Does crash data tell you on those roads,the roadway geometrics will they allow for an increase in speed limits. Hoye says it is not for him to advocate on what is better a five mile an hour increase,a 10 mile an hour increase or the two lane rural road speed limit staying at 55 miles and hour. He says when all is said and done Public Safety is tasked to enforce the law and that is what they will do. Whatever the legislature after they have done their investigation whatever they deem appropriate obviously Law Enforcement will enforcement any law they pass through. Reporter the dot tells us it has concerns because Research Shows fatalities and the severity of crashes go up with an increase in speed. Next week is the first funnel week so if this bill does not get out of committee by friday the 19th it will not move forward this session. Steve iowa lawmakers are also looking changes to keep those we told you 2years ago about a little known state law that made it a offense to have a frame t
Digits. Clouds will slowly thin. We will break free to some sunshine later in the day with a degrees. Stacey lets take a live look at Road Conditions from across that state from the iowa dot. This is from 511ia. Org. The areas you see in blue are partially snow covered roads. Pinknkre completely covered. Recommended. Interstate 35 from ames to clear lake is closed because of the Winter Weather and the number of accidents along that stretch of road. Semitrucks jackknifed in the southbound lanes and numerous vehicles lined the ditches kccis Laura Terrell has checked out the driving conditions north of des moines. Laura we were just up north, where there were major blizzard conditions at this time, at this time. Problems were off 35 toward highway 20 heading toward fort dodge. Our news truck actually got stuck at mile marker 151. State troopers told us that probably 40 or 50 cars were backed up and stuck for probably close to two hours. If you are thinking about going in that area, you ca
A few bands of snow from mingo, colfax, over toward the mitchellville area. Along with that, some pretty cold air moving in. Temperatures tomorrow around nine at six ago a. M. Noon, just 14. Clouds slowly and. Forecast high tomorrow of 16. Steve taking a look at statewide Road Conditions. Still closed in both directions from ames to clear lake. Travel not advised on the areas in purple and areas in pink are covered in snow. Like blue means roads are partially covered. We have crews covering conditions on the road all day long. Laura the wind is pretty brutal. The Road Conditions are so bit Road Conditions arent so bad, but the further north you go, the worse it gets. Whiteout conditions left cars backed up for miles on highway 20 on the way to fort dodge slowing down because of the ice and wind and the blowing wind conditions and were stopped. Struck a vehicle and the semi then got stuck. Laura the jacknifed semi caused 40 to 50 drivers to be stuck at a standstill for up to 2 hours. Dr
Right now in des moines we have a brisk wind at 12 Miles Per Hour. That is producing wind chills below zero at we have a few more snow flurries early this morning. The skies will be clearing out and staying cold with highs close to 16 degrees. Eric the latest check of 511ia. Org shows i35 from ames to clear lake, is still closed this morning. Thats the red line and red circles there. High winds and blowing snow made conditions dangerous there monday. Roads in other parts of the state are ok though. Blue means partially covered in snow and ice and pink means completely covered. White out conditions made driving nearly impossible north of ames monday. A jackknifed semi caused a standstill on highway 20 on the way to fort dodge. 40 to 50 drivers were stuck there for nearly two hours. Fortunately no one was seriously snow eventually forced the dot to close down i35 from ames to clear lake. If you dont need to go out. Stay home. If you go out you are going to risk your life. You are going t
Highway 20 on the way to fort dodge. We had a few cars that were slowing down because of the ice and wind and the blowing wind conditions and were stopped. A semi actually came up and struck a vehicle and the semi then got stuck. Laura the jackknifed semi caused 40 to 50 drivers to be stuck at a standstill for up to two hours. Drivers like tristan obe. The 40 mile and hour wind was so loud we could barely hear him as we talked. The howling wind and slick spots were so bad even our news car got stuck. I couldnt see two feet in front of my car. Laura the dot eventually shut down i35 from ames to clear lake forcing drivers to take dangerous back road detours. And on the back roads there were huge drifts about three feet high and if you werent going 40 miles and hour you werent going to get through them. Laura state patrol says the best thing to do it just stay home if you can. If you go out you are going to risk your life. You are going to risk your familys life and you can actually risk