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La Salle police launch 4th of July traffic safety campaign · Illinois Valley - Shaw Local

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  Speaker 1: Lasal Police launched fourth of July traffic safety campaign. Written
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  by Tom Collins, This article is being read by an
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  automated voice brought to you by Everlett. The City of
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  Lasal Police Department announced plans for July fourth traffic enforcement
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  with a focus on impaired and unbuckled drivers. That the
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  safety campaign will run from June nineteenth through July sixth
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  to encompass three summer weekends leading up to and after
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  Independence Day. We're asking all of our residents and visitors
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  to celebrate Independence Day safely. Sergeant Ray Gatsa said, it's simple.
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  If you're driving, don't drink or use cannabis or other
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  impairing substances. Our officers will be working diligently to keep
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  impaired drivers off the road and ensure everyone is buckled up.
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  The City of Lasal Police Department will join the Illinois
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  State Police and more than two high hundred local police
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  and sheriff's departments for the statewide effort to celebrate safely.
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  Designate a sober driver and don't let friends or family
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  members drive impaired. Other important tips include give your designated
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  driver your keys before you go out. If you are
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  impaired by alcohol, cannabis, or any other drug. Call a taxi,
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  call a sober friend or family member to get you
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  home safely. Promptly report impaired drivers to law enforcement by
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  pulling over and dialing nine hundred and eleven. Make sure
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  everyone in your vehicle wears their seat belt. Not only
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  is it the law, but it's also your best defense
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  against an impaired driver. The drive sober or get pulled over,
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  Drive high, get a dui, and clickt or ticket campaigns
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  are made possible by Federal Traffic Safety Funds administered by
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  the Illinois Department of Transportation. The enforcement efforts are complemented
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  by I doots It's Not a Game media campaign, which
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  emphasizes the serious consequences of a paired driving and other
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  unsafe driving behaviors.