THE ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION IS OUT WITH ITS ANNUAL "THINK BEFORE YOU THROW" ANTI-LITTERING CAMPAIGN. 

LITTERING ON THE STATE'S 150-THOUSAND MILES OF ROAD IS UNSIGHTLY, BAD FOR THE ENVIRONMENT AND EXPENSIVE SAYS I-DOT SPOKESPERSON MARIA CASTANEDA.

LAST YEAR, I-DOT SPENT MORE THAN 26-MILLION DOLLARS CLEANING UP LITTER ALONG ILLINOIS ROADS...MONEY THAT COULD BE SPENT ELSEWHERE SAYS SPOKESPERSON MARIA CASTANEDA. LITTERING IS ALSO BAD FOR THE ENVIRONMENT AND UNSIGHTLY, SO SHE ASKS DRIVERS TO BE MINDFUL.

I-DOT REMINDS THAT LITTERING IS ILLEGAL AND CARRIES A FINE OF UP TO 15-HUNDRED DOLLARS.