Protecting Your Rights Throughout Eastern Iowa Since 1981
Most drivers in Iowa agree that certain activities are dangerous distractions while behind the wheel. Participating in a text message conversation, for example, or composing an email while attempting to drive can lead to catastrophic vehicle collisions. Certain...
Drivers in Iowa face severe penalties for charges of impaired driving. Depending on numerous circumstances, consequences can include fines, jail time, increased insurance premiums and the loss of driving privileges. With the possibility of these devastating...
In a motor vehicle collision, your body may undergo forceful trauma at high speed. Often, this includes severe head injuries. While head injuries can seriously impact your physical health, they can also affect your mental health. According to Traumatic Brain Injury...
Everyone makes mistakes. Having a few drinks after work before heading home for the day is not a crime but it can be difficult to tell if you’re over the legal limit. Then, if you get pulled over on the way and your breathalyzer test comes back high you might think...
Getting in a car crash is often a scary and scarring experience. That’s if you make it out alive. Getting in a crash with a semi-truck is an especially frightening position to be in. Unfortunately, fear isn’t a way to ward of a collision. However, there are ways you...
Sometimes you have a plan to be productive with your day, perhaps with chores, but an old friend calls you out of nowhere. You continue to clean, but not as thoroughly as you would if you weren’t on the phone because the call is distracting you. Unfortunately,...
While the number of traffic deaths across the country remained near the same level as 2018, pedestrian fatalities rose by an estimated 5% in 2019, making it the deadliest in 30 years. An analysis of state and federal data by the Governors Highway Safety Association...
Despite what you might believe, taking the road less traveled as part of your daily commute could help keep you and the passengers in your vehicle safer. That's because crash-related research in many countries has repeatedly shown that the area closest to where you...
You may not have much say in whether or not a police officer can put you through screening if they suspect you of drinking and driving, but a failed test doesn’t necessarily mean you’re going to lose a court case. Iowa has a policy of implied consent when it comes to...
If you’ve watched any fictionalized crime show on television, you might notice a pattern any time police arrest someone. They often read a suspect their rights, the minute they put the handcuffs on. Usually, police will say something like the following: “You are under...
