Legal Question in Traffic Law in North Carolina

Responsible? Now why should you think of yourself as being responsible? Have you been lying about the 'stray' dog being 'stray'? Yes? I don't think you have much to worry about. As long as they can not prove you owned the dog and you didn't / don't make any admissions to such - you should be fine. Just tell them it was not your dog and for them to seek satisfaction elsewhere - as in possibly by filing through their own insurance and tell them to watch out for dogs in the road in the future! And by the way, NC has a state wide dog leash law of sorts so your particular county has at least the state wide leash law. Oh, one last thing - don't give dog killers your name and number!