Archives: July 2022
July 2022 Service awards
July 1, 2022
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Roadside Chat - Party if you please, but give up the keys
July 1, 2022
With a long Independence Day holiday in front of us, many people will be celebrating with friends and family. If you’re attending a party where alcohol will be served, set up your sober ride in advance to keep us all safer on Iowa roads this weekend.
Did you know that every day, about 32 people in the United States die in crashes caused by drunk drivers? Data from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration shows that in 2020, 11,654 people died in these crashes. That’s one death every 45 minutes.
Over the three-day Independence Day holiday in Iowa in 2020, there were five deaths on Iowa’s highways. Four of the five deaths were caused by drunk drivers.