Illinois State Police (ISP) District 10 Commander, Captain Louis Kink, announces the results of Distracted Driving Enforcement Program patrols held in Vermilion County during November. This program provided extra patrol coverage for ISP officers to focus on saving lives and reducing serious crashes by enforcing distracted driving laws.

Violations Enforcement Activity

Hand-held phone/device citations 9

Texting while driving citations 6

Other types of distracted driving citations 0

Total distracted driving citations 15

Total distracted driving written warnings 0

Total of all citations 26

Total of all written warnings 26

 

The extra enforcement patrols were made possible by federal traffic safety funds administered by the Illinois Department of Transportation.