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Here's the winners of ADOT's 2022 safety message contest

The Arizona Dept. of Transportation has revealed the winners of their annual traffic safety message contest.

Officials say only 12 messages were selected as the finalists out of 3,100 entries. Only two of them won the contest.

More than 3,000 votes were cast for the finalists.

Here were the final entries:

  • USE YOUR VISION, AVOID A COLLISION
  • YOU WON’T MAKE IT IF YOU FAKE IT, BUCKLE UP AZ
  • KIND IS COOL, DRIVE THE GOLDEN RULE
  • HANDS ON THE WHEEL, NOT YOUR MEAL
  • DON'T HURRY, BE HAPPY
  • BELTS & BLINKERS: SUMMER'S HOTTEST ACCESSORIES
  • SIGNAL 2 THE LEFT, SIGNAL 2 THE RIGHT, MERGE REAL SMOOTH
  • DISENGAGE WITH ROAD RAGE
  • GOT A TAB? CALL A CAB
  • SAFE DRIVING, WHAT A VIBE
  • DRIVE BUZZED, GET STUNG
  • EXIT TO TEXT IT

The winners were:

  • DON'T HURRY, BE HAPPY
  • SIGNAL 2 THE LEFT, SIGNAL 2 THE RIGHT, MERGE REAL SMOOTH

This is the sixth year the state has held the contest, with last year's winners being: "MISS YOUR EXIT? IT'S OKAY, WE MADE MORE AHEAD" and "LIFE IS A HIGHWAY, I WANNA RIDE IT WITH A SEATBELT ON."

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