Tucson Car Insurance And Vintage Traffic Laws

Tucson keeps alive its vintage traffic laws while still keeping up with current car insurance and parking issues.

Tucson is a nice combination of vintage and modern.

Tucson car insurance laws are the newer of the traffic laws that are enforced in the city. The older laws that were created in 1953 set the base for the current traffic laws, like the mandatory Tucson car insurance laws, that are in place.

Vintage Traffic Laws in Tucson

Unlike with the older East Coast cities, vintage for Tucson goes back to 1953. After all, Tucson was not established until 1885 and it took a little longer for the first motor vehicles to make it out west than it did for them to get to cities like New York and Boston.

Many of these vintage laws in the Tucson City Code are still in effect today because they are just as relevant now as they were back then

It is illegal to drive over a fire hose without permission

It is illegal to follow and be within 500 feet of any emergency vehicle that is responding to a call for help.

Whenever a street crosses another street that is designated as a “through” street city engineers must put stop signs at the intersection to stop the flow of traffic on the “non-through” street. (I wish the city engineers here in Idaho would have to abide by a common sense law like this)

Parking Laws in Tucson

It’s interesting to note that most of the parking laws in the Tucson City Code were not put in place until 1999. I would be curious as to the reason behind why it took until this time to need these laws. Did people in Tucson have more parking common sense prior to 1999?

Just looking through the Tucson City Code there also seem to be a lot more parking laws than there are moving laws. In fact, there are so many parking laws that it would be impossible to know where to begin to try and help you.

If you are concerned with parking in Tucson, you can easily access the Tucson City Code on the internet. A good dose of common sense and paying attention to parking signs in Tucson will also go a long way in keeping you from getting a parking ticket.

Current Tucson Car Insurance Laws

In addition to the parking laws and vintage (but still valid) traffic laws, there are also Tucson car insurance laws. These car insurance laws are actually created by the state for everyone in the state to follow, but they are enforced on the city level.

In Tucson, you are required to carry:

• $15,000 in liability coverage for the medical expenses of a single person (not in your vehicle) that you injure)
• $30,000 in liability coverage for the medical expenses of 2 or more people that you injure
• $10,000 in liability coverage that pays for the damages you cause to another person’s property that you cause with your vehicle.

If you are not driving your vehicle, you don’t have to keep insurance coverage on it. Arizona is one of the only states where you can de-insure your vehicle without having to turn in your plates or get our registration suspended.

Just don’t forget to register the de-insurance on your vehicle with the Arizona Department of Transportation when you drop your Tucson car insurance, or you will get your registration suspended.