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Freeway camera footage shows the aftermath of a wrong-way driver crash on Loop 101 at McDowell Road on Monday, June 12, 2017.

Another Wrong-Way Crash Prompts ADOT to Say It's Ready to Install Detection System

By Sean Holstege

Jun 12, 2017

A wrong-way driver entered Loop 101 in Scottsdale early Monday morning. Drivers got a warning on ADOT signs.

UPDATE: Drivers in Wrong-Way Crash Identified; Video Shows Car Entering I-10

By Sean Holstege

Jun 7, 2017

The Arizona Department of Transportation is almost ready to reveal a new wrong-way driving detection program. It will be the first in the nation and it can't come soon enough.

ADOT Ready to Reveal Right Way to Stop Wrong-Way Drivers

By Sean Holstege

Jun 5, 2017

Arizona Department of Transportation says it will have a first-of-its-kind prototype for detecting and stopping wrong-way drivers ready to release this fall

12 Things We Know From ADOT's Report on Wrong-Way Driving

By Sean Holstege

Jun 5, 2017

No surprise, most drivers going the wrong way are drunk ... or, if they're over 70, they're often confused.

DUI Checkpoints Could Ruin Your 'Drinco' de Mayo Weekend

By Sean Holstege

May 5, 2017

Last year there were more driving arrests in the Valley on Cinco de Mayo than on St. Patrick's Day

Are You Funnier Than ADOT? Here's Your Chance to Prove It

By Antonia Noori Farzan

Feb 6, 2017

But if you don't think your best ideas would get past the government censors, send your signs to us.

Phoenix Police Roll Out Anti-DUI Memes Along with Patrols for Cinco de Mayo Weekend

By Ray Stern

May 5, 2016

The Phoenix Police Department is launching a series of anti-DUI memes to go along with a Cinco de Mayo enforcement effort this weekend. Using photographs well-known for their meme-making potential, the department's "web 'guru,'" Officer T. "Chad" Amos, created a series of 14 public-service announcements that will launch at 5 p.m. on the PPD's...

St. Patrick's Day DUI Checkpoints In Metro Phoenix

By Miriam Wasser

Mar 15, 2016

What's better than dressing like a leprechaun, using your (terrible) Irish accent, and drinking Guinness, green beer, or Jameson with your friends on St. Patrick's Day? Not getting busted for drunk driving, that's what! But jokes aside, Arizona, in the age of Uber and Lyft, there's no excuse for being...

New Year's Eve DUI Checkpoints In Metro Phoenix

By Miriam Wasser

Dec 31, 2015

If there’s ever a time to put on your fancy clothes, pop that bubbly, and hit the town, it’s tonight: New Year’s Eve. If there’s ever a time to take an Uber, a Lyft, a taxi — or a bus or a train or a flying carpet – it’s tonight:...

Christmas Weekend DUI Checkpoints Around Metro Phoenix

By Miriam Wasser

Dec 24, 2015

What's more fun than opening a present or two on Christmas Eve? Opening a present or two while drinking a glass of eggnog or mulled wine, that's what. For some of us, Christmas weekend spells champagne toasts, whiskey, and plenty of grown-up hot chocolate. For others, it means Chinese food...

Arizona Drivers Among Worst in U.S.

By Elizabeth Stuart

Dec 3, 2015

Check yourself before you start cursing at that out-of-town driver. Arizona drivers are among the worst in the nation, according to a new analysis of National Highway Traffic Safety Administration statistics conducted by the website CarInsuranceComparison.com. The state ranked sixth for most-dangerous drivers in 2015 after Montana, South Carolina, New...

Thanksgiving Weekend DUI Checkpoints Around Metro Phoenix

By Miriam Wasser

Nov 25, 2015

We've all done it: chugged our wine or whiskey during Thanksgiving dinner in an attempt to drown out the racist and political rambling of crazy uncle George. Dealing with family members often requires that the libations flow freely — we get it. But this year, if Uncle George goes on...

Cops Arrest Fewer Arizona Drunk Drivers This Labor Day Weekend Than a Year Ago

By Miriam Wasser

Sep 9, 2015

Good job, Arizona? Over Labor Day weekend, 1097 law enforcement agents around the state pulled over 14,212 drivers and arrested 450 of them on DUI charges – that's 100 fewer arrests than last year despite 1,200 more people getting pulled over. The cops caught about the same number of drunk...

Metro Phoenix Labor Day Weekend DUI Checkpoints

By Miriam Wasser

Sep 4, 2015

It's puzzling that in the age of Uber and Lyft, hundreds of Valley residents are expected to get pulled over this Labor Day weekend and charged with driving under the influence of alcohol. But it always happens during long holiday weekends, despite the many warnings in the media. Last year, law enforcement...

AZ's Holiday Weekend DUI Stats Weren't Pretty

By Miriam Wasser

Jul 7, 2015

The DUI figures for the 4th of July weekend are in, and the results are, well, sobering: 443 people were arrested for a DUI between Friday and Sunday —151 of which had a blood alcohol content of .15 or greater. (To put that in perspective, with a BAC that high,...

Cinco de Mayo DUI Patrols: Phoenix, Gilbert, and Scottsdale

By Matthew Hendley

May 5, 2015

Drunk driving is bad. That said, here's where police will be setting up "saturation patrols" around the Valley, looking for impaired drivers this Cinco de Mayo:...

St. Patrick's Day Weekend DUI Patrols: Phoenix, East Valley, and West Valley

By Matthew Hendley

Mar 13, 2015

Drunk driving is bad. That said, here's where police will be setting up "saturation patrols" around the Valley, looking for impaired drivers this weekend, as well as St. Patrick's Day:...

New Year's Eve DUI Patrols: Phoenix, Tempe, Glendale, and More

By Matthew Hendley

Dec 30, 2014

Drunk driving is bad. That said, here's where police will be setting up "saturation patrols" around the Valley, looking for impaired drivers on New Year's Eve:...

Weekend DUI Patrols: Phoenix, East Valley, West Valley, and More

By Matthew Hendley

Dec 26, 2014

Drunk driving is bad. That said, here's where police will be setting up "saturation patrols" around the Valley, looking for impaired drivers this weekend:...

Halloween Weekend DUI Patrols: Phoenix, East Valley, West Valley, and More

By Matthew Hendley

Oct 31, 2014

Drunk driving is bad. That said, here's where police will be setting up "saturation patrols" around the Valley, looking for impaired drivers this weekend:...

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