The Arizona Legislature is working on a variety of potential new laws that if passed, will affect Arizona drivers. Wrong-way driving Wrong way driving accidents are catastrophic and often fatal. Rep. Eddie Farnsworth, R-Gilbert, has proposed House Bill 2243 to reduce the number of wrong-way drivers. If the bill becomes…
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The State of Texas, like it's neighbor, Arizona, was one of the last states to balk at passing a law against texting and driving. Texas' elected officials hesitated for years to join 46 other states in banning drivers from texting, reading emails or using the internet behind the wheel. Last…
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According to numbers compiled by the National Highway Traffic and Safety Administration (NHTSA), almost 4,000 people die, and an estimated 95,000 are injured yearly in crashes involving large trucks on U.S. highways. Seventy-one percent of those who died were occupants of other vehicles, while 11 were pedestrians, bicyclists, and others…
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Interstate 19, south of Tucson, has claimed two lives, just two days into 2018. Two people died and four people injured when the pickup truck they were riding in crashed on northbound I-19 Tuesday morning. At least two people were ejected from the vehicle when the pickup truck rolled into…
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Many of us have seen large trucks, such as semi-trucks and trailers, driving too fast or in a dangerous manner. Arizona has heavy truck traffic, as truckers frequently use Interstate 10 to move goods and produce cross country. How safe are the trucks that use our highways? Ask an Arizona…
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The Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) has started work on a dust detection system that it hopes will reduce the number of collisions caused by dust storms on a stretch of Interstate 10. ADOT is installing equipment for long- and short-range radar and closed-circuit video cameras to help the department…
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