STATE AND LOCAL POLICE ARE RAMPING UP ENFORCEMENT THROUGH THE HOLIDAYS. 

EXPECT TO SEE MORE POLICE ON THE ROADS LOOKING FOR SPEEDERS, DRUNK DRIVERS AND OTHER OFFENDERS SAYS ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION SPOKESPERSON PAUL WAPPEL.

BUCKLE UP, DRIVE SOBER AND DON'T TEXT AND DRIVE IS THE MANTRA SAYS ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION SPOKESPERSON PAUL WAPPEL.

WAPPEL SAYS FROM NOW THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS OF JANUARY FOURTH THERE WILL BE HUNDREDS OF SEATBELT ENFORCEMENT ZONES AND OTHER SPECIAL DETAILS AROUND THE STATE.

PATROLS WILL INCLUDE SEAT BELT SAFETY CHECKS AND OTHER SPECIAL DETAILS. THERE WERE THREE FATAL CRASHES LAST YEAR FROM CHRISTMAS EVE THROUGH CHRISTMAS DAY IN ILLINOIS.