Posts tagged motor

• Iowa Auto-Accident Deaths Decline

  Chrissie Cole | November 02, 2011 7:42 AM | 0 CommentsDes Moines, IA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  One person has died daily in a car accident in the state of Iowa, according to the Iowa Department of Public Safety. But there is positive news as well – fewer people have died this year,...

• Motorcycle Safety Awareness Month: Share the Road

  Craig Kelley | May 15, 2011 10:38 AM | 0 CommentsCouncil Bluffs, IA Category: Motorcycle Accidents
  

  The National Highway Transportation Safety Administration has declared May “Motorcycle Safety Awareness Month”, a national safety initiative with a focus on getting motorists and...

• Car Hits Davenport School Bus

  Shannon Weidemann | February 28, 2008 8:21 AM | 0 CommentsDavenport, IA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  A school bus from the Davenport public schools was hit by a car. The car & bus accident happened on Tuesday in winter road conditions on West 49th Street near Ditmer Street. The driver of the car was driving on a slushy West 49th Street, down a hill and around a curve, when her car slid into oncoming traffic and hit a Davenport school bus head-on. The bus ended up in a nearby snow drift....

• Iowa State Bridges Among Worst in Nation

  Craig Kelley | February 21, 2008 9:43 PM | 0 CommentsCouncil Bluffs, IA Category: Motorcycle Accidents
  

  A Washington-based non-profit transportation research group (TRIP) has determined that 622 Iowa bridges are one point away from being structurally decifient. Among the worst in the state are two Sioux City bridges. According to TRIP, 21% of of the stae bridges are deficient with another 6% qualifying as functionally obsolete. Repairing or replacing the defective bridges would cost the state...

• Nebraska DMV Offers Virtual Drive Course

  Craig Kelley | February 21, 2008 9:27 PM | 0 CommentsCouncil Bluffs, IA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  The Nebraska DMV is now offering a fully narrated supplemental drivers education course. Although the course will not meet the Nebraska drivers education requirments, it does allow new drivers the opportunity to be better prepared for a learner's permit test. The course includes eight videos and three permit practice tests.

• Missouri Proposes Helmet Legislation

  Craig Kelley | February 21, 2008 9:13 PM | 0 CommentsCouncil Bluffs, IA Category: Motorcycle Accidents
  

  Missouri currently has a law requiring helmets for all riders, however, the proposed Senate bill 1067 would allow riders age 21 or older to make the decision of whether or not to wear a helmet. Helmets would remain mandatory for highway riding. If the bill passes, Missouri will be the 31st state to pass age-related legislation regarding motorcycle helmets. There are currently five bills in...

• Motorcycle Insurance Presentation at Ducati Omaha

  Craig Kelley | February 21, 2008 9:01 PM | 0 CommentsCouncil Bluffs, IA Category: Motorcycle Accidents
  

  Spring is just around the corner. As such, riding season will be in full swing before we know it. You should have proper insurance coverage on your motorcycle, just as you would insure your home or your car. I will be presenting information to the DesmOmaha Ducati Owner's Club regarding the importance of maintaining proper motorcycle insurance coverage on Saturday, February 23, 2008 at 5:00...

• Nebraska Kills Helmet Law Repeal Bill

  Craig Kelley | January 17, 2008 12:48 PM | 0 CommentsCouncil Bluffs, IA Category: Motorcycle Accidents
  

  Across the river, efforts to repeal the Nebraska mandatory helmet law (LB 253) have failed. The proposed bill offered a partial repeal to the current law. The proposal would have required bikers under 21 to wear helmets but would have allowed older riders to go without a helmet if they had passed an approved safety course. Iowa is one of only three states with no helmet requirement.For more...

• Richland Motorcycle Accident Kills One

  Shannon Weidemann | May 08, 2007 2:50 PM | 0 CommentsCouncil Bluffs, IA Category: Motorcycle Accidents
  

  A motorcycle accident in Richland, Pennsylvania Monday night has left one person dead. The crash happened on Cherry Road at Brenner Hall. A source on the scene said that only one motorcycle was involved. Authorities closed Cherry Road to traffic at Walnut Street, the Richland/Richlandtown border. Firefighters redirected cars and trucks at Cherry Road's intersection with California Road in...

• Council Bluffs Car Accident Injures Man

  Shannon Weidemann | April 19, 2007 3:34 PM | 0 CommentsCouncil Bluffs, IA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  A 39-year-old man was driving his car on Interstate 80 in Council Bluffs when his car swerved and hit a car parked along the shoulder. The Missouri Valley man was trying to get something from the passenger side of the car just before hitting the parked car.The victim's vehicle then went to the left across two lane of traffic and came to a stop in the median.He was transported to Alegent Health...