Arizona § 28-704 Minimum speed limits; requirement to turn off roadway

Arizona Statutes

§ 28-704 — Minimum speed limits; requirement to turn off roadway

Arizona § 28-704

Title 28Arizona Revised Statutes

Ch. 3TRAFFIC AND VEHICLE REGULATION

Art. 6Speed Restrictions

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Ariz. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 28-704 (2026).

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A.A person shall not drive a motor vehicle at such a slow speed as to impede or block the normal and reasonable movement of traffic except when either of the following applies:

1.Reduced speed is necessary for safe operation or in compliance with law.

2.The reasonable flow of traffic exceeds the maximum safe operating speed of a lawfully operated implement of husbandry.

B.If the director or local authorities within their respective jurisdictions determine on the basis of an engineering and traffic investigation that slow speeds on any part of a highway consistently impede the normal and reasonable movement of traffic, the director or local authority may determine and declare a minimum speed limit below which a person shall not drive a vehicle except when necessary for safe operation

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A. A person shall not drive a motor vehicle at such a slow speed as to impede or block the normal and reasonable movement of traffic except when either of the following applies:

1. Reduced speed is necessary for safe operation or in compliance with law.

2. The reasonable flow of traffic exceeds the maximum safe operating speed of a lawfully operated implement of husbandry.

B. If the director or local authorities within their respective jurisdictions determine on the basis of an engineering and traffic investigation that slow speeds on any part of a highway consistently impede the normal and reasonable movement of traffic, the director or local authority may determine and declare a minimum speed limit below which a person shall not drive a vehicle except when necessary for safe operation or in compliance with law.

C. If a person is driving a vehicle at a speed less than the normal flow of traffic at the particular time and place on a two-lane highway where passing is unsafe and if five or more vehicles are formed in a line behind the vehicle, the person shall turn the vehicle off the roadway at the nearest place designated as a turnout by signs erected by the director or a local authority, or wherever sufficient area for a safe turnout exists, in order to allow the vehicles following to proceed. For the purposes of this subsection:

1. "Turnout" means a widened place in the street for vehicles to pass each other or temporarily park and includes a right turn lane.

2. "Vehicle":

(a) Means a device in, on or by which a person or property is or may be transported or drawn on a public highway.

(b) Includes all of the following:

(i) Electric bicycles, electric miniature scooters, electric standup scooters and devices moved by human power.

(ii) Personal delivery devices.

(iii) Personal mobile cargo carrying devices.