed car

An autopsy shows the body of a Clayton woman found inside her car after it was towed to an impound lot had a blood-alcohol level of 0.18 percent, and suggests she may not have lived long after the crash.
TRAFFIC

Effort to repeal NC's motorcycle helmet law fails again

After refusing to endorse legislation that would repeal North Carolina's safety helmet requirement for most motorcycle riders, a House committee endorsed a proposal to study the issue.
TRAFFIC

Tata takes steps to ease I-40 project pain around Raleigh

The I-40/440 rebuild project will cause traffic delays for Raleigh’s busiest expressway. NCDOT says it has taken steps to minimize the chaos.
DURHAM COUNTY

Woman killed in North Roxboro Street crash in Durham

Krystal Lashay Langley, 24, of Durham, died Tuesday after her car and a transfer truck collided and a second car on North Roxboro Street shortly before noon Tuesday, police said.