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Hands-Free Law Fails to Stop Distracted Driving | Sioux City News
Six months after Iowa’s hands-free law went into effect, drivers are still glued to their phones—leading to thousands of tickets and warnings, including dramatic scenes like movies streaming on dashboards. Despite enforcement, deputies daily witness phone use behind the wheel, echoing the slow cultural shift seen with seatbelt laws. The stakes are deadly: a 27-year-old woman received a 10-year sentence for vehicular homicide after crashing while texting, killing a man who’d pulled over to fix his truck. Now, investigators routinely examine cell phone data in serious crash cases, underscoring…
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