Iowa to step up traffic enforcement to slow road fatalities

A wrecked Iowa State Patrol car sits on display during a news conference announcing the Iowa Traffic Fatality Reduction Task Force at the Iowa Capitol Building in Des Moines on Tuesday, June 8, 2021. (Bryon Houlgrave/The Des Moines Register via AP)/The Des Moines Register via AP)

Patrick Hoye, chairman of the Iowa Traffic Fatality Task Force, speaks during a press conference which announced the task force at the Iowa Capitol Building in Des Moines on Tuesday, June 8, 2021. (Bryon Houlgrave/The Des Moines Register via AP)

A wrecked Iowa Department of Transportation motor vehicle enforcement vehicle sits on display outside the Iowa Capitol Building in Des Moines during a press conference announcing the Iowa Traffic Fatality Reduction Task Force on Tuesday, June 8, 2021. (Bryon Houlgrave/The Des Moines Register via AP)

Greg Franck, father of Gregary Wade Franck, a cyclist killed by a drunk driver in Des Moines, Iowa, in 2015, speaks during a news conference announcing the Iowa Traffic Fatality Reduction Task Force at the Iowa Capitol Building in Des Moines on Tuesday, June 8, 2021. (Bryon Houlgrave/The Des Moines Register via AP)

Scott Marler, Iowa DOT Director, reads a proclamation during a press conference announcing the Iowa Traffic Fatality Reduction Task Force at the Iowa Capitol Building in Des Moines on Tuesday, June 8, 2021. (Bryon Houlgrave/The Des Moines Register via AP)