Iowa releases numbers from statewide hands-free driving enforcement campaign

The Governor’s Traffic Safety Bureau has released the numbers for the recent statewide hands-free driving law enforcement effort. The numbers show 551 hands-free citations were given to drivers and there were 329 hands-free warnings written as well. The project ran April 6-10. It was the first statewide effort since law officers started writing tickets for violations on January 1st. The Bureau says a total of more than 3,600 citations and 3,100 warnings have been issued in that time.