FAQ: Can I Get A DWI In A Parked Car In North Carolina?

By the DWI Criminal Defense Attorneys at Knox Law Center in Charlotte & Lake Norman

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Interestingly, you can if the car is running. If you've stopped your car, and you're sitting in a parking lot to what's called a public vehicular area, and you're just sitting outside listening to your music outside your apartment, it has happened many times, and it's hot so you have the car with the air conditioner going, not intending to drive anywhere.

Maybe, you didn't drive it all, and you just walked out of your apartment and got in. That is operation. You were behind the wheel or actual physical control of a vehicle that is either running, or it can be not running, but if it's in motion. If you're behind the wheel steering a car that's being pushed, that can be an operation of a motor vehicle.

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