North Carolina Driver's Handbook, Section 4: Your Driving

Driver condition, seat belts and child seats, school buses and emergency vehicles, speed, passing, intersections and roundabouts, railroad crossings, parking, vehicle equipment, bad weather and emergencies.

Key rules

1. Texting is illegal for everyone; drivers under 18 may not use a phone at all while moving, except to call 911. p. 41
2. Everyone buckles up; children under 8 and under 80 pounds ride in a child restraint, and under 5 and 40 pounds in the back seat. p. 44
3. School buses: everyone stops on two-lane roads and on four lanes without a median; with a median, only traffic behind the bus. p. 48
4. Move Over: change lanes away from stopped emergency or service vehicles, or slow down if you cannot. p. 49
5. Limits: 35 mph in cities and towns, 55 outside them, 70 on interstates; at 55 mph a car needs about 211 feet to stop. p. 53
6. Pass at least two feet to the left; never on curves or hills without 500 feet of sight, and never speed up when being passed. p. 55
7. Uncontrolled intersections: the car already inside goes first, then the one on the right; left turns yield to oncoming traffic. p. 57
8. Roundabouts: yield on entry, go counterclockwise, choose your lane before entering and do not change lanes inside. p. 59
9. Railroad crossings: stop 15 to 50 feet from the rail when a train comes; if you stall on the tracks, get out and call the number on the blue sign. p. 60
10. No parking within 25 feet of an intersection, 15 feet of a hydrant, on bridges or crosswalks; back up no faster than 10 mph. p. 56
11. Signal at least 100 feet before turning, 200 feet where the limit is 45 mph or more; look 10 to 15 seconds ahead and keep two seconds behind. p. 69
12. Headlights from sunset to sunrise, when visibility is 400 feet or less, and whenever the wipers are on because of weather. p. 73
13. Rain: slow down 5 to 10 mph, never use cruise control, and if you hydroplane ease off the gas without braking; never drive into flooded roads. p. 72
14. After a crash, stop, help the injured, exchange information and report it to police if anyone is hurt or damage looks like $1,000 or more. p. 78