Posted on 06/15/2019 11:33:30 AM PDT by Tacrolimus1mg
Welcome to the Carol Stream Police Department Road Side Safety Checkpoint
[Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over Logo]
We know that it's inconvenient to be stopped, but the time spent at this checkpoint is time spent ensuring your safety.
At some point in their lives, three out of every ten Americans will be involved in an alcohol and/or drug related crash. In 2012, more than 10,000 people were killed in crashes on U.S. Highways involving a driver with a BAC of .08 or higher. In Illinois 22.6% of drivers involved in fatal car crashes had a BAC over .08. Impaired driving is no accident- nor is it a victimless crime. Studies by the National Highway Safety Council show that approximately 35% of all crashes and 55% of all fatal crashes involve drivers who had been drinking. Impaired driving crashes cost the U.S. society approximately $37 billion dollars annually. Due to these staggering statistics we are conducting this checkpoint as part of the Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over national campaign.
Your driving skills can be seriously compromised even when your behavior is not observably "drunk". Alcohol and drug use cause impairment in reaction time, attention, tracking, comprehension and other skills essential for safe driving. Even when attempting to drive carefully, an impaired driver cannot compensate for those reduced abilities. In addition, alcohol and/or drugs affect your ability to judge, whether or not you are impaired, thus the reason to have a designated driver prior to drinking.
In 2011, 3,331 people were killed in crashes involving a distracted driver. Distracted driving is any activity that could divert a person's attention away from the primary task of driving. All distractions endanger driver, passenger, and bystander safety. These types of distractions include: Texting, using a cell phone or smartphone, eating, drinking talking to passengers, using a navigation system, watching a video and adjusting a radio, CD player, or MP3 player.
For drivers 15-19 years old involved in fatal crashes, 21 percent of the distracted drivers were distracted by the use of cell phones. Sending or receiving a text takes a driver's eyes from the road for an average of 4.6 seconds, the equivalent-at 55mph-of driving the length of an entire football field, bind. Before texting and driving, ask yourself, is this text message that important?
Protect yourself against impaired drivers by wearing your seat belt every trip, every time.
(Reverse side of flier)
Important Illinois Traffic Laws
625 ILCS 5/12-603.1 ...Each driver and (every) passenger of a motor vehicle operated on a street or highway in this state shall wear a properly adjusted and fastened seat belt. Effective January 1st, 2012
624 ILCS 5/12-610.2 A person may not operate a vehicle on a roadway while using an electronic communication device. This section has exemptions which allow hands-free or voice operated modes.
625ILCS 5/11-907(c) ...upon approaching a stationary authorized emergency vehicle, when the authorized emergency vehicle is giving a signal by displaying flashing red, red and white, blue or red and blue or amber or yellow warning lights, a person who drives an approaching vehicle shall, (1.) preceding with caution, yield the right-of-way by making a lane change into a lane not adjacent to that of the authorized emergency vehicle, if possible...(2) proceeding with due caution reduce the speed of the vehicle, maintaining a safe speed for road conditions, if changing lanes would be impossible or unsafe.
Graduated Driver's License (GDL) Program
Illinois is one of the toughest states for new drivers, ensuring your child's safety! This program was enacted to reduce the amount of teen crashes. Some of the new GDL laws are listed below:
- Limited to one passenger, other than a family member, for the first year of driving
- No cell phone use while driving, except an emergency call
- Driving curfew is 10 P.M. Sunday thru Thursday and 11 P.M. on Friday and Saturday
- Two moving violations in a two year period will result in license suspension
- Underage drinking violations now result in drivers license suspensions
Seat Belts and Child Restraint Systems
-The seat belt usage rates are in the lower 90 percentile. These are some of the highest usage rates in the country.
-Study after study shows that seat belts do, in fact, save lives. Are you wearing yours?
-Seat belt usage rates tend to drop off at night and fatality rates increase
-Child restraint configurations can be very confusing to install in your vehicle. Proper installation is paramount to ensure your child's safety during a crash.
-If you have questions about your child's car seat contact your local hospital, police, or fire department. Many of these agencies have certified Child Safety Seat installers that will check your child's car seat free of charge.
WE APPRECIATE YOUR PATIENCE AND SUPPORT
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Slowly losing freedom and privacy.
Yes We are. Meanwhile the scumbags keep getting a Get Out of Jail Card for Everything.
I was fliiping channels last night and that Live PD was on harrasing Joe and Jane Public.
My Uncle has to be spinning around 50,000 RPM in His Grave Right now!!!
sounds like a version of the carol stream seat belt check - plain clothes cop is in the median @ gary & north with binoculars and a radio.
SCOTUS says it’s legal if announced previously...
CSPD loophole calls it a “Road Safety Checkpoint” - you could be pulled over for a bad muffler, broken tail light or headlight, using a cell phone... etc...
They have been doing it for years...
Hide a small bag of powdered sugar in your trunk to find and watch them go nuts.
Much obliged everyone. I didn’t expect such a response so quickly, but I did post on a Saturday.
I’m going to keep all of this in mind for the future, but I don’t believe that these stops are regularly announced.
I’ll also keep checking back to see what else is new.
“Anr I being detained, officer?”
However,my car had an expired inspection sticker and as I was driving away the cop on the other side yelled "sticker".The cop yelled "stop" but then a few seconds later said "go ahead".
It seems that our state Supreme Court had ruled that nobody other than drunks could be detained or written up at such roadblocks.
Pretty certain if it was truly a random inspecion stop if was declared constitutional by USSC.
If I recall, cops cannot pull everyone over, as that is an overreach, but random stops for compliance are allowed. Too bad.
Not sure if one can successfully not comply once stopped. But I would tend to ask the questions “am I free to go?”
“If not, am I under arrest?”
If not why have you detained me?” “What am I being investigated for?” “ What is your reasonable suspicion or probable cause to detain me?”
By then I suppose I would be arrested. IL law probably allows such intrusions for “public safety”.
“Right next door to us. At one time Carol Stream held the state record for DUI arrests 2 or 3 years running.”
That’s because they set up on North Avenue, which is a very busy highway, especially in the late afternoon and early evening.
Unfortunately the state of Illinois believes that SCOTUS ruled them legal under a very narrow scope.
https://www.tmj4.com/news/project-drive-sober/roadside-checkpoints-legal-tool-or-illegal
A friend of mine drove home pretty drunk one night, years ago, and hit his mailbox when he tried turning into the driveway. He left the truck there, and walked the hundred yards to the house. When he came down to get it in the morning, the cops were there. A long conversation ensued. His take was that it was his mailbox, so what’s the big deal?
“That’s because they set up on North Avenue, ”
Yep. Usually somewhere between Schmale and County Farm. It’s like fishing in a barrel.
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I hear you. I’ve had a limp for 20 years and the SOB’s took me in after I couldn’t walk a strait line. On gravel on an incline.
Thanks for citing that. I wish that particular site would have cited the information more specifically, but who can be bothered to read the actual decision?
https://www.justice.gov/sites/default/files/osg/briefs/1989/01/01/sg890414.txt
I was going to post it but my browser crashed.
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