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No one had a bad word to say about Daniel Conaway, a taxi driver known by south Scottsdale bar patrons as Dan Cab. Every night he plied the streets, making sure that drinkers got home safely after a night out. Friends said it was what he enjoyed doing. Last October 23, life took a tragic …
One of the election battles that was overshadowed by the presidential results this November was marijuana legalization. In the past few years a number of states have legalized marijuana for recreational use, beginning with Colorado and Washington in 2012. On this election day Arizona had its chance, but its citizens voted against legalization, by about …
There’s a lot of data flying around. A lot more data than there are people making sense of it. Recently the website 247wallst.com decided to interpret some data from County Health Rankings & Roadmaps to find what it termed the “drunkest” city in each state of the US. It makes a good headline, and gets …
Google is determined to pry us all out of the driver’s seat, and Arizona is where it’s testing the crowbar. The company’s self-driving cars have been plying the roads of Chandler – carrying a qualified pilot should anything go wrong, of course – and now there will soon be more of the autonomous vehicles in …
It’s a parent’s nightmare: a school bus driver has been drinking. It happened in Cherokee County, North Carolina recently. Fortunately, no one was hurt when the school bus got stuck at an intersection. The driver was spotted, tested, and arrested after he failed a sobriety test. Seven children were aboard. There is a special kind of …
Roadside Memorials might not seem to be controversial. They exist as silent reminders of tragedies on the roads – flowers, crosses, notes, photos, pinwheels and the odd stuffed toy, all bearing witness to a life that ended too early. We pass them and resolve, perhaps, to drive a little more carefully. If we’re out for …
Did you ever notice that the first question an officer asks at a DUI stop is, “Were you aware…?” “Ma’am, were you aware that your left taillight is broken?” “Sir, were you aware that you crossed the center line three times?” “Were you aware that you are going 20 miles under the speed limit?” “Were …
Not long ago we heard some good news about Arizona. The state ranks number 1 for its tough stance on drunk driving. On Labor Day weekend we saw efforts bear fruit: Arizona DUI arrests hit a three-year low this holiday weekend. This year patrols nabbed 463 people for driving under the influence. That’s slightly down from last …
