May is Motorcycle Safety Awareness Month in Iowa

Warmer spring weather may finally be here to stay and Iowa motorists are being urged to keep a sharper eye out for motorcycles. Colleen Powell, spokeswoman for the Iowa Governor’s Traffic Safety Bureau, says May is Motorcycle Safety Awareness Month. Powell says 49 motorcyclists were killed on Iowa’s roads last year. Iowa is one of just three states that do not have any sort of a motorcycle helmet law, and about 75% of the fatalities on motorcycles are unhelmeted.