Arizona Bike Law

4/11/2024 7:30pm Involving a hit-run driver striking a boy riding a bicycle in a crosswalk at 47th and Northern avenues Glendale; witnesses describe a white pickup or SUV going westbound on 47th....

https://azbikelaw.org/glendale-teen-remains-hospitalized-as-hit-and-run-suspect-turns-himself-in-to-police/

Adding bureaucracy (which is effectively already in place at ADOT, and elsewhere apparently) seems like an odd way to have less government: “Everything’s less government with me,” said Kern...

https://azbikelaw.org/az-legislator-wants-to-reduce-number-of-no-right-turn-on-red-signs/

Could it be, Satan?. So this one caught my eye; SB1279 – satanic displays; public property; prohibition Sponsored by Gov’t Committee chair Sen Jake Hoffman (R-Queen Creek). The hearing was a ...

https://azbikelaw.org/satan-and-transportation-policy/

Jan 21, 2024 Sunday morning ~6am, Apache Junction, U.S. 60 near Mountain View Road; head-on MV crash. DPS: Wrong-way driver had 0.263 BAC in crash that killed mother, injured daughter in Apache J...

https://azbikelaw.org/dps-wrong-way-driver-had-0-263-bac-in-crash-that-killed-mother-injured-daughter-in-apache-junction/

This sort of not-quite misinformation, not quite telling the whole story pervade media opinion pages, and ultimately leak over to consumer-grade news reporting since reporters rarely have the tim...

https://azbikelaw.org/ev-opinions/

11/27/2023 ~7am This would have been at or near the where Paseo Trail crosses Ocotillo Rd., which is just west of McQueen. Hit/run, and according to the news story, Chandler PD arrested the suspe...

https://azbikelaw.org/pedestrian-killed-at-paseo-trail-xing-driver-in-custody-after-two-crashes-chandler/

Crime date: Oct 5, 2018 So many twists and turns, but illustrative on how the justice system has great difficulty dealing with bad drivers (never even brought manslaughter charges, sound familiar...

https://azbikelaw.org/driver-pleads-guilty-to-endangerment-in-double-fatality/

Police say that on Feb 2, 2022, a driver failed to stop at a red light, and ran over Rosa Mroz, a Maricopa County Superior Court Judge, killing her. She was in a marked crosswalk, crossing on the...

https://azbikelaw.org/family-of-dead-pedestrian-suing-driver-and-grubhub/

I’ve always enjoyed Dan Neil’s car-review columns in the Wall Street Journal, this caught my eye (emphasis added): Having lived to a biblical age, I’ve seen some crazy things. I’ve seen t...

https://azbikelaw.org/reflections-on-the-culture-wars/

Sat 11/25/2023 “early morning” ~ 1:30A Rural Road southbound, just south of Broadway, Tempe. Driver is suspected of impairment and excessive speed; crossed over and struck a fixes object, a �...

https://azbikelaw.org/force-of-deadly-crash-in-tempe-splits-car-in-half-driver-arrested/