Traffic fatalities steady but motorcycle deaths rose in Iowa during 2007.

Iowa has a program titled MRE or Motorcycle Rider Education . What is the Motorcycle Rider Education (MRE) Program? Iowa has a Motorcycle Rider Education (MRE) Program administered by the Office of Driver Services of the Department of Transportation. Iowa’s MRE program teaches Basic Rider Course (BRC) of the Motorcycle Safety Foundation (MSF). This course has a minimum 15 hours of core instruction - 5 spent in the classroom in preparation for 10 hou... more

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QUESTION: Am I at fault if I crash into someone else while driving in dense fog? After all it isn’t my fault, it was the fog! ANSWER: If we ignore all other facts and entertain only the fog issue, then my opinion is that you are likely to be at fault. There is nothing unusual about the fog. Fog is fog. It’s a weather condition that all drivers must contend with and everyone knows that fog is the sort of weather condition that reoccurs and is known to the driver. Fog isn’t ... more