(Radio Iowa) – A bill that would give state and local law enforcement officers who stop a vehicle going over 100 miles an hour authority to immediately take the driver’s license away from the driver.
Senator Mark Lofgren of Muscatine says there’s no reason to go over 100 miles an hour and recent reports are alarming. State troopers, police and county sheriff’s departments ticketed about two-thousand drivers last year for driving at triple digit speed. Under Lofgren’s bill, the officer would take the driver’s license, give the motorist a temporary ten-day license and send driver’s license to the D-O-T.
The Iowa D-O-T would be required to revoke that person’s driver’s license for 30 days, once the paperwork is processed — however there would be an appeals process for the driver. Lofgren’s bill also would classify going 20 miles or more over the posted limit as reckless driving and make the crime a simple misdemeanor.
