Iowa Code § 321.294
Minimum speed regulation
Iowa · Iowa Code Chapter 321 — Motor Vehicles and Law of the Road · Status: effective
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- Iowa Code § 321.294, Minimum speed regulation, Iowa, version 1 as recorded 2026-10-03, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/2240787
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A person shall not drive a motor vehicle at such a slow speed as to impede or block the normal and reasonable movement of traffic except when reduced speed is necessary for safe operation or in compliance with law. Peace officers are hereby authorized to enforce this provision by directions to drivers, and in the event of apparent willful disobedience to this provision and refusal to comply with direction of an officer in accordance herewith the continued slow operation by a driver shall be a simple misdemeanor punishable as a scheduled violation under section 805.8A, subsection 8.