ISP, Sheriff's Office Trying to Limit Crashes

The Illinois State Police (ISP) is teaming up with the Effingham County Sheriff’s Office to build upon its increased traffic enforcement efforts along the I-70 corridor due to an increase in crashes. 

ISP and the Effingham County Sheriff’s Office will work together to conduct enforcement details targeting distracted driving, speeding, and other reckless driving behaviors. These details will be focused in and around constructions areas on I-70, as well as roads drivers are using for detours. ISP will use both marked and unmarked vehicles, along with other strategies, to enforce traffic violations and reduce crashes.

From March through June of this year, ISP conducted six Commercial Vehicle Enforcement Program (CVEP) details each month, seven details each month from July through September, and seven details are scheduled for October. 

At the end of July, ISP worked with the Illinois Department of Transportation to conduct two details that resulted in:

• 27 commercial motor vehicle inspections
• 12 distractive driving citation
• 2 distractive driving warnings
• 1 speed citation
• 3 speed warning
• 2 warnings for other violations
• 1 seatbelt citation
• 1 following too closely citation  

Later this month, ISP has scheduled another detail leveraging statewide patrol special operations groups to increase traffic safety in the area.