{"data":{"id":"us-az/a.r.s.-28-721","jurisdiction":"us-az","citation":"A.R.S. § 28-721","heading":"Driving on right side of roadway; driving on shoulder; exceptions; education","body":"A. On all roadways of sufficient width, a person shall drive a vehicle on the right half of the roadway except as follows:\n\n1. When overtaking and passing another vehicle proceeding in the same direction under the rules governing the movement.\n\n2. When the right half of a roadway is closed to traffic while under construction or repair.\n\n3. On a roadway divided into three marked lanes for traffic under the rules applicable on the roadway.\n\n4. On a roadway designated and signposted for one-way traffic.\n\nB. On all roadways, a person driving a vehicle proceeding at less than the normal speed of traffic at the time and place and under the conditions then existing shall drive the vehicle in the right-hand lane then available for traffic or as close as practicable to the right-hand curb or edge of the roadway, except when overtaking and passing another vehicle proceeding in the same direction or when preparing for a left turn at an intersection or into a private road or driveway.\n\nC. In an age restricted community that is located in an unincorporated area of a county with a population of more than three million persons, a person may drive a golf cart or a neighborhood electric vehicle on a paved shoulder that is adjacent to a roadway or as close as practicable to the right-hand curb or edge of a paved roadway if there is no delineated paved shoulder.\n\nD. Defensive driving school courses that are offered by defensive driving schools operated pursuant to chapter 8, article 7 of this title and traffic survival schools operated pursuant to chapter 8, article 7.1 of this title shall include educational information relating to subsections A and B of this section. The department shall include information relating to subsections A and B of this section in any of the department's examination, information and education materials.","path":["Title 28 Transportation"],"source_url":"https://www.azleg.gov/ars/28/00721.htm","current_through":"2026-09-04","vintage":"2026-08-09","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T00:49:56Z","sha256":"11aaceee9d8a371a3ab384c2df94421bc802ae5acc11fe90cef7d2cda740276a","source_id":"us-az","stale":true,"prev":"us-az/a.r.s.-28-7209","next":"us-az/a.r.s.-28-7210"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}