Hanover Park Holiday Enforcement Numbers
Hanover Park, IL — The Hanover Park Police Department partnered with the Illinois Department of Transportation and law enforcement across the state for the holiday “Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over” enforcement campaign.
“We can’t stress this enough: Impaired driving is illegal, potentially deadly behavior, and it puts the driver, passengers and all road users at risk,” said Deputy Chief Victor DiVito. “The ‘Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over’ campaign helps our law enforcement officers address this problem head on. If you use any impairing substance, do not get behind the wheel of a vehicle.”
From Dec. 16 through Jan. 2, the Hanover Park Police Department conducted 382 traffic stops resulting in more than 261 citations including:
• 5 impaired driving arrests
• 18 seat belt and child safety seat citations
• 33 suspended/revoked/no valid licenses
• 31 uninsured motorists
• 26 speeding citations
• 7 distracted driving related citations
According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s Fatality Analysis Reporting System, in 2020, a total of 11,654 people were killed in motor vehicle crashes involving an alcohol-impaired driver. On average, more than 10,000 people were killed each year from 2016 to 2020, with one person killed in an alcohol-related crash every 45 minutes in 2020.
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