Senate Toughens Stance on Habitual DWI

RALEIGH, N.C. — The North Carolina Senate wants to make it easier for courts to label DWI suspects as habitual offenders.

Late Monday, the Senate passed a bill to eliminate the 10-year time period the courts can consider to tag an offender as a habitual drunk driver.

Under current law, someone is habitual if they’re convicted of drunk driving three times within 10 years.