Illinois State Police to Conduct Roadside Safety Check
The check will take place overnight from Feb. 22 into Feb. 23 on the I-88 ramp to Route 31 near Batavia.
The following is from a press release issued by the Illinois State Police:
The Illinois State Police (ISP), District 15, will conduct a Roadside Safety Check in Kane County during the hours of 11 p.m. February 22 until 4 a.m. February 23, according to Captain Joe Perez. The roadside check will be held on the ramp from the Reagan Memorial Tollway (I-88) to Illinois Route 31 (IL-31).
The State Police have zero tolerance for impaired driving in Illinois. Officers working this detail will be watchful for drivers who are operating vehicles in an unsafe manner, driving with a suspended or revoked driver’s license, transporting open alcoholic beverages or Driving Under the Influence (DUI).
Alcohol and drug impairment is a significant factor in nearly 40 percent of all fatal motor vehicle crashes in Illinois. Roadside checks are designed to keep our roads safe by taking dangerous DUI offenders off the road. This project is funded through the Illinois Department of Transportation, Division of Traffic Safety.
Dawn
10:56 am on Thursday, February 21, 2013
Doesn't it defeat the purpose by telling everyone where and when this is happening?
Evelyn Santiago
11:32 am on Thursday, February 21, 2013
Not everyone reads patch, a newspaper or subscribes to IDOT, or IL State police announcements. At least those that do read can inform others and stay away from these types of money making initiatives.
I don't believe in the way IL deals with keeping us safe. They should patrol the roads with their lights on instead of playing hide and seek and trying to "catch" speeders. Letting motorists know where they are will slow people down more than hiding and setting up "speed traps" and similar initiatives.
anonymous
11:18 am on Thursday, February 21, 2013
Dawn-by law they have to-that's how they get around disobeying the "illegal search and seizure" law that our Founding Fathers had the foresight to write in to the US Constitution but the police and govt would love to ignore with these BS Gestapo "Roadside Safety Checks". Actually-you do not have to say a word to them at the checkpoint if you have done nothing wrong lest you incriminate yourself-but they take advantage of people that are ignorant of the law(shocking-I know). Disgusting and wrong-but the State is broke and they need the $$$$$.
Ricky W Kracker a.k.a. Diggy Swagga
10:33 am on Friday, February 22, 2013
Yes Dawn, when they ask for your license and registration, simply tell them your name is "anonymous"! That'll throw them off for a bit.
Steve J
5:00 pm on Thursday, February 28, 2013
You're a moron.
anonymous
11:23 am on Thursday, February 21, 2013
dawn-also-you have the right to avoid the roadblock if you can legally stop and go another way-that's why they set them up in areas it is difficult to avoid-like the one they have listed here. KNOW YOUR RIGHTS
Tony
11:41 am on Thursday, February 21, 2013
Or you can obey the law and go anywhere you wish without worry.
Gerard Schilling
10:32 am on Friday, February 22, 2013
Unless you are a tea party member, ex-veteran, supporter of our Constitution, a vocal opponent of government tyranny and oppression, legal gun owner then you are consider a potential terrorist and can be put on no fly lists and or disappear under the NDAA without a trace. Wake up while you still have some freedoms to protect!
Ricky W Kracker a.k.a. Diggy Swagga
10:37 am on Friday, February 22, 2013
Gerard, you forgot black helicopter operator, Area 51 employee or JFK assassin.
H.I. McDunnough
1:00 pm on Friday, February 22, 2013
Gerry, loosen your tinfoil hat, its obviously constricting the blood flow to your brain.
Gerard Schilling
3:20 am on Saturday, February 23, 2013
Those that are ignorant of history are bound to repeat it. Suggest you read the histories of Russia, China, Germany, Cuba and a dozen other past and present civilizations and countries. It is always the same the countries prosper and the people who created it pass it on to the next generations who have had everything handed to them and become too lazy to even vote. They blindly follow the piper who gives them everything in return for their freedoms. Good luck suckers!
anonymous
11:54 am on Thursday, February 21, 2013
Tony-if people didn't break some laws we'd still be living under the Monarchy of England's rule-so your argument is dumb. But just keep going along to get along and letting TSA agents at the airport grope your wife and children because you're a "law abider"
Hugo
12:09 pm on Thursday, February 21, 2013
>>>They should patrol the roads with their lights on ...
Eh?
Chad Baker
12:16 pm on Thursday, February 21, 2013
Michigan Dept. of State Police v. Sitz, 496 U.S. 444 (1990), the Supreme Court allowed discretionless sobriety checkpoints.
I do not agree with this and I doubt the founding fathers would agree with this either.
Other than the 1st Amendment, the 4th amendment is probably the most important of the bill of rights. Making compromises for the sake of "public safety" is a mistake that can impact future generations.
John
12:27 pm on Thursday, February 21, 2013
It's because driving is a 'privilege' granted by the State and not a 'right' provided by the Constitution. Because it's a privilege the State controls (licensing of drivers and vehicles), the State is allowed to control 'access' by both drivers and vehicles.
I'm not saying I agree with this or not, just stating what the courts have repeatedly said.
John
12:23 pm on Thursday, February 21, 2013
I'm sure everyone will have fun doing this 'safety check' during a blizzard.
anonymous
4:35 pm on Thursday, February 21, 2013
John-it's a "privilege" that we get to pay taxes to support cops and things like DHS and TSA and similiar govt oppressive bodies but I am getting sick and tired of paying 60% of my wages to some form of taxation to support them-TAXATION IS THEFT. If the govt can simply print all of the $ they want w/ no consequences-why not just eliminate taxes altogether and print our way to prosperity?
Hugo
6:57 pm on Thursday, February 21, 2013
Illinois prints money?
thefunkychicken
8:52 am on Friday, February 22, 2013
It's really not that big a deal, don't be drunk, have a safe vehicle , and current insurance , and no outstanding warrants. Pretty simple.
Chad Baker
9:41 am on Friday, February 22, 2013
funkychicken, sounds like your okay with the checkpoints. Would you be okay with them using something the "see" in your car as probable cause to search your trunk? A frisk search of you or your family?
The republic that we have built is in its infancy and the rights we have are fragile. I get real nervous when things like checkpoints become acceptable.
Chris Diehl
10:09 am on Friday, February 22, 2013
You are exactly right Chicken, honest law abiding citizens have nothing to worry about, plain and simple. If you are worried then most likely you are hiding something. Nothing wrong with safety checks, especially this one that is targeting "impaired drivers." Would you like to be the victim of an impaired driver? I wouldn't so let the checks begin!
Ricky W Kracker a.k.a. Diggy Swagga
10:41 am on Friday, February 22, 2013
Typically the ones that worry about checkpoints are the ones with something to hide. Leave your weed at home Chad Baker and you'll be fine.
Chad Baker
10:59 am on Friday, February 22, 2013
Rick, please don’t take as derogatory comment. I’m not looking for a flame war, or trolling or anything else.
But I highly recommend doing some reading on the origins of the 4th amendment, so you can understand my comments are based on. Particularly I recommend reading James Otis’ (a British Colonial Lawyer) speech in 1761 that influenced the founding fathers inclusion of the 4th amendment in the U.S. Constitution.
Natalie Stevens
9:51 am on Friday, February 22, 2013
A comment was removed from this thread for offensive content. Please keep the comments clean, everyone!
Hugo
10:10 am on Friday, February 22, 2013
Lindsay, local police are not funded by the federal government.
Gerard Schilling
10:12 am on Friday, February 22, 2013
Look to Naperville to see the logical extension of police state tactics carried to extremes! All this nonsense about privilege was and is a cover for taxation without representation.
http://citycouncilwatchdog.com/2013/02/citizens-hammer-naperville-city-council/
thefunkychicken
10:16 am on Friday, February 22, 2013
Sounds like your just paranoid, If a policeman wants to inspect my car to protect his / her safety. I am fine. I don't carry illegal items. I really don't travel around with things that will land me or my family in jail.
You really need to lighten up. Have you ever been to Canada?
They have fish checkpoints all the time. They can look anywhere anytime. In your car in your camper in anything that can hold a fish fillet.
They will confiscate your car, boat, tackle and all fish if they illegal fish.
Just play by the rules we all have to work with and don't get so worked up.
Chad Baker
11:09 am on Friday, February 22, 2013
Funkychicken, Canada is not a Republic, it is Parlimentary Democracy (aka Constitutional Monarchy). They have no where near the same level of freedoms and rights that we do in the United States.
Kelli Trejo
10:17 am on Friday, February 22, 2013
Not as simple as "don't be drunk, have a safe vehicle, and current insurance, and no outstanding warrants" or "you can obey the law and go anywhere you wish without worry". This freedom allows these cops to pick and choose who they wish to give a hard time to and why ... particularly since the entire thing is based, again, on a need for State funds. It grants those cops the freedom to harass for any reason - a foreign concept to anyone who has not personally dealt with it, but believe me when I tell you it still happens every day - - and they are commended for doing so since the goal is to give out expensive tickets and earn the State some big bucks. Very Big Brother-ish.
Chris Diehl
10:22 am on Friday, February 22, 2013
These are not for a need of state funds. To be honest tickets are not a revenue maker. Wait for the results of the safety check, they will be technically spending more with the officers salary then the tickets they issue.
Very simple to stay sober or get pulled over!
Chris Diehl
10:24 am on Friday, February 22, 2013
My knowledge comes from a major in criminal justice, not some brain washed citizen that believes the government is out to get them.
thefunkychicken
10:26 am on Friday, February 22, 2013
thats really all this comes down to Chris, you notice they don't have this at rush hour in the evening. This is aimed to keep impaired drivers off the road and make sure drivers have insurance current. I have been thru these. its really no big deal.
Chris Diehl
10:35 am on Friday, February 22, 2013
I'm glad I'm not the only logical thinker here lol. You are exactly correct about the time frame!
Chad Baker
10:52 am on Friday, February 22, 2013
One note. Currently in Illinois there is no way to check current insurance. An insurance card does not prove that the insurance is actually in force. There are no centralized insurance databases except in California and the California database is only voluntary, so only some insurnace companies participate.
Olddeegee
10:46 am on Friday, February 22, 2013
"It's a trap!" Admiral Ackbar
Richard R
11:51 am on Friday, February 22, 2013
I think we should have a viewing party for this road side check. And we can wait to see if Dawn is in the group of people pulled over in this. :lol:
Kellen
12:11 pm on Friday, February 22, 2013
"If you aren't doing anything wrong, than you won't mind in we search you, right comrade?"
Mac Miller
12:26 pm on Friday, February 22, 2013
How about during those hours where we have people texting, reading and doing other stupid things while driving? Driving is very risky as is going to movies, school, work, etc. I find it interesting that people just think if you abide by the laws you will be okay. I know for a fact that most people don't even know what's a law and what's not. There are so many laws and according to some police officer friends I have, they don't even know all the laws. I understand the premise behind trying to keep drunk drivers off the roads but honestly they are not the only drivers who are a danger to us "law abiding" citizens. I have nothing to hide but telling me to just "follow the laws", doesn't ease my fears of being arrested for something I didn't even know was a law or worse, some trumped up charge! I always love when people tell me that my ignorance doesn't give me a free pass. I don't necessarily believe someone to be ignorant just because they don't know all the insane and hundreds upon hundreds of laws on the books. As for insurance, your license plate should have your insurance information tied to it. This would allow an officer to run your plate and see that you do indeed have insurance. This could be accomplished through communication with the DMV and the insurance agencies. Then, the only reason to pull someone over would be for moving violations and the such.
Geneva Resident
3:27 pm on Friday, February 22, 2013
Here's a thought: If these 'safety checks' were truly about safety trying to keep drunks off the road, they could do it in a much less intrusive manner. They could use the same man-power, and place officers outside dozens of bars to meet people when they leave. They could offer FREE breathalyzers before anyone even thinks about getting behind the wheel - A lot of people under-estimate how much they have to drink. Anyway - in my opinion - these road checks are about nothing more than raising money in fines.
Benjamin
5:10 pm on Friday, February 22, 2013
These comments are hilarious. Here is the bottom line solution: don't drink and drive. Unreal. Scared about your rights being violated? Take a class or two and learn when you can be confident telling a cop, "No".
Tom Koz
2:14 pm on Sunday, February 24, 2013
I don't drive !! I travel ... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fS43EIQQ7ak&feature=email
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