Tag: Iowa

Iowa DOT Officers Granted Temporary Permission To Ticket Non-Commercial Vehicle Drivers

Today Iowa lawmakers granted DOT officers permission to keep issuing tickets to non-commercial drivers for one year. The move to temporarily allow DOT officers to...

Train Hits Truck, Causes Ice Cream Apocalypse

This morning was not so sweet for one truck driver when a train crashed into his trailer and spilled a huge load of frozen...

Three States Introduce Bills To Crack Down On Highway Protesters

Three states seek to keep highway traffic flowing in spite of political unrest by introducing legislation that would stiffen the penalties for highway protesters. Bills...

VIDEO: CB Warnings Keep A Bad Pileup From Becoming Much Worse

This multi-vehicle crash video sent in by CDLLife reader Julie Morgan was captured on I-80 in Iowa on December 10. Blowing snow makes it nearly impossible to...

Car Hauler Makes $70,000 Mistake

A car hauler had a rough day in Iowa this week when he struck bridge and did serious damage to two of the vehicles...

Iowa Judge Says DOT Can’t Issue Speeding Tickets

Millions of dollars worth of citations are being questioned after an Iowa judge ruled that the Department of Transportation does not have the authority to...

VIDEO: WTF? Wrong Way Truck

Footage from CDLLife reader Ira Jaffe's dash cam on I-80 in Iowa. https://youtu.be/xyvJ5KqmDog Video Credit: Ira Jaffe

Iowa’s I-80 May Shut Down For Historic Flood

Heavy rains and historic flooding may force Iowa transportation officials to shut down one of the nation's busiest trucking corridors. The Cedar River in eastern...

Dates And Acts Announced For 2016 Truckers Jamboree

Dates have been announced for the 37th annual Truckers Jamboree at the I-80 Truck Stop in Walcott, Iowa. The event will take place from July...

Truckers Shelter Traffic From Unconscious Pickup Driver

Two truck drivers worked together to corral an out of control pickup driven by a man who had lost consciousness on I-94 in Kenosha, Wisconsin...

Lost Bag Of Weed Leads To Tire Thumper Vs. Knife Fight Between Truck Drivers

Two truck drivers traveling together became involved in an armed altercation with each other at a Love's Truck Stop in Shelby, Iowa over the...

VIDEO: Suspect Fleeing Police Has Near Miss With Two Trucks

A police chase in Sioux City, Iowa, has a rough ending as the suspect comes close to crashing into two trucks, then takes a...

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