CHAMPAIGN, IL (Chambana Today) – Illinois State Police (ISP) Troop 7 Commander Heather Apperson announced the results of the Distracted Driving Enforcement Program patrol in Champaign County.
The patrol provided extra coverage for ISP officers to focus on reducing serious crashes and enforcing distracted driving laws. This project was funded through Illinois Department of Transportation. The results are displayed below:
- Hand-held phone/device citations: 19
- Texting while driving citations: 8
- Other types of distracted driving citations: 0
- Total distracted driving citations: 27
- Total distracted driving written warnings: 0
- Total of all citations: 40
- Total of all written warnings: 5