WEDNESDAY IS SPEED AWARENESS DAY IN ILLINOIS…A DAY TO REMIND THE PUBLIC ABOUT THE DANGERS OF DRIVING TOO FAST. 

42 PERCENT OF TRAFFIC FATALITIES IN ILLINOIS WERE CAUSED BY SPEED IN 2017. LOU JOGMEN WITH THE ILLINOIS ASSOCIATION OF CHIEFS OF POLICE SAYS IGNORING THE SPEED LIMIT HAS BECOME ALL TOO COMMON.

ILLINOIS STATE POLICE LIEUTENANT COLONEL DAVID BYRD SAYS DRIVING AT HIGH RATES OF SPEED UPS THE CHANCES OF BEING SERIOUSLY INJURED OR KILLED IN A CRASH.

OFFICIALS SAYS THERE IS ANOTHER REASON TO SLOW DOWN… SPEEDING ON THE HIGHWAY CAN LOWER FUEL EFFICIENCY BY THIRTY THREE PERCENT.