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\n\nTue Dec 09 22:17:00 2025 Iowa Code 2026, Chapter 321 (137, 2)
195 MOTOR VEHICLES AND LAW OF THE ROAD, §321.297\n\nthe continued slow operation by a driver shall be a simple misdemeanor punishable as a
scheduled violation under section 805.8A, subsection 8.
[C31, 35, §5021-c1; C39, §5023.10; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §321.294]
2000 Acts, ch 1203, §11; 2001 Acts, ch 137, §5
Referred to in §805.8A(8)(d)
For minimum speed capability requirements, see §321.382
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Notes of Decisions
State of Iowa v. Scottize Danyelle Brown, 930 N.W.2d 840 (Iowa 2019).
· cites it 2× “§ 321.294; not driving a vehicle “as nearly as practical entirely within a single lane” on a multilane highway, id.”
State v. Wiese, 525 N.W.2d 412 (Iowa 1994).
· cites it 2× “The State argues that Rulla’s stop was reasonable because: (1) Wiese’s slow speed impeded the normal movement of traffic and therefore violated the Iowa Code section 321.294 minimum speed regulation; and (2) driving in such a slow manner reasonably created suspicion that Wiese…”
Jacobsen v. Hala, 125 N.W.2d 500 (Iowa 1963).
· cites it 2× “285 provides: “Any person driving a motor vehicle on a highway shall drive tbe same at a careful and prudent speed not greater than nor less than is reasonable and proper, having due regard to tbe traffic, surface and width of tbe highway and of any other conditions then…”
State v. Bethards, 32 N.W.2d 769 (Iowa 1948).
· cites it 2× “Section 321.294, Code of 1946, has to do with the circumstance *904 of a motorist driving so slowly as to impede or block the normal and reasonable movement of traffic.”
State of Iowa v. Kyra Rose Bauler (Iowa 2024).
· cites it 6× “In addition, Iowa Code section 321.294 provides that “[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.”
Rosas v. Danilson, 387 N.W.2d 767 (Iowa 1986).
· cites it 4× “Iowa Gode section 321.294 provides in part: No person shall 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.”
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