Aggressive Driving

Aggressive driving is identified in A.R.S. 28-695.

According to the statute, you are driving aggressively if are speeding excessively and you commit at least two of the following violations:

• Not obeying a traffic control device
• Not yielding to the right of way
• Committing an unsafe lane change
• Following too closely (tailgating)
• Passing a vehicle on the right

The statute also requires the person’s driving is an immediate hazard to another person or vehicle.

For the purpose of the statute, aggressive driving requires the river to be traveling at a speed greater than reasonable and prudent or violating the criminal speed statute.

Those who are found guilty of aggressive driving face a class 1 misdemeanor.

This conviction leads to the maximum penalty of a 30 day suspension of your driver’s license, a $2,500 fine, and 6 months in jail.

You will also be required to attend Traffic Survival School.

You may face additional consequences if you have a Commercial Driver’s License (CDL) or if your home state MVD requires additional penalties.

The judge may order the MVD issue a suspension on your driver’s license.