STREATOR – The Streator Police Department is joining law enforcement officers from six states this week in this year’s Speed Awareness Day enforcement campaign. This campaign is an effort to address the drastic increase in speed and hazardous moving violations that occurred during the COVID-19 pandemic. Statistical projections for 2021 show traffic deaths grew by 10.5% to 42,915, the highest number of fatalities since 2005 and the highest annual percentage increase in the recorded history of data in the Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS). There will be increased, zero-tolerance enforcement with effective communication to road users on the importance of obeying the speed limit in Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, and Wisconsin.
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