Arizona statute
A.R.S. § 28-694 — Wrong-way driving; civil penalty; traffic survival school; definition
Current through 57th Legislature, 1st Regular Session (2025)
Part of Article 5: Reckless and Aggressive Driving, Arizona Revised Statutes.
Full text of A.R.S. § 28-694
Statutory text current through the 57th Legislature, 1st Regular Session (2025). This publication reproduces the official statutory text published by the Arizona Legislature (Arizona Legislative Council compilation, azleg.gov); it is not the official statutes of the State of Arizona.
A. A person who drives the wrong way on a controlled access highway commits wrong-way driving.
B. A person who is found responsible for a violation of this section is subject to a civil penalty of five hundred dollars.
C. A person who is found responsible for a violation of this section shall attend and successfully complete approved traffic survival school educational sessions that are designed to improve the safety and habits of drivers.
D. For the purposes of this section, "wrong way" means vehicular movement that is in a direction opposing the legal flow of traffic. Wrong way does not include median crossing or a collision where a motor vehicle comes to a stop facing the wrong way.
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