DOT Weighs in on Viral Blog Claiming I-80 in Iowa Is Most Dangerous Winter Road

DOT weighs in on viral blog claiming I-80 in Iowa is most dangerous winter road

DES MOINES, Iowa — A blog ranking Interstate 80 in Iowa as the most dangerous winter road has gone viral online, and now the Iowa DOT is weighing in. Samsara, a California-based fleet management tech firm, has placed Iowa's stretch of I-80 at the top of its list for dangerous winter roads. The blog indicates [...]

Iowa’s I-80 ranked most dangerous road for winter travel

Every few weeks, first-year University of Iowa student David Nowak takes a bus to Chicago, where his parents live. After the snowstorm on Nov. 29, which resulted in 113 crashes over the weekend, according to the Iowa Department of Transportation’s Iowa Crash Analysis Tool, Nowak was not surprised Interstate 80, or I‑80, was ranked as the most dangerous road nationwide. “There were cars ditched on the side [of the road],” Nowak said. “There were …