It started two days ago and will continue until the day after New Year’s Day.
Headlines used by various police departments include
Drive High, Get a DUI
and
Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over
and’
Drive merry, bright and sober this holiday season
Participating departments se ding out press releases are
- Algonquin
- Lake in the Hills
Lake in the Hills results for Thanksgiving follow:
- 7 Distracted Driving
- 1 Disobeyed Traffic Control Signal
- 2 Suspended Registration
- 2 Expired Registration
- 12 Failure to Wear Seat Belt
- 29 Speeding
- 2 No Insurance
- 1 Improper U-Turn
- 1 Improper Display of Registration
- 1 Arrest DUI/DUI Over .08 and Driving While License Revoked
- 1 Arrest Speeding 35+ MPH Over the Speed Limit
- 1 Arrest No Valid Driver’s License and Speeding 35+MPH Over the Speed Limit
During the Thanksgiving enhanced enforcement period, the Sheriff’s Department issued 117 citations:
- 50 speeding citations
- 17 other various citations
- 15 seat belt citations
- 13 uninsured motorists
- 11 electronic communication citations
- 3 DUI arrest
- 2 child car seat citations
- 2 no valid driver’s license citations
- 2 suspended registration citations
- 1 suspended/revoked license citation
- 1 transportation of open alcohol citation
