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High Marks for Highway Safety in Illinois
The national group Advocates for Highway Safety has rated Illinois the third-best state in the nation, based on the laws on the books to prevent distracted and impaired driving and other road safety hazards.

Despite the top-three rating, Illinois logged more than 1,000 highway deaths in 2008. State Senate President John J. Cullerton (D-Chicago) was in Washington to advocate for three more laws:

* Raising the age for a learner's permit
* Nighttime restrictions on new drivers
* A comprehensive motorcycle helmet law

Cullerton says he hopes the Illinois Legislature will pass these new laws to beef up highway safety. Those laws would prevent tragic highway deaths including many of teenagers and new drivers. The Legislature begins meeting Tuesday.

In the study, only the District of Columbia and New Jersey had better laws regarding distracted and impaired drivers than Illinois, according to Advocates for Highway Safety.

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