Illinois State Police and the Illinois Department Of Transportation ( IDOT ) will be working together to slow down drivers in Construction Zones on Illinois Intestates. If your caught speeding you looking at a fine of $375 with $125 of that going to pay off duty State Troopers to provide added enforcement in construction and maintenance zones.
Two time offenders are subject to a $1000 fine, including a $250 surcharge to hire Troopers and the loss of their license for 90 days.
Starting in July, State Troopers will deploy specially equipped vans that can take photographs of drivers speeding in construction and maintenance zones. The camera's will capture a clear photo of the driver and both front & rear license plates.
If you strike a worker the fine is $10,000 and 14 years in prison. 39 people died in work zones in 2004, two of them being workers. In 2003,
44 people were killed in work zones with five being workers.Under the provision of the Automated Traffic Control System In Highway Construction or Maintenance Zones Act Of 2004, Illinois State Police were given authority to use cameras to enforce work zone speed limits in cases where workers were present. It also requires that signs be posted when work zone speed limits are being enforced by cameras.
We might even see Trooper In A Truck - allowing state police to covertly enforce speed limits, out of uniform and in IDOT trucks.
HF