Opinion ID: 2222598
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Heading: Constitutionality of Subsection 707.5(1).

Text: Defendant raises a number of other, constitutional issues, attacking the statute facially and as applied to one who has committed a signal light violation. Our resolution of this appeal by construing subsection 707.5(1) so as to include a requirement of recklessness induces us to avoid those issues. See, e. g., State v. Davis, 269 N.W.2d 434, 439 (Iowa 1978) (courts have a duty to avoid constitutional questions concerning statutes when merits of a case may be fairly decided without facing such questions). AFFIRMED. REYNOLDSON, C. J., and LARSON, J., concur. McCORMICK, J., joined by LeGRAND, REES, and HARRIS, JJ., concurs specially. UHLENHOPP, J., joined by McGIVERIN, J., dissents.