Interesting what issues the media in general and television stations in particular latch on to. WRAL-TV in Raleigh has a news report out today about the danger of drunken mo-ped drivers. Highlights:
North Carolina is one of only a handful of states that doesn’t require a license, registration and insurance for mo-peds. Most states require at least one of them and, in some cases, allow drivers with a revoked license to get a special mo-ped permit.
and:
In 2010, the latest year for which statistics are available, North Carolina authorities suspected impairment of mo-ped drivers in 10.5 percent of the crashes they were involved in – a rate four times higher than passenger car and SUV drivers and three times higher than pickup drivers, according to statewide crash data.
