Hey, Leadfoot! Smile for the camera!
By Mary Schenk
Monday April 21, 2008
Vanda Bidwell
Illinois State Police trooper Richard Burton shows off the special speed-enforcement van being used on area highways. The van is equipped with a camera that photographs speeding vehicles. The photos are processed and, if police can identify the driver, a ticket is mailed out.
PESOTUM – In its first day on the job on Interstate 57, a state police speed-enforcement van spotted 14 drivers zooming through a construction zone near Thomasboro.
The van is one of four the state owns that takes pictures of violators as they pass. That information is then sent to a vendor who processes the pictures, picks out the ones where drivers are clearly identifiable, and sends them back to state police.
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