Danville Police are joining other Illinois law enforcement agencies in a heightened enforcement of distracted driving. Police Interim Public Safety Director Chris Yates says April is National Distracted Driving Awareness Month. He says Danville Police are partnering with Illinois State Police, the Illinois Department of Transportation, and more than 100 other local law enforcement agencies to remind drivers to ‘’drop their phones or pay up.’’
‘’Motorists will see increased patrols and enforcement zones across Illinois throughout the month,’’ said Yates. ‘’The Danville Police Department will be ticketing drivers who text or use their phones while driving.’’
‘’Every day, you can look out your window and see a driver using their cellphone,’’ added Yates. ‘’People know texting and driving is dangerous and illegal, but they do it anyway, and it puts others at risk,’’ he added. He says sending or receiving a text takes a driver’s eyes off the road for an average of 4.6 seconds, the equivalent of driving blind at 55 miles per hour for the length of an entire football field.’’
The Distracted Driving enforcement campaign is supported by federal funds administered by the Illinois Department of Transportation.
