There are so many fun and amazing things to do in Arizona. You can go to the Grand Canyon, kick off baseball season at a spring training camp, or take in amazing scenery at places like Sedona, Horseshoe Bend or Cathedral Rock. Regardless of why you are going to Arizona, you may have decided to make it a road trip. This can be fun and allows you to see so many different things along the way. Regardless of where you are coming from, you will likely cross through one of these major points on your journey into the state. Here are directions and how to get to Arizona from each of those major areas.

From Las Vegas

When you are headed into Arizona from Utah, Nevada or Northern California, you will likely pass through Las Vegas on your way to Arizona. Once you hit Vegas, you have three different routes you can take into Arizona. If you are headed into Phoenix, you will want to take US-93 South. If you are looking to go through Kingman and/or Flagstaff, you will want to take I-40 east. And if you are looking to go through Laughlin into Bullhead City and Lake Havasu, you will want to take I-10 east.

From Southern California

If you are heading into Arizona from most major Southern California towns, including Los Angeles and Burbank, you will want to take 1-10 east. If you stay on this freeway for about five to six hours, depending on where you are coming from, you will hit Phoenix, Arizona. If you stay on even longer, you will hit Tucson. If you are coming from San Diego, you will want to take I-8 through Yuma until it connects to 1-10. Otherwise, you are backtracking a lot just to head up to Los Angeles and connect to 1-10. Make sure you are always staying within the speed limit, the only way out of a traffic ticket in Arizona is taking AZ traffic school.

From Albuquerque

If you are traveling from places such as Arkansas, Oklahoma and Mississippi, you will likely pass through Albuquerque, New Mexico on your way into Arizona. Once you hit Albuquerque, you can decide to head into Arizona via two different routes. You can take 1-40 west if you are headed into places such as Flagstaff, Sedona or the Grand Canyon. You will want to take US-60 west if you are headed into the Apache Sitgreaves National Forest. If you are headed into Phoenix, Mesa or Tucson, both routes will take you there in about the same time. It is simply a matter of preference and scenery.

From Texas

If you are driving a long distance and coming from places like Florida or Louisiana, you may pass through Texas on your way to Arizona. Or you may simply already reside in the Houston, San Antonio or Austin areas of Texas and want to head through Arizona. If you do, you will want to take 1-10 west until you are in Arizona. If you stay on 1-10 west, you will pass through Tucson and then hit Phoenix. If you are coming from Fort Worth, Dallas or other more northern Texas cities, you will want to take 1-20 west until it hits 1-10 west and stay on until you are in Arizona.

From Mexico

If you are coming into Arizona from Mexico, you will want to enter through the Nogales border crossing. Mexican Federal Highway 15 leads you directly into this border crossing. This highway connects with many others throughout the west side of the country including Highway 2, 43 and 150. Once you have passed through the border crossing, you will want to stay on 1-19 north until you hit I-10. Most travelers will go west to head into Phoenix, but you can head east to visit Tombstone, Arizona.

There are many different routes into Arizona. If you are traveling into Arizona, you will likely be traveling through one of these destinations. These directions will help you arrive in Arizona safely.

In fact, Rapper, Mogul and Entrepreneur Marion “Suge” Knight learned this very valuable lesson after being stopped by police for a traffic infraction. Police discovered he had a few outstanding traffic warrants, in addition to a new charge for suspicion of marijuana possession, and he was promptly arrested.

The same is true just about any where you drive these days. Many states are also connected to a nationwide data base for traffic infractions, so once you get home your local BMV might just pass along the fines you received while you were out-of-state. In today’s digital age you simply cannot hide from your traffic citations.

Suge was spotted making an illegal turn and changing lanes without signalling on the Veags Strip last week and police immediately pulled him over. A quick check of his license showed his outstanding warrants, one for driving on a suspended license, and he was arrested on the spot. He was later released on $2,600 bail.

There is no reason to let traffic citations pile up and go unanswered. If you get busted by the police for something, even something you consider minor, make certain you find out what you owe, how you pay it, who you pay it to and when it is due. Then get it taken care of. Nothing will spoil your Las Vegas vacation quite like a night in jail and the best way to avoid this is to take care of your business in a timely fashion.

Even if you don’t end up in jail, you will end up on the wrong side of the law, with points piling up on your license and/or your license suspended. So don’t let a traffic citation follow you around forever, because eventually it will catch up with you.

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