Arizona DMS Safety Messages - archive of past DMS messages
Arizona DMS Safety Messages - archive of past DMS messages
In late 2015 an ADOT overhead message board suggested, "Peas and guac go together like drinking and driving.” It was the kickoff to many more safety message campaigns that have included shares on social media from Cher, U2 and Taylor Swift. The safety messages continue and once a year, we hold a contest asking the public to create their own safety message.
The common theme is Highway safety.
Here are some of Arizona's safety messages from years past:
2022 Highway Safety Messages
NEW YEAR
NEW YOU
USE YOUR BLINKER
MAKE YOUR
OWN LUCK
DESIGNATE A DRIVER
IT’S A SUPER DAY
FOR A
DESIGNATED DRIVER
ROSES ARE RED
VIOLETS ARE BLUE
BUCKLE UP WE LUV U
ARIZONA DOESN’T
SPRING FORWARD
WE BUCKLE UP
2021 Highway Safety Messages
IT’S ALL GRAVY
WHEN YOU DRIVE
SAFELY
BE A CHAMP
BUCKLE UP FOR
THE FINAL VICTORY
BUCKLING UP
IS AS EASY AS
PUMPKIN PIE
DEFENSIVE DRIVING
GETS CHAMPIONS
HOME SAFELY
FAST BREAKS ARE
FOR THE COURT
NOT THE HIGHWAY
HAND OFF YOUR
KEYS IF YOU
GET BLITZED
SPREAD HOLIDAY
CHEER - USE TWO
HANDS TO STEER
BASEBALL, HOT DOGS
AND APPLE PIE
BUT NO DUI
LEAVE THE RACING
TO THE PROS
SLOW DOWN
LOVELY WEATHER
FOR A SAFE RIDE
TOGETHER WITH U
MR. JONES AND ME
TALK HANDS-FREE
WHEN WE DRIVE
NAUGHTY LIST
SPEEDERS
DISTRACTED DRIVERS
OH BROTHER!
A TITLE CONTENDER
IS AN ALERT DRIVER
ON WEDNESDAYS
WE WEAR
SEATBELTS
WEARING YOUR
SEATBELT
IS SO FETCH
ROUND HERE
WE ALWAYS
USE OUR BLINKER
DRIVING WITHOUT
A SEATBELT
IS SCARY
SECURE YOUR LOAD
DEBRIS IS UGLY
UNHEALTHY & UNSAFE
SLOW DOWN OR
YOU’LL SPIN
LIKE A DREIDEL
DON’T GET SPOOKED
KEEP YOUR EYES
ON THE ROAD
TELL THE STORY
OF TONIGHT
DESIGNATE A DRIVER
BE A SWEET POTATO
LET THEM PASS
TIS THE SEASON
TO DRIVE
WITHIN REASON
TITLE CONTENDERS
DON’T GET INTO
FENDER BENDERS
SPEEDING?
YULE BE SORRY
FOR A SAFE MONDAY
DESIGNATE A DRIVER
ON SUPER SUNDAY
CATTLE, COPPER
COTTON, CITRUS
COURTEOUS DRIVERS
DON’T COUNT
ON LUCK
DESIGNATE A DRIVER
GIVE ‘EM A BRAKE
STAY ALERT
IN WORK ZONES
WORK ZONE
AWARENESS
SAVES LIVES
SAFE DRIVERS
SAFE WORKERS
SAFE WORK ZONES
DON’T DRAG CHAINS
ONE SPARK CAN
START A WILDFIRE
SECURE YOUR LOAD
REDUCE CRASHES
AND LITTER
2020 Highway Safety Messages
DON’T TAILGATE
PUT THE BRAKES
ON FATALITIES
DON’T BE FLAGGED
FOR ILLEGAL MOTION
USE YOUR BLINKER
PHONE DOWN
EYES UP
JUST DRIVE
DON’T PUT
ON SAFE DRIVING
GO FOR IT
KEEP YOUR DISTANCE
ON HIGHWAYS
AND IN PERSON
GRADS: YOUR FUTURE
IS AN OPEN ROAD
STAY FOCUSED
IT’S ILLEGAL
TO LEAVE THE
SCENE OF A CRASH
SLOW DOWN
PUT THE BRAKES
ON FATALITIES
DRIVE SOBER
PUT THE BRAKES
ON FATALITIES
DON’T TAILGATE
PUT THE BRAKES
ON FATALITIES
USE YOUR BLINKER
PUT THE BRAKES
ON FATALITIES
WALK TO WALK
SLOW DOWN FOR
PEDESTRIANS
KEEP PEDESTRIANS
SAFE
YIELD YOUR WHEELS
SLOW DOWN
YIELD TO
PEDESTRIANS
HIGHWAYS AREN’T
RACEWAYS
DON’T SPEED
GET TO THE
FINISH LINE SAFELY
DON’T SPEED
THE BIG RACE
IS ON THE TRACK
NOT THE HIGHWAY
DON’T BE A TURKEY
DRIVE SOBER
I LIKE MY POTATOES
MASHED AND MY
DRIVERS SOBER
SLOW DOWN
THE TURKEY IS
STILL COOKING
LET’S GIVE THANKS
TO DESIGNATED
DRIVERS
DRESS UP AS A
SOBER DRIVER
THIS YEAR
JAIL IS HAUNTED
DON’T DRINK
AND DRIVE
SLOW DOWN OR
YOU’LL SPIN
LIKE A DREIDEL
STAY OFF THE
NAUGHTY LIST
DON’T TEXT & DRIVE
DRUNK DRIVERS ARE
AS POPULAR
AS FRUITCAKE
HAPPY FESTIVUS
SLOW DOWN FOR
THE REST OF US
GIVE SANTA’S
SLEIGH SOME SPACE
SLOW DOWN
FROM 6 FEET AWAY
SANTA STILL SEES
YOU TAILGATING
TONIGHT’S BEST
ACCESSORY:
A SOBER DRIVER
SLOW DOWN
NO NEED TO SPEED
2021 IS HERE!
2019 Highway Safety Messages
DRINKING & DRIVING
WILL BLUR YOUR
2020 VISION
RING IN 2020
BY PUTTING DOWN
THE PHONE
AULD LANG SYNE
TRANSLATES TO
DESIGNATE A DRIVER
‘TIS THE SEASON
TO DRIVE
WITHIN REASON
HO HO HOLD ON
TO THE WHEEL
WITH BOTH HANDS
EGGNOG & ELVES
DON’T MIX
DESIGNATE A DRIVER
SEAT BELTS:
GARLAND
YOU CAN WEAR
I FIND YOUR LACK
OF TURN SIGNALS
DISTURBING
TRAVEL LANE
ROAD DEBRIS?
CALL 911
ONE LAST TIME
DON’T TEXT & DRIVE
TROUBLE LURKS
IN ALDERAAN PLACES
USE YOUR MIRRORS
BUCKLE UP
EVERYTHING ELSE
IS GRAVY
BE A
TERRITORIAL DRIVER
USE YOUR BLINKER
SAVE MONEY
ON BLACK FRIDAY
DON’T SPEED
WOBBLING AFTER
GOBBLING?
DESIGNATE A DRIVER
TO GRANDMA’S HOUSE
WE GO, SOBER
DRIVER IN TOW
IF I COULD
TURN BACK TIME
I’D BUCKLE UP
‘I GOT YOU BABE’
-SEAT BELT
CHER THE ROAD
BELIEVE IN
TURN SIGNALS
NOT BUCKLED UP?
FRIGHTENING
GOOD DRIVERS
GET TREATS
DON’T SPEED
CRAZY LITTLE
THING CALLED
TURN SIGNALS
SEAT BELTS,
YOU’RE MY
BEST FRIEND
I SEE A LITTLE
SILHOUETTO OF A MAN
BUCKLE UP! BUCKLE UP!
SAFE DRIVERS
WE ARE
THE CHAMPIONS
SEAT BELTS!
GOT TO GET YOU
INTO MY LIFE
A LONG & WINDING
ROAD NEEDS
ALERT DRIVERS
OB-LA-DI OB-LA-DA
LIFE GOES ON
IF YOU SLOW DOWN
NO TEARS
LEFT TO CRY
PLEASE BUCKLE UP
BUCKLED UP?
ONE LESS PROBLEM
NO TEARS
LEFT TO CRY
PLEASE BUCKLE UP
CACTUS OR PINE ITS
AZ VACATION TIME
DRIVE SAFELY
ROAD TRIP AHEAD
EXPLORE AZ
AT SAFE SPEEDS
ROAD TRIP AHEAD
BUCKLE UP
AND EXPLORE AZ
SLOW DOWN
LOOK AROUND
EXPLORE MORE AZ
WITH FRIENDS
IN LOW PLACES?
DESIGNATE A DRIVER
USE A HANDS-FREE
DEVICE WHEN
CALLIN BATON ROUGE
BE POPULAR
USE YOUR BLINKER
THUNDER ROLLS
LIGHTNING STRIKES
DRIVE SAFE TONIGHT
DEFYING GRAVITY?
SLOW DOWN
NO NEED TO BE
A BIG SHOT
DRIVE SAFELY
USE A SEAT BELT
WE LOVE YOU JUST
THE WAY YOU ARE
SATURDAY NIGHT’S
ALRIGHT FOR A
DESIGNATED DRIVER
TEXTING & DRIVING
IS SO LAST YEAR
BE A TRENDSETTER
2018 Highway Safety Messages
SECURE YOUR LOAD
SAVE LIVES
IT’S UP TO YOU
PLANS TONIGHT?
DON’T BLOW IT
DESIGNATE A DRIVER
YIPPEE-KI-YAY
SOBER DRIVERS!
IT’S LOVELY WEATHER
FOR A SAFE RIDE
TOGETHER WITH U
HE SEES YOU
WHEN YOU’RE
SPEEDING
LIFE IS A GIFT
CALL FOR A LIFT
NO TURN SIGNAL?
YOU SIT ON A
THRONE OF LIES
SPEEDING?
YULE BE SORRY
WE’RE THANKFUL
FOR
DESIGNATED DRIVERS
SAFETY HAS
NO RIVAL
BUCKLE UP
MASH POTATOES
NOT YOUR HEAD
BUCKLE UP
DON’T DRIVE DROWSY
SLEEP OFF THE
FOOD COMA
PASS FOOD
TO THE RIGHT
CARS TO THE LEFT
YOU ARE NOT ALONE
SHARE THE ROAD
TODAY IS GOING TO
BE A GOOD DAY
DRIVE SAFELY
MINOR CRASH
CLEAR LANES FAST
FLASHING LIGHT?
GIVE’EM SPACE
MOVE OVER
FENDER BENDER?
SAVE YOUR REAR
QUICKLY CLEAR
DON’T MEET
THE REAPER
BUCKLE UP
TRICK OR TREAT
NO LEAD FEET
CRAZY IN LOVE
WITH DRIVERS WHO
USE TURN SIGNALS
DRINKING & DRIVING
GO TOGETHER LIKE
PEAS & GUAC
WHENEVER, WHEREVER
SEAT BELTS MUST
CLICK TOGETHER
HAVE I TOLD YOU
LATELY THAT I LOVE
SEAT BELTS?
UNBUCKLED?
THAT DON’T
IMPRESS ME MUCH
AGGRESSIVE DRIVER?
THAT DON’T
IMPRESS ME MUCH
SPEEDING?
THAT DON’T
IMPRESS ME MUCH
DRIVING SAFELY?
I LIKE IT?
I LOVE IT
DESIGNATED DRIVER?
I LIKE IT?
I LOVE IT
BUCKLED UP?
I LIKE IT?
I LOVE IT
DEFENSIVE DRIVING
IS THE
“GOOOOOOOOAL!”
FIRE DANGER HIGH
DON’T DRAG CHAINS
ENJOY YOUR
INDEPENDENCE?
DRIVE SOBER
WE SALUTE YOU
DESIGNATED DRIVERS
SOLO IN THE HOV?
WE HAVE A BAD
FEELING ABOUT THIS
UNBUCKLED?
NIGHTMARE DRIVING
IN A DAYDREAM
CUT OFF?
DON’T GET BAD BLOOD
SHAKE IT OFF
BRING SAFETY BACK
WEAR A SEAT BELT
CAMPING IN THE
LEFT LANE
ATTRACTS BEARS
ROAD RAGE
GIVES YOU
WRINKLES
BUCKLE UP
BUTTERCUP
RUSH TO FILE TAXES
SLOW DOWN
ON ROADS
A DUI WILL EMPTY
THE POT O’ GOLD
DRIVE SOBER
DRIVE SAFELY
XOXO
ADOT
CALL AN
AUDIBLE:
DESIGNATE A DRIVER
DESIGNATED DRIVER:
A PREVENT DEFENSE
THAT NEVER FAILS
TELL THE STORY
OF TONIGHT
DESIGNATE A DRIVER
HISTORY HAS ITS
EYES ON YOU
SLOW DOWN
WHY DO U DRIVE
LIKE UR RUNNING
OUT OF TIME?
TALK LESS
DRIVE MORE
PHONE DOWN
JUST DRIVE
RESOLUTION:
DRIVE SLOWER
LIVE LONGER
2017 Highway Safety Messages
ONLY SPARKLERS
SHOULD BE LIT
DRIVE SOBER
IT’S A
WONDERFUL LIFE
DRIVE SAFELY
HE KNOWS IF YOU’VE
BEEN BAD OR GOOD
SPEEDING IS BAD
HO-HO-HOLD DOWN
YOUR SPEED
SANTA’S WATCHING
BUCKLE UP!
WE TRIPLE-DOG
DARE YA!
JOIN THE
REBELLION
USE YOUR SIGNAL
FOCUSED DRIVING
IS THE WAY OF
THE JEDI
KEEP YOUR STUFFING
ON THE INSIDE
BUCKLE UP
LEAVE DOORBUSTING
TO BLACK FRIDAY
DRIVE SAFELY
BIRD IS THE WORD
DON’T DRIVE IF YOUR
VISION’S BLURRED
SOBER DRIVER?
DILLY! DILLY!
CAREFUL PASSING
RESULTS IN
SUCCESSFUL DRIVES
OPERATION
‘NO NEED TO SPEED’
IS UNDERWAY
HOCUS FOCUS
DRIVE WITH FOCUS
DON’T BE A
WILD CARD
DRIVE LIKE A CHAMP
DON’T MOVE IN
MYSTERIOUS WAYS
USE YOUR BLINKER
DRIVE SAFELY
IT’S A
BEAUTIFUL DAY
MAKE THE WEEKEND
LAST LONGER
SLOW DOWN
COMIN’ OVER IN MY
DIRECTION-BLINKERS
ARE A BLESSIN’
“I’M IN LOVE WITH
THE SHAPE OF YOU”
SO BUCKLE UP
BUCKLED UP?
SO GOOD! SO GOOD!
SO GOOD!
ARRIVE ALIVE
NOTHING ELSE
MATTERS
SECURE YOUR LOAD
SAVE LIVES
DON’T BE
“THAT GUY”
SLOW DOWN
SLOWER
IS BETTER THAN
DEAD
SAVE YOUR CABOOSE
STOP AT
RAILROAD CROSSINGS
DON’T DRAG CHAINS
ONE SPARK CAN
START A WILDFIRE
GIVE ‘EM A BREAK
WORK ZONE
AWARENESS WEEK
RED MEANS STOP
DON’T RUN
RED LIGHTS
DRUNK DRIVERS
FIND STEEL BARS
NOT A POT O’ GOLD
ARIZONA DOESN’T
SPRING FORWARD
WE BUCKLE UP
BLIND SPOTS HIDE
MOTORCYCLES
ALWAYS LOOK TWICE
TAKE IT SLOW
ON VALENTINE’S DAY
OBEY SPEED LIMIT
FALCONS? PATRIOTS?
WE DON’T CARE
JUST DRIVE SOBER
SPEEDING IS
UNSPORTSMANLIKE
CONDUCT
BLOW THE WHISTLE
ON
DISTRACTED DRIVING
2016 Highway Safety Messages
HELLO FROM THE
OTHERSIDE, BUCKLE
UP & STAY ALIVE
NO SPEEDING IN THE
7 LEVELS OF THE
CANDY CANE FOREST
DON’T TURN YOUR CAR
INTO A DEATH STAR
DRIVE FOCUSED
DISTRACTED DRIVERS
ARE 4X MORE LIKELY
TO CRASH
DON’T MULTI-TASK
DRIVE
JUST DRIVE
YOUR FAMILY
TRAVELS THIS ROAD
DRIVE FOR THEM
DUMB DRIVERS
& SMARTPHONES
DON’T MIX
EYES ON THE ROAD
HANDS ON THE WHEEL
BUCKLING UP
IS A GAME-WINNING
DECISION
GIVE YOUR CHILD
A SAFE RIDE HOME
USE A CAR SEAT
GOBBLE, GOBBLE
GO EASY ON
THE THROTTLE
DON’T MAKE A HOG
SQUEAL, LOOK TWICE
FOR MOTORCYCLES
JOIN THE REBELLION
AGAINST
DISTRACTED DRIVING
JUST BUZZED?
NICE TRY,
THAT’S A DUI
DRIVE SOBER
LIVE LONG
AND PROSPER
LUCK OF THE IRISH
WON’T HELP IF
YOU DRIVE DRUNK
MASH POTATOES
NOT YOUR HEAD
BUCKLE UP
AGGRESSIVE DRIVERS
BELONG ON ISLAND
OF MISFIT TOYS
MUMMY KNOWS BEST
WRAP YOURSELF
IN A SEAT BELT
DESIGNATED DRIVERS
MAKE THE BEST
NEW YEAR’S DATES
NOT BUCKLED?
NOT SMART.
POKEMON GO
IS A NO-GO
WHEN DRIVING
DESIGNATE A DRIVER
BEFORE YOU FILL UP
YOUR RED PARTY CUP
SEAT BELTS:
GIFTS THAT GIVE
THE ENTIRE YEAR
YES ARIZONA THERE
IS A SEATBELT LAW
BUCKLE UP
SPRING BREAKERS
DOES MOM APPROVE
OF YOUR DRIVING?
DESIGNATED DRIVERS
ARE SUPER BOWL
PARTY MVPS
WE’VE GOT A FEVER
& THE ONLY CURE IS
SOBER DRIVERS
NO SPEEDING IN THE
7 LEVELS OF THE
CANDY CANDY FOREST