The Tempe Police Department made 10 arrests and issued 240 citations in just one week while conducting a traffic safety campaign.
The Tempe Police Department worked in cooperation with the Governor’s Office of Highway Safety in a traffic safety campaign from March 7 to March 13.
Tempe’s top 10 collision locations had traffic enforcement officers performing at full force, monitoring and conducting traffic regulations.
In addition to the 10 arrests, enforcement statistics show a total of seven towed vehicles and 185 traffic stops. Of the 240 issued citations, 165 were speed violations, according to a press release.
Tempe Police observed drivers closely and heightened enforcement of traffic offenses during the campaign.
“One officer measured a vehicle traveling at 74 [miles per hour] in a 35 mph zone,” Tempe Police spokesman Sgt. Steve Carbajal said in a press release.
The focus of this special campaign was to encourage safer driving practices and prevent collisions through proactive enforcement, according to the press release.
“We have seen that high visibility enforcement can enhance safety for the motoring public and prevent crime in the surrounding areas,” Carbajal said in a press release.
The top 10 intersections for collisions in Tempe for the last six months include Rural Road and University Drive with 60 collisions; Rural Road and Southern Avenue with 54 collisions; the location at 5000 South Arizona Mills Circle with 47 collisions; McClintock Drive and University Drive with 46 collisions, and Mill Avenue and Southern Avenue with 44 collisions.
The remaining top 10 intersections are Baseline Road and I-10 Freeway with 43 collisions; Apache Boulevard and Rural Road with 38 collisions; Broadway Road and McClintock Drive with 37 collisions; Baseline Road and Rural Road with 36 collisions; and 48th Street and Southern Avenue with 35 collisions.
Other locations have also proved to be frustrating to drivers around ASU.
“McAllister Avenue and Lemon Street is always a zoo,” said business management and psychology freshman Michelle Towers.
“Traffic is ridiculous; there doesn’t seem to be any real flow to it,” Towers added. “There always seems to be someone in everyone else’s way.”
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