Highlights
- HB 2417 would allow convicted speeders and reckless drivers to keep their licenses by installing a speed-limiting device.
- Arizona Department of Transportation data shows 417 of 1,228 traffic deaths in 2024 involved speeding, or 33.9% of all road fatalities.
- Washington, D.C., Virginia, and Washington state have already enacted similar ISA laws; five more states passed related legislation this year.
- The bill was developed with input from the Department of Public Safety, ADOT, county attorneys, and the Alliance for Automotive Innovation, among others.
A pending Arizona bill would give drivers convicted of racing, reckless driving, or repeated speeding offenses a choice they currently don't have: install an Intelligent Speed Assistance device and keep driving, or accept a license suspension.
House Bill 2417, backed by lawmakers from both parties, targets a specific cohort of high-risk drivers rather than the general public. ISA uses location-based technology to read posted speed limits and works to keep the vehicle from exceeding them. No driver without a prior conviction is affected.
The case for the bill is grounded in state data. According to the Arizona Department of Transportation's 2024 Motor Vehicle Crash Facts report, 1,228 people were killed on Arizona roads in 2024; 417 of those deaths involved speeding. A separate Scottsdale Independent report citing ADOT figures put the 2023 speeding-related death toll at 446, with more than 20,000 injuries statewide that year.
The bill's public advocate is Brian Rose, a Tucson resident and member of Families for Safe Streets who was struck by a vehicle while crossing 22nd Street in Tucson in October 2023. Rose sustained more than a dozen broken ribs, fractures to both elbows, a shoulder, a knee, two skull fractures, a lacerated kidney, and nerve damage that left him unable to hold a fork or write his name for five months. He was hospitalized until mid-November 2023 and in rehabilitation until two days before Christmas.
HB 2417 was shaped through stakeholder engagement involving the Department of Public Safety, ADOT, Arizona law enforcement and county attorneys, the Administrative Office of the Courts, the Alliance for Automotive Innovation, Families for Safe Streets, and AAA.
Arizona would not be the first to act. Washington, D.C., enacted the first ISA law of this kind in 2024, followed by Virginia and Washington state. This year, New York, Maryland, Illinois, Hawaii, and Georgia all passed super-speeder laws. Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety has identified Arizona as having a chance to be a national leader on the issue.
The Legislature has not yet scheduled a final vote on HB 2417; the governor's signature would be required for enactment.
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- azcapitoltimes.com retrieved 09/06/2026 20:06
- yourvalley.net retrieved 09/06/2026 20:06
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