For Immediate Release:
September 14, 2011
7:56 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 ANNOUNCES UPCOMING ROADSIDE SAFETY CHECKS.
COLLINSVILLE, IL – Captain B. Parsons, District 11 Commander, announced
today that the Illinois State Police may conduct Roadside Safety Checks
(R.S.C) in the Metro-East area, St. Clair, Madison, Monroe, Bond, and
Clinton counties, during the month of October.
A roadside safety check is an effective tool for generating voluntary
compliance by the motoring public. The potential to come across these
checks encourages motorists to arrange designated drivers, keep their
consumption of alcohol within the allowable limits, or not drive a motor
vehicle after drinking. Safety checks are designed to keep our roads safe
by taking dangerous DUI offenders off the road.
Across the country, an average of one alcohol-related traffic death occurs
every 45 minutes. Alcohol and drug impairment are significant factors in
over 40 percent of all fatal motor vehicle crashes in Illinois. Each year
in Illinois, hundreds of lives are lost in alcohol-related crashes. Don't
risk losing your license, your car, and your freedom. If you drive
impaired, law enforcement will arrest you.
Officers working the R.S.C. will also be watchful for drivers who are
operating vehicles in an unsafe manner, driving with a suspended or revoked
driver's license, and transporting open alcoholic beverages.
This Roadside Safety Check is funded through a grant from the United States
Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration. The grant is administered by the Illinois Department of
Transportation, Division of Traffic Safety.
(See attached file: RSCNotification_October.pdf)
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One Driving Fatality is One too Many and the Illinois State Police is
Committed to Driving Zero Fatalities to a Reality
