Distracted Wrong-way Driver on I-80 in Iowa Dies

Wrong-way Interstate highway driving is really about two distinct causes, drunken driving and distracted driving. Eliminate those two causes and most of this will take care of itself.

Distracted by cereal box, the pinball wizard meets the crash test dummies

I haven't a clue as to what to say about this driver who is distracted by reaching for cereal only to wake up in the crash sequence.

Motorcycles - Driver who was charged with texting and driving reportedly pleads

Motorcycles - I’ve covered this accident and many more of a similar nature; texting while driving is not a good idea. When lawyers read about these cases,

Muscatine County, Iowa distracted driver heads to the hosptial

According to the Iowa State Patrol accident report, on September 17, 2009 in Muscatine County, Rhonda Levsen driving Northbound on Zachary Ave failed to stop at the 171^st St. intersection. Levsen’s Chevy Impala landed in the north ditch. This 49-year-old Montpelier resident was not wearing a seatbelt and was taken to the Ames Hospital and the investigation is still under way on the accident. The accident occurred at 10:28pm and the road was reported as unlit and dark.

I'm not familiar at all with Muscatine County, but it's not unusual for country gravel roads to be unlit. Getting used to them is just a part of living in rural Iowa. See our blogs below.

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