Phones Still Distract Drivers in Iowa | Cedar Rapids News

Six months after Iowa’s hands-free law kicked in, drivers are still glued to their phones—leading to over 7,000 citations and nearly 6,000 warnings from January to May. Officers report seeing full movies and football games on dashboards, while tragic crashes like a fatal collision caused by a distracted 27-year-old—who received a 10-year sentence—highlight the stakes. Prosecutors are pushing for cultural change, treating distracted driving like seatbelt enforcement of old, even seeking cell phone data in crash investigations. The numbers show enforcement is happening, but real behavior change? Still a long way off. Listen in comfort:Get a discount on a Soli Pillow: http://solipillow.com/discount/dnn Advertise on DNN:[email protected] This is an automated, high-level news summary based on public reporting.Report issues to [email protected]. View sources & latest updates:https://sources.thednn.ai/3fd388d0f162e722