ILLINOIS STATE POLICE
Hiram Grau - Director
NEWS
| FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE | FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT |
| Date: January 12, 2012 | Trooper Mike Link |
| Time: 7:12 a.m. | 618.346.3524 - Office |
| 618.973.3050 - Cell | |
| mike.link@isp.state.il.us |
Please Drive Safely
COLLINSVILLE, IL – Illinois State Police (ISP) District 11 Commander, Captain B. Parsons, reminds motorists to drive with caution during this inclement weather.
Although not much snow has fallen the roads are still slippery in the Metro-East. The ISP is currently handling numerous crashes. At least one of the crashes have been reported with injuries. We are also handling many calls for vehicles that have slid off of the roadway and into a ditch/median.
The ISP provides the following advice:
-Make sure your cell phone is fully charged and your vehicle has a full tank of gas. If you get stranded you need to be able to call for help and stay warm.
-Increase your following distance behind other vehicles.
-Just because you are in an SUV/Truck, doesn't mean you are immune from sliding into a ditch.
-Allow for more time to get to their destination.
-Reduce your speed.
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One Driving Fatality is One too Many and the Illinois State Police is Committed to Driving Zero Fatalities a Reality
