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Roadside Chat - Best Life Insurance You Can Buy-Buckle Your Belt

There’s an old adage that you can't put a value on human life, but insurance companies manage to make an offer.

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May 2, 2025
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Roadside Chat - Respect the Work Zone So We All Get Home

May 16, 2024, started out like any other workday for Matt Dickerson, an employee at the Iowa DOT Neola Garage. But our co-worker never made it home.

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Roadside Chat - Who's on First, What's on Second, Belts are Homers

There should be no misunderstanding about whether everyone in your family should wear their seatbelt, especially children.

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April 18, 2025
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Roadside Chat - Reckless Driving is Taxing on Your Life

Every time you get behind the wheel, you can choose to drive responsibly, or you can drive aggressively and put lives at risk.

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April 11, 2025
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Roadside chat – Safe Drivers Save Lives, So Do Organ Donors

In April we observe National Donate Life Month. Organ and tis­sue dona­tion is a gift that saves and heals hun­dreds of thou­sands of lives each year.

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Roadside chat – Best Offense is Good Defense, Head Up/Phone Down

Like good defensive play, you can’t let yourself get distracted by anything that’s happening off the roadway.

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March 28, 2025
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Roadside chat – Bet Your Bracket but Trust Your Belt

Trusting your seatbelt to hold you in place during a crash? Now, that's a slam dunk.

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March 21, 2025
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Roadside chat – PI is infinite, life is not. Drive smart

As the world’s infinite, non-repeating pattern, Pi may go on forever. Our lives do not. Follow these tips to ensure you don’t become a driving statistic

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March 13, 2025
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Roadside chat – Buckle up, every seat like clockwork

Tomorrow night, we turn our clocks ahead one hour and spring forward. Clicking our seatbelts should be like clockwork too.

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March 6, 2025
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Roadside chat – Shhh...it's national quiet day, put phone away

Shhh…keep it down…your phone, that is. It’s amazing how much better we can focus when we slow down and just be present.

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Roadside chat – Wrestle away distraction, pin down the phone

Just like a wrestler stepping onto the mat, driving requires laser focus and discipline.

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February 21, 2025
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Roadside chat – Roses are red, violets are blue, seatbelts hold you

Valentine’s Day is all about love, and what better way to show it for yourself and your passengers than by fastening your seat belt?

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February 14, 2025
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Roadside chat – Drive super sober for superdome super bowl

Make your travel game plan well before kickoff to drive sober or get a safe ride for the win.

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February 7, 2025
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Roadside chat – Did winter stop? Probably not - know before you go

We know winter’s tricks. So, we won’t be surprised when it makes its return. The question is, are we prepared to navigate our routes when the next system lands?

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Roadside chat – Orange crush - good soda/bad mess, give plows room

When winter blankets our roads with snow and ice, Iowa DOT snowplows are critical allies in helping restore safe travel conditions.

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January 24, 2025
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