Skip to main content

16 replies

Speeding on Illinois Roads

play baseballplay baseball1,000+ posts
This is important! FYI


Illinois will begin using photo radar in freeway work zones in July 2006 . Second offense tickets are $1,000 with license suspension. Beginning in July the State of Illinois will use speed cameras in areas designated as "Work Zones" on major freeways. Anyone caught by these devices will be mailed a $376.00 ticket for the FIRST offense, but the SECOND offense will cost $1,000.00 and comes with a 90-Day suspension. Drivers will also receive demerit points against their license, which allows insurance companies to raise their rates. This represents the harshest penalty structure yet for a city or state using PHOTO enforcement. The State will begin with TWO camera vans issuing tickets in work zones with speed limits lowered to 45 MPH. Photographs of both the Driver's face and License plate are taken.
Please help forward this information on for everyone's safety and benefit. Please link to below listed Web Site for more information.
Thank You
Ofc. Joseph Cox
Business Liaison Officer, 023
http://www.dot.state.il.us/press/r033005.html
Original Post

Replies sorted oldest to newest

FastballDadFastballDad1,000+ posts
My wife just got a ticket in the mail for running a red light in Chicago. There was a photo showing the License Plate # very clearly and another photo showing the car going through the red light. Only thing is that she wasn't driving...we lent the car to our son who lives there...Guilty...but it shouldn't go on my wife's record.
C cardsfan1410+ posts
Driver Education teacher here. They have been planning this camera move for 2 years now. There are 2 of these in the state. One will be in the Chicago area and the other one will be on I-64 near Fairview Heights. This was brought up by a state trooper at our annual Driver Ed meeting in Belleville. 2ndbasemom, I agree with you......SLOW DOWN! The police do give you a few miles over the limit, what is the hurry. I'll add one more thing.......BUCKLE UP!!!!!! Slowly down and useing safety belts do save lives - it isn't just a cute slogan. We have lost too many teens drivers in the last few years......and this goes for adults also.
G gotwood4sale10,000+ posts
2ndbasemom:

I'll hold back on nothing to further mankind's understanding of science and how it can favorably or even unfavorably impact our lives...

For instance...ever since we've been keeping a spray can of PAM around the kitchen I've never once had my face stick to the frying pan...my wife doesn't even bother to smack me with it anymore...when I sense a doozy of an argument coming, I just load up my head with a few blasts from the can...and voila!...she sets down the skillet...now if I could only find something to repel the dreaded wooden spoon...
Last edited by gotwood4sale
N 2ndbasemom100+ posts
Wooden spoon is better than a pizza board!!!
But I won't give your wife any ideas!!! lol

Cards...Drove to SIU last weekend...you take your life into your hands on I57. Going down not so bad, but coming home on Sunday during the NASCAR race....geez. Seems like everyone was Dale Earnhart!!

Brother in law is a Sheriff in Nebraska, and he has told me some horror stories. Told him he should film some, and distribute them to High Schools and make it mandatory for all in the family to view them...
C cardsfan1410+ posts
I drove from Carbondale to Eastern last Fall after a basketball clinic at SIU. I-57 has a lot of construction also. People do need to be more patient and slow down. I have a police officer talk to my driver ed classes and today I have an insurance agent - and believe it or not - they both say the very same thing to kids - slow down, use your safety belts and stay off the cell phones......by the way, 16 year olds cannot drive and talk on the cell phone, it is against the law.
C CentralIL100+ posts
Bottom line is these two vans will be used in construction zones. Considering the responses to piaa umps Yearly Thoughts thread in the General Items Forum (and rightly so as its a post that really is more important than any other on this site), why wouldn't we slow down and save the lives of those construction workers. Besides saving almost $400, lets get there 5 minutes later and save a life too.
C cardsfan1410+ posts
My wife was saying that she read, for every 5 MPH over 65 - it cost 10 cents a gallon more. WOW. What a lot of people also do not understand is that it isn't so much the construction workers that get killed - it's the vehicle drivers. When you run into this huge construction machinery - you do not survive. Leave a few minutes earlier and be safe.......our kids want us to be there to watch the games.

Add Reply

Post
.

Membership Required

We're sorry. You must be signed in to continue. Sign In or Register
×
Are you sure you want to remove from your Block List?
×
Loading...
×
When you block a person, they can no longer invite you to a private message or post to your profile wall. Replies and comments they make will be collapsed/hidden by default. Finally, you'll never receive email notifications about content they create or likes they designate for your content.
Note: if you proceed, you will no longer be following .
×
Advanced Search
Advanced Search
Link copied to your clipboard.
×