Editor's note: The following is taken in part from a press release issued by Plainfield Police Department Traffic Sgt. Eric Munson:
In response to what police called an "inordinate" amount of fatal and serious-injury crashes along Route 126 this year, Plainfield police will partner with other area police departments to conduct a multijurisdictional Speed Awareness Day along the Route 126 corridor on Wednesday, Oct. 17.
Sponsored by Families Against Chronic Excessive Speed (www.faces4.org) and the Illinois Department of Transportation, the enforcement will include:
- BNSF Railroad Police
- Canadian National Railroad Police
- CSX Railroad Police
- Illinois Commerce Commission Police Department
- Illinois State Police
- Kendall County Sheriff's Police
- Plainfield Police Department
- Union Pacific Police Department
- Will County Sheriff's Department
- Yorkville Police Department
The goal of the campaign is to increase traffic safety and reduce traffic crashes along the Route 126 corridor through both education and enforcement.
During the campaign, all traffic laws shall be enforced, with an emphasis placed on speeding vehicles, commercial motor vehicle violations, and violations involving the laws associated with highway railroad grade crossings. In addition to enforcement, educational posters and signs will be displayed, and traffic safety literature will be distributed to motorists.
Read more:
- Official: Woman in Critical Condition after Route 126 Crash
- Oswego Man Died Friday Morning in Route 126 Crash
- Man Killed in Route 126 Crash
- One Hurt in Crash Involving Mail Truck
- Bull Struck and Killed in Ridge Road Crash
- Man Injured in County Line Road Rollover
- 'They Had a Beautiful Life:' Vigil Held for Teens Killed in Crash
- State Police: No Charges in Fatal Crash
Also Wolfs crossing and Old Douglas right by that church can be fun to try to turn off of.
Oh, right. When there's money to be made, they will be there right away.
They widen the shoulder so that oncoming traffic doesn't get backed up so far that it becomes a 'surprise' to those coming around a blind corner. Plainfield seems to want to live in a bubble though, where all of the traffic safety enhancements that have been made over the past 100 years in surrounding communities just get ignored. They want to keep that 'old town feel'. You know what else was common in those old towns? Dysentery, and an average lifespan of 45 years.
Again, the only danger I see is from the impatient drivers that insist on passing those of us who are driving the speed limit, or even up to 5mph over the speed limit. More stop signs of stop signals are not needed, as that is not the problem. More of 126 needs to be No Passing zones.