Located in our nation’s heartland, Iowa is regularly crisscrossed by tractor-trailers and commercial vehicles. Because these vehicles are heavier and more difficult to stop than standard-size vehicles, they are much more likely to be involved in a catastrophic crash.

The Iowa Department of Transportation has identified distracted driving as one of the riskiest driving behaviors. Along with not wearing a seatbelt, distracted driving takes an average of 400 lives in our state every year. According to the National Safety Council (NSC), distracted drivers either contribute to or cause 23 percent of car crashes. To […]