YCSO CONDUCTS SPEED AND UNSAFE PASSING ENFORCEMENT DETAIL ALONG WILLIAMSON VALLEY CORRIDOR

NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS OF SPEED AND UNSAFE PASSING DURING HIGH TRAFFIC VOLUME TIMES PROMPTED THE YAVAPAI COUNTY SHERIFF’S TO HAVE DEPUTIES CONDUCT A SPEED ENFORCEMENT DETAIL ALONG THE WILLIAMSON VALLEY CORRIDOR DURING THIS MORNING’S COMMUTE.

YCSO DEPUTIES ISSUED 3 CIVIL CITATIONS, 2 RECKLESS DRIVING CITATIONS AND 1 CRIMINAL SPEED VIOLATION.

DEPUTIES WERE SPECIFICALLY LOOKING FOR UNSAFE PASSING AND SPEEDING VIOLATIONS. ONE DEPUTY OBSERVED A MOTORCYCLE PASSING TWO SEPARATE VEHICLES OVER A DOUBLE YELLOW “NO PASSING ZONE”. THAT INDIVIDUAL RECEIVED CITATIONS FOR FAILURE TO HAVE A MOTORCYCLE ENDORSEMENT AS WELL AS CITATIONS FOR HIS RECKLESS BEHAVIOR.

ANOTHER DRIVER WAS STOPPED WHEN DEPUTIES OBSERVED HIS VEHICLE TRAVELING NORTHBOUND AT SOUTHVIEW RD GOING 94 MPH IN A POSTED 45 MPH ZONE. THAT 

DRIVER WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY FOR NUMEROUS CHARGES INCLUDING CRIMINAL SPEED IN A RESIDENTIAL ZONE.

ARIZONA REVISED STATUTES DEFINES RECKLESS DRIVING AS DRIVING IN A VEHICLE IN RECKLESS DISREGARD FOR THE SAFETY OF PERSONS OR PROPERTY. SENTENCING FOR THIS CRIME INCLUDES LOSS OF DRIVING PRIVILEGES FOR NOT MORE THAN NINETY DAYS. THIS IS IN ADDITION TO COURT FEES AND TOW FEES THAT ONE COULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR AS WELL. 

YCSO REMINDS DRIVERS TO ALWAYS, SLOW DOWN AND BUCKLE UP!