The new law does not ban traffic cameras, but does require communities to provide data-driven proof that they are needed to increase traffic safety
Cedar Rapids’ annual report on traffic cameras notes that crashes on the Interstate 380 S-curve through downtown have decreased since the cameras were deployed there.
In the three years before the cameras were deployed, an average of 5.3 crashes per month were recorded on the S-curve. Since 2019, the average has been 2.8 crashes per month, according to city data.