The head of the Governor’s Traffic Safety Bureau (GTSB) says the state has formed a first-of-its-kind-in-Iowa  “Impaired Driving Coalition” to examine the seriousness drunk driving across the state. Bureau Chief  Patrick Hoye says the coalition will review existing Iowa data, laws, regulations and programs and propose a coordinated statewide impaired driving plan.

 

Hoye says traffic deaths attributed to alcohol have been a continuing problem.

 

The Impaired Driving Task Force includes members of the Iowa Department of Public Safety’s G-T-S-B, the D-P-S’s Division of Criminal Investigation Criminalistics Laboratory, Department of Corrections, Department of Transportation, Department of Public Health, Department of Human Rights, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Attorney General’s Office, city, county and state law enforcement officers and private partners