The Iowa State Patrol is partnering with AAA to distribute CellSlip phone pouches to young drivers. The product blocks radio frequency signals, eliminating the trigger that tempts so many drivers to pick up the phone: the notification sound for incoming texts. Video courtesy of WHO TV Channel 13.
Iowa, Maryland, Nevada and Tennessee have each won a $15,000 grant to spend on efforts to prevent drowsy driving.
Iowa legislators are negotiating details of a bill that would make texting while driving a primary offense. Some advocacy groups are also pushing for a hands-free requirement. Video courtesy of 13 WHO.
The conference brings together law enforcement, transportation safety leaders, and public health professionals in the quest to combat driver fatigue.
University of Iowa researchers are working on technology aimed at preventing drowsy driving, and the campus recently hosted a summit devoted to the safety issue. Video courtesy of CBS Philly. For the full story, click here.
Some state driver texting bans have delivered disappointing results, largely because of factors that make enforcement nearly impossible.
School bus drivers must learn how to judge other traffic and blend their stop arms into the traffic flow.
This report from WOI Local 5 News examines how county budget restraints have kept many intersections in rural Iowa uncontrolled, despite an uptick in related road fatalities.
Kum & Go has opened an E-15 fueling station in Windsor Heights, Iowa, and plans to make the ethanol fuel blend available at more than 65 stores in Iowa, Nebraska, Arkansas, Colorado, Missouri, Oklahoma, and South Dakota over the next two years, the convenience store chain announced.
However, separate bills in the House and Senate differ over whether drivers could continue to use handheld phones for conversations.
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