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Driver clocked at over 100 mph tells trooper they were 'unaware' of speed limit

Driver clocked at over 100 mph tells trooper they were 'unaware' of speed limit
HIGHWAY, YOU MIGHT WANT TO CHECK THE SHOULDER OR EVEN THE SKY FOR THE IAOW STATE PATROL. BUT FIRST THEY ASK THAT YOU CHECK YOUR SPEEDOMETER. WE LOOK AT SPEED AS A SERIOUS ISSUE ALL THROUGHOUT THE STATE OF IOWA. THIS SPRING IOWA STETA PATROL IS CRACNGKI DOWN ON EXCESSIVE SPEEDERS 94 TRAFFIC DEATHS SO FAR THIS YEAR, THAT’S UP FROM 77 FROM THIS POINT IN 2021. ABSOLUTELY AND SERGEANT ALEX TA NKLESS. SPDEE IS USUALLY A FACTOR WHEN WE SEE THOSE WHAT WE CALL EGREGIOUS SPEEDS. THEY REALLY TURN OUR HEADS LITERALLY TURN OUR HEADS AND OUR TROOPERS ARE GOING TO TURN AROUND AND WE’RE GONNA GO CATCH THOSE VIOLATORS. THAT’S WHAT THEY DIDN O APRIL 27TH ON HIGHWAY 5 SOUTH OF DES MOINES. FROM AN AIRPLANE JUST FROM THE HIGHYWA 5 OPERATION. EYTH ISSUED 78 SPEEDING TICKETS WITH ALL DRIRSVE GOING MORE THAN 10 MILES PEROU HR OVER THE SPEED LIMIT. PLUS ANOTHER 93 WARNINGS THEN CALL IT DOWN TO THE LAW ENFORCEMENT ON THE GROUND. VARIABLE THEY DO A QUICK QUICK TRAFFIC STOP ON THOSE? SKY YATES VIEW OFFERS A CLOSER LOOK AT HIGHWAY 5 WHERE DRIVERS SAY THEY SEE SPEEDERS ALL THE TI ME. EVERYBODY’S IN HURRY, I THINK AND PROBABLY NOT GIVING GIVING THEMLVESSE ENOUGH TIME TO GET TO WHERE THEY NEED TO GO. I SEE A LOT OF SPEEDERS MOST OF THEM. THAT FLY BYE M ARE GOING REALLY FAST. USUALLY IT’S JUST FIVE TO TEN. TBU IF YOU’RE ON THE HIGHWAY I, WOULD SAY I WOULD SEE A LOT HIGHER THAN THAT. SO FOR THE REMAINDER OF2 202 EXPECT TO SEE MORE AND MORE TROOPERS. ON THE HIGHWAYS WORNGKI OPERATIONS SIMILAR TOHE T FLIGHT OVER HIGHWAY 5. WE SEE PROBLEM AREAS. WE’RE GONNA GO OUT AND WE’RE GONNA GO AND FORCE SPEED VIOLIOATNS AND TRAFFIC LAWS HERE IN THE STATE OF, IOWA.
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Driver clocked at over 100 mph tells trooper they were 'unaware' of speed limit
A driver in Iowa said they weren't aware of the speed limit after a State Patrol trooper pulled them over.That's how the driver justified traveling at 111 mph on Interstate 35 near Van Wert. Trooper Nguyen encountered the Kansas City driver that was passing through Iowa Monday. Nguyen reminded the driver that nowhere in the US is the speed limit over 100 mph on a roadway. More news:

A driver in Iowa said they weren't aware of the speed limit after a State Patrol trooper pulled them over.

That's how the driver justified traveling at 111 mph on Interstate 35 near Van Wert.

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Trooper Nguyen encountered the Kansas City driver that was passing through Iowa Monday.

Nguyen reminded the driver that nowhere in the US is the speed limit over 100 mph on a roadway.

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