For you Illinois drivers out there...not sure if it's a repost but should definitely be taken as a warning...take heed!


"Illinois will begin using photo radar in freeway work zones in July. Second
offense tickets are $1,000 with license suspension. Beginning in July the
State of Illinois will use speed cameras in areas designated as "Work Zones"
on major freeways. Anyone caught by these devices will be mailed a $375.00
ticket for the FIRST offense, but the SECOND offense will cost $1000.00 and
comes with a 90-Day Suspension. Drivers will also receive demerit points
against their license, which allows insurance companies to raise their
rates. This represents the harshest penalty structure yet for a city or
state using PHOTO enforcement's. The State will begin with TWO camera vans
issuing tickets in work zones with speed limits lowered to 45 MPH.
Photographs of both the Driver's face and License plate are taken."

Pass this on to everyone you know !!!!

 

scary

 

for more info:

http://www.dot.state.il.us/press/r033005.html

 

Thats pretty harsh fines but its to protect the workers. If it was more then just the work zones I would be very upset but this isnt to bad as it is completly for saftey!

 

I agree, but I could have sworn I heard this last year too.....Nothing happened, but maybe I didnt see them

 

Just another way for IL to get their money. All this without a officer having to lift a finger.

I understand it is to protect workers.....but honestly about half the time I cross construction zones there is NO ONE there.

 

Thats why I bought the photo blocker spray for my plate and put down my sunvisor so they cant see my face just my finger!

 

The problem with that is it only works if the camera has a flash.

 

It great that they are doing it for safty and all but they better not be doing that when there are no workers. Then again IDOT are a bunch of closet *****.

 

will radar detectors pick up these 'camera's?

 

I think they should since these cameras only trigger when the radar detects the car moving at high speeds.... in that case i better get my radar fixed or get a new one...

 

Bringing this back to life, just a reminder to everyone that they're back at it again this year. There's also a PDF of Q&A, if you're interested; note the mandatory court appearance, which means your total cost out the door will probably be over $500 on the first offense. Snopes has an article about this, because it's been forwarded around so much lately; the IDOT press release I linked to above was issued June 24, 2009, so enforcement efforts are still on-going, no matter what the Internet skeptics tell you. Someone on chicagoautox actually snapped a cameraphone picture of one of the vans yesterday on I-88:

 

Just get the Rexspeed license plate flip up device and make sure you dont have your front license plate on you car!!! Just hit it

 

hahaha