The ninth year of the Arizona Department of Transportation’s safety message contest is open for submissions through Sept. 22.

The contest is an opportunity for Arizonans to see their creative safety messages displayed on ADOT's message signs statewide, state transportation officials said.

“The Safety Message Contest is an engaging way to help remind all of us to make better decisions behind the wheel, and I look forward to seeing what creative messages the public comes up with,” ADOT Director Jennifer Toth said.

Here’s how the contest works: Participants can submit their ideas at azdot.gov/SignContest as many times as they’d like through Sept. 22. After that, ADOT will review the entries and select at least 10 finalists. The public will vote, and two winners will have their words displayed.

ADOT provided these guidelines: 

• The message must relate to traffic safety.
• Signs accommodate 3 lines, 18 characters per line. 
• #Hashtags, phone numbers, emojis and website addresses are not allowed.
• Ampersands (&) are allowed and can save character space.

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