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Terms Used In North Carolina General Statutes 20-135.4

(a) Definitions. – For the purposes of this section, the term “private passenger automobile” means a four-wheeled motor vehicle designed principally for carrying passengers on public roads and highways.

(b), (c)  Repealed by Session Laws 1975, c. 856.

(d) Prohibited Modifications. – A private passenger automobile shall not be operated upon any highway or public vehicular area if, by alteration of the suspension, frame, or chassis, the height of the front fender is 4 or more inches greater than the height of the rear fender. For the purposes of this subsection, the height of the fender shall be a vertical measurement from and perpendicular to the ground, through the centerline of the wheel, and to the bottom of the fender. (1971, c. 485; 1973, cc. 58, 1082; 1975, c. 856; 2021-128, s. 1.)