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Kendall County Sheriff’s Office releases results of most recent traffic safety campaign · Kendall County News - Shaw Local

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  Speaker 1: Kendall County Sheriff's Office releases results of most recent traffic
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  safety campaign. This article is being read by an automated
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  voice brought to you by Everlett. The Kendall County Sheriff's
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  Office charged one motorist with driving under the influence and
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  issued four speeding tickets as part of its recent traffic
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  enforcement campaign reminding motorists to buckle up and driver sober.
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  The clicket or ticket and drive sober or get pulled
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  over campaign took place from December twelfth to January fifth
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  in collaboration with state and local law enforcement agencies across
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  Illinois to reduce fatalities. The department also issued three illegal
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  transportation of alcohol citations, one unlawful possession of marijuana in
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  a motor vehicle citation, one seat belt citation, and nine
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  other citation. We can't stress this enough. Impaired driving is
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  a deadly gamble no matter where you live, Kendall County
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  under Sheriff Bobby Richardson said in a news release. Whether
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  it involves alcohol, cannabis, or any other drug, driving impaired
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  is illegal, irresponsible, and puts lives at risk, not just
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  your own, but also your passengers. And everyone else on
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  the road. That's why we conduct these traffic enforcement campaigns
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  to save lives and keep our communities safe. The Holiday
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  Enforcement campaign was administered by the Illinois Department of Transportation
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  with federal Highway Safety funds managed by the National Highway
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  Traffic Safety Administration, and as part of Illinois It's not
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  a Game statewide media outreach program