Before hitting the Arizona roads, remember that the extreme heat can take a toll on your vehicle. 2Pass Defensive Driving also created a list of Tips Bring your cellphone and cellphone charger. Enough said. Bring plenty of water. Water is not something to skimp on. Who knows whether you’ll find yourself detained longer than expected in the desert, such as by a flat tire. You’ll … Read More

Long drives to and from work don’t just suck up your time; these long commutes may also be hazardous to your health. Besides draining you mentally and forcing you to sit for extended periods through traffic jams, long commutes are linked to less sleep, high cholesterol, and obesity.     This infographic from College@Home spells out the mental and physical … Read More

Arizona Governor Doug Ducey signed a bill that increases the penalties for vehicle crashes involving serious injuries or death. It’s nickname is “Pam’s Law,” named after a Valley mom Pamela Hesselbacher. Hesselbacher was killed while trying to cross the street with her two small children at Ray Road and College Avenue in Chandler back in November of 2016. Her two children … Read More

In the early years of driving, it was a discombobulating mess. Streetcars shared the road with horses, cars, people. A form of traffic control was needed. One solution was offered by William Phelps Eno, a wealthy New England native, who conceived the stop sign in a 1900 article for Rider and Driver magazine titled “Reforming Our Street Traffic Urgently Needed.” … Read More

Beware of these new speeding ticket scams If you use the words “Arizona Traffic Ticket” and “scam” interchangeably, chances are you’ve recently been pulled over by an Arizona State Trooper. Most citations are perfectly legitimate, of course. Maybe the officer clocked you a way above the speed limit. (Or you got a photo ticket.) But a few aren’t. The latest … Read More

In Texas you can drive 85 mph. In Pennsylvania, only 65 mph. In Wisconsin, interstate speed limits recently increased from 65 mph to 70 mph. Many highways across Minnesota have increased from 55 mph to 60 mph. Nevada raised the speed limits to 80 mph. Why are there so many different speed limits? Why do speed limits continue to rise? Road … Read More

Being struck by a vehicle is the leading cause of injury-related death for children under 14 in New York city. It’s no wonder that there’s been a reasonable amount of support for the city’s “Vision Zero” program, which aims to reduce pedestrian fatalities to, you guessed it, zero. Vision Zero represents a good-faith effort to save lives. Yet the most … Read More

Texting and driving bans in Arizona keep being proposed….. but never pass   You may find it hard to believe but the Arizona State Legislature has been trying to get drivers to put their phones down since 2004. Families testified in a February 2018 committee hearing about their loved ones killed by driver’s texting or otherwise using their phones. The … Read More

Motorists like to complain about traffic cops in their hometown. We all know which towns to hit the brakes and which towns you can get away going 5 mph over the limit. For truckers, it would be nice to know which states have the costliest speeding enforcement. Online financial website WalletHub figured out just that. WalletHub analyzed the speeding laws … Read More

What are you supposed to do when you’re faced with ridiculously low speed limits like these? 10.) Washington DC’s Capital BeltWay 55 MPH Limit Outside of rush hour traffic, 55 might seem reasonable. Then you attempt to merge and everyone around you is flying by at nearly 20 over. It makes for an incredibly dangerous situation. Why don’t traffic engineers … Read More