(Undated)– Those attending the Iowa State Fair once again this year have an opportunity to learn firsthand what the Iowa State Patrol is up to these days. Trooper Kevin Krull just did his stint at the fair. He says a lot of the conversations they’re having pertain to speeding…
“They’re talking about the speeds of greater than 100 mph and how that peaked back in 2020 with almost 1,500 people getting speeding tickets for 100 mph or more. We’re down a little bit from that, we’re only at 514 but it’s still 514 people getting tickets for that speed.”
Krull says another thing they’ve been hearing a lot from people pertains to the 60 mph speed limit and why it isn’t on place on ALL two lane roads in Iowa…
“The default speed is that, a lot of the paved roads are now out in the country are going to be that 60 mph but there’s still quite a few of those roads that just aren’t designed for that, so they’re going to keep those at 55 mph by the looks of it, at least for now.”
He says a number of factors go into determining the speed limits and why they weren’t bumped up to 60 on some of those roads…
“I think a little bit of it has to do with the passing zones and rolling hills and whatnot with that, but it’s just one of those common sense things as well. Just because the speed limit, you can do 60, doesn’t mean you can do 60 all the time. Sometimes traffic will limit that or different events going on in the area, so we just ask people to pay attention to what’s going and obey the sign, or pay the fine.”
Krull says while it can be confusing given all the different speed limits that are out there, the best advice is to simply drive whatever the posted limit is for the particular road you are on.
