ILLINOIS STATE POLICE
Hiram Grau - Director
For Immediate Release:
September 13, 2011
08:23 AM
For More Information Contact:
Trooper Mike Link
618.346.3524 - work
618.973.3050 - cell
mike.link@isp.state.il.us
ILLINOIS STATE POLICE TO STEP UP DUI ENFORCEMENT DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS
Additional Troopers Will be on Patrol to Look For Intoxicated Drivers.
COLLINSVILLE, IL – Captain B. Parsons, District 11 Commander, announced
today that the Illinois State Police will conduct Nighttime Enforcement
Patrols (NITE) in Madison and St. Clair counties, during September and
October.
Troopers working NITE patrols will be watchful for drivers who are
operating vehicles in an unsafe manner, driving with a suspended or revoked
driver's license, transporting open alcoholic beverages, driving under the
influence, and are not properly buckled up.
In 2009 in Illinois, nearly eight out of ten (79 percent) motor vehicle
fatalities occurring between midnight and 3 a.m. involved a drinking
driver, and less than three out of ten (25 percent) of those who died in
crashes during this time were properly restrained by a safety belt or child
restraint. The picture is completely different during the higher-traffic,
daytime hours of 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. with less than two out of ten fatalities
(16 percent) involving alcohol and nearly six out of ten (58 percent)
properly restrained.
These nighttime patrols are designed to keep our roads safe by taking
dangerous DUI offenders off the road and ensuring all vehicle occupants are
buckled up. This project is funded by the Illinois Department of
Transportation, Division of Traffic Safety.
(See attached file: NITESeptOct.pdf)
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One Driving Fatality is One too Many and the Illinois State Police is
Committed to Driving Zero Fatalities a Reality
