Transportation

Following two months in hibernation brought on by a state legal opinion, photo-enforcement cameras are active again in several Arizona cities. That means it’s a good time for a refresher course in beating the system. Legal loopholes make it possible to escape punishment for a speed- or red-light-camera ticket. Thousands of…

Most Arizona municipalities discontinued their photo-enforcement programs in March after Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich declared they were operating illegally. But now, one city is about to restart its program. Speed- and red-light-cameras are set to begin test-flashing drivers in Scottsdale this week, with full citation-churning activation planned for Friday,…

The Arizona Department of Public Safety should not have granted private-investigator licenses last month for two photo-enforcement companies, anti-photo-radar activists claim. Local attorney Shawn Dow says he and the Arizona Campaign for Liberty are calling on DPS director Frank Milstead “take action,” alleging that “multiple factors should have automatically disqualified…

Arizona Department of Public Safety officers clocked a speeder going 131 mph on State Route 51 on Sunday afternoon. According to DPS, when a motorcycle officer attempted to pull over the 2014 Ford Mustang, the driver, 22-year-old Alejandro Barraza, veered right over several lanes and crashed into another car…

Arizona lawmakers this year proposed a lot of changes to the state’s driving laws, though only a few of them actually made the cut. Below, check out seven changes to Arizona’s driving laws that could affect you:…

Gerie Leigh Clayton, the owner of Scottsdale-based custom motorcycle maker Sucker Punch Sallys, has been arrested on felony theft charges. Scottsdale police say Clayton, 64, defrauded at least two people by taking money for custom bikes that were never made. “They had placed orders from out of state or out…

This is probably hard to believe, but it appears that texting is not actually one of the most common causes of distracted driving on Arizona highways. The Arizona Department of Public Safety this week released statistics on distracted driving that the agency has been compiling all year, as part of…

Tesla Motors has installed its eighth Supercharger battery-charging system in Arizona.These Supercharger stations can provide Tesla vehicles with a half-capacity charge in about 20 minutes, which is roughly 16 times faster than typical public charging stations for electric vehicles…

After a nearly two-decade absence, Alfa Romeo dealerships are going to make a comeback in the United States.Arizona is getting two of the nation’s 86 Alfa dealers, one in Tucson, and the other alongside Fiat of Scottsdale. Most of the Alfa dealers in the U.S. will be moving in with…

You can’t buy a Tesla in Arizona, but you can get it charged here.Despite Arizona’s law preventing Tesla from using its sales model in the state, the company is opening its latest “supercharger” tomorrow in Flagstaff…

Here’s a guy who’s not ashamed to let everyone know how he feels about penises.This truck with the “NOCIRCM” license plate was spotted this morning in Phoenix, along the Loop 202 Red Mountain Freeway…

If your engine was ripped out of your car, would you be able to spot your engine if you ever saw it?For one Peoria man, the answer to that question is “yes,” and a chop-shop owner was busted after the victim recognized the engine from his stolen Ford Mustang had…

This might be hard to believe if you’re a Phoenix commuter, but a study says Phoenix has the safest drivers among all the big cities in the United States — for the ninth year in a row.Phoenix drivers, on average, go nearly a decade between collisions, according to a study…

If your car-buying options in Scottsdale seem to be getting a little weak, don’t worry — McLaren’s coming.Consider the McLaren P1, a 903-horsepower hybrid. Of course, you’ll need $1.15 million, which is a little on the high side…

If you had to describe the State of Arizona with just one photo, this might just be that photo.There’s a certain brand of hippie-hating jackassery around here, and many just settle for the “Obama’s a socialist” bumper-sticker. Not this guy, whom we spotted on State Route 51 Wednesday. His hatred…

Every so often, you’ll see stories from around the country about wannabe car thieves who don’t make off with their new ride because they don’t know how to operate a manual transmission.However, police say a woman who tried to steal a car in Phoenix got stumped by an automatic transmission…