Posts Tagged Roadways

  • NEWS FOR YOU…. from the Iowa D.O.T.

    Iowa Department of Transportation By Debra Carney Driver License Supervisor, Office of Driver Services Davenport, Iowa Fall Harvest Safety Another crop season is coming to a close, and already we are seeing farm vehicles on the roadways. Each year, Iowa farmers move nearly two billion bu...

  • NEWS FOR YOU... from the Iowa D.O.T NEWS FOR YOU… from the Iowa D.O.T

    School Bus Safety By Debra Carney Driver License Supervisor, Office of Driver Services Davenport, Iowa Iowa Department of Transportation Every year, new rules are passed into law by our legislators. Some may have little if any impact on our day to day lives, while others can impact us gre...

  • Weather...or Not? Weather…or Not?

    By David W. Deuth, CFSP President, Weerts Funeral Home The recent drought has certainly been fodder for many a conversation about the weather. Our early spring was truly magnificent and, as spring goes, fairly long-lived this year. Then suddenly, the switch flipped to summer and it has been hot...

  • NEWS FOR YOU… from the Iowa Department of Transportation

    By Debra Carney Driver License Supervisor, Office of Driver Services Davenport, Iowa Driving an RV Not so many years ago, campers used to be people. Now, campers or RVs are the things you live in away from home. RV ownership varies from recreational use by individuals, families and retirees,...

  • PUBLISHER’S CORNER PUBLISHER’S CORNER

    By David W. Deuth, CFSP President, Weerts Funeral Home Flooding and heat waves and road construction, oh my! The summer of 2011 has indeed been memorable in many respects. If you ask most Midwesterners about the “dog days of summer,” most would probably say that this occurs in late July...

  • Pavement Markings – NEWS FOR YOU… from the Iowa Department of Transportation

    By Debra Carney Driver’s License Supervisor Driver’s License Services office Davenport, IA Pavement markings have come a long way. In 1926 Iowa began painting a center black line on every mile of primary road pavement as a reminder that vehicles should be on the right hand side of the road...

  • NEWS FOR YOU….from the Iowa D.O.T.

    Iowa Department of Transportation The Winter of 2009/2010 By Debra Carney Driver’s License Supervisor, Driver’s License Services office Davenport, IA Will this be one for the record books? Snow, ice, wind and below zero temps. They created a challenge for Iowans with the early Decembe...