321.277A  Careless driving.

A person commits careless driving if the person intentionally operates a motor vehicle on a public road or highway in any one of the following ways:

1.  Creates or causes unnecessary tire squealing, skidding, or sliding upon acceleration or stopping.

2.  Simulates a temporary race.

3.  Causes any wheel or wheels to unnecessarily lose contact with the ground.

4.  Causes the vehicle to unnecessarily turn abruptly or sway.

Section History: Recent form

  97 Acts, ch 147, §2

Footnotes

  For applicable scheduled fine, see §805.8A, subsection 6, paragraph b


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