Arizona Driver's Handbook, Section 2: Safe Driving Practices
Required equipment, distractions, seeing and space, signaling, passing, roundabouts, parking and freeway driving.
Summary written by MyPermitExam from the official handbook, Revised March 2026. Not a copy of the handbook. Checked Oct 2026. Not affiliated with the DMV. Arizona Driver License Manual and Customer Service Guide
Key rules
- Holding a phone while driving is illegal; pull off and stop to text. p. 24
- Keep a 3-6 second cushion and at least 3 feet when passing a bicycle. p. 25
- Signal at least 100 feet (about 4 seconds) before turning; signaling does not give you the right of way. p. 26
- No passing within 100 feet of a street or railroad crossing, or a blind bridge, tunnel or underpass. p. 28
- Downhill: wheels toward the curb; uphill: wheels left against the curb; always set the parking brake. p. 30
- No parking within 15 feet of a hydrant, 20 feet of a crosswalk or 50 feet of a railroad crossing. p. 31