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 Governor's Highway Safety Association has issued their 2017 report on pedestrian deaths, and Arizona is at the top of the list. The governors’ association, which calls itself as “the states’ voice on highway safety,” found that five states — California, Texas, Florida, New York and Arizona — accounted for…
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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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A record number of pedestrian deaths in 2017 is making the Tucson City Council consider strengthening its hands-free ordinance. Last March, the council passed the city's first hand's free ordinance. This ordinance makes using a cell phone or electronic device in a moving vehicle a secondary offense. Tucson police cannot…
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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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A 59-year-old woman was killed in a crash on Tuesday when the SUV she was driving smashed into an overpass support pillar on Interstate 19 south of Tucson. The one-vehicle crash happened around noon when the SUV went off of the roadway, crashing into a concrete pillar at the overpass…
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