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Prius, Tesla, Volt drivers et al: Ready to pay new hybrid / electric car fees?

If the state Senate gets its way, North Carolina will join a small but growing number of states that collect extra fees or taxes from drivers of all-electric cars and hybrid fuel-electric cars.

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540 toll road project expected to survive legislative reversals

The Triangle Expressway Southeast Extension will compete with other state projects after DOT studies the unpopular Red Route option through Garner.
BARRY SAUNDERS

Saunders: I fought the school bus course – and the school bus course won

From the driver’s seat at the State School Bus ROADeo, Barry Saunders develops a new appreciation for what school bus drivers do.
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Raleigh woman killed in accident involving school bus

The driver of a car was killed Wednesday morning when she pulled in front of a Wake County school bus on Atlantic Avenue.
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Raleigh accident closes part of South New Hope Road

A car crash shortly before 8 a.m. Wednesday closed all northbound lanes of South New Hope Road at South Rogers Lane in Raleigh as police and EMS crews worked at the scene.
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AAA: 31.2M drivers to take Memorial Day road trip

It's going to be another busy Memorial Day weekend on the nation's highways.
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Raleigh accident closes portion of Atlantic Avenue

An accident involving a school bus and another vehicle has closed Atlantic Avenue between Spring Forest and Millbrook roads, Raleigh police report.
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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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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.
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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.
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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.