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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The National Campaign to Stop Red Light Running |
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| has assembled a team of leaders from the fields of law |
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| enforcement, transportation engineering, healthcare and |
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| emergency medicine, and traffic safety to tackle this crucial |
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| safety issue; and
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| WHEREAS, In 2002, as many as 207,000 crashes, 178,000, |
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| injuries, and 921 fatalities in the United States were |
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| attributed to red light running; and
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| WHEREAS, In many cities, the yellow light has come to |
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| symbolize "hurry up" instead of "slow down"; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL |
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| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we urge the Illinois |
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| Department of Transportation and local communities to program |
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| their traffic signals at high-accident locations to add an |
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| additional 2 seconds of red light time before the signal |
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| changes to green, allowing intersections to clear before cross |
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| traffic commences; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That copies of this resolution be delivered to |
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| the Secretary of the Illinois Department of Transportation, the |
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| Illinois Municipal League, and the Township Officials of |
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| Illinois.
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