As brighter LED headlights become more popular on the roads, two readers of The Gazette wondered whether there are regulations in Iowa for how bright headlights can be, and if so, how those regulations are enforced.
Two people were killed in a head-on crash near Hopkinton Saturday evening.
On July 1, Iowa will join 30 other states in outlawing any phone use while driving that isn’t hands-free. The law was passed earlier this year, and will replace Iowa’s current rules about phone usage while driving, which law enforcement officers say were difficult to enforce, since only texting was banned.
Protesters gathered Wednesday outside the Iowa State Patrol office in Cedar Rapids to hand-deliver a complaint that initially was filed last month about immigration enforcement during an April traffic stop -- and has yet to receive a response from the patrol.
Escucha Mi Voz, a nonprofit organization that works with immigrants in the Iowa City area, filed a formal civil rights complaint Friday against the Iowa State Patrol and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement after seven Latin American construction workers were stopped while driving home from work last week near Dubuque.
According to a crash report, the driver lost control and rolled over into a ditch.
Drivers in Iowa will be prohibited from operating cell phones and other devices with their hands once Reynolds signs it into law as expected
Law enforcement officials, advocates and grieving families of Iowans killed by distracted drivers packed a Senate committee room Wednesday to again implore lawmakers to ban motorists' handheld use of mobile devices behind the wheel.
Fewer people died in traffic crashes in Iowa in 2024 than did the year before, but the rate still is higher than seen in recent years -- as high speeds, distracted driving, lax use of seat belts and wrong-way drivers continue to pose dangers on the state’s roadways.
A Center Point man crossing Highway 965 in North Liberty on foot was struck by a pickup truck on Tuesday. Police said he had life threatening injuries and was taken to University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics.
Also in the Capitol Notebook: A campaign is launched for hands-free driving law.
The Iowa State Patrol has released the identities of three people who were killed in a crash in Washington County Monday.
Three people died Monday morning in a crash in Washington County after a driver crossed into the oncoming lane of traffic to pass a snowplow, according to a crash report from the Iowa State Patrol.
One person died in a single-vehicle crash Saturday in Washington County, according to a crash report from the Iowa State Patrol. A passenger was injured.
The driver of a semi-trailer truck died early Wednesday after veering off the road in Johnson County, according to a crash report from the Iowa State Patrol.
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