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House Takes Up Excessive Speeders
"Court supervision" isn't as bad as it sounds -- it's a rather light, non-reporting probation. And Illinois' secretary of state is trying to convince lawmakers it's too light a sentence for people who drive 100 miles per hour.

The Illinois House has passed and sent to the Senate a bill that would take away court supervision as a possible sentence for drivers who go more than 40 mph over the speed limit. Sponsoring State Rep. John D'Amico (D-Chicago) says he and Secretary of State Jesse White pushed for the change after the Chicago Tribune reported many of the fastest speeders get the light sentence -- more than 40 percent statewide and almost two-thirds in the Chicago area.

White's office has been calling for less use of court supervision since a truck-train wreck in Bourbonnais in 1999. The trucker had a history of moving violations, and White's office suggests a stiffer sentence would have kept him off the road that night.

HB 6463 has passed the House, 114-0.

(Illinois Radio Network)
03 26 10 by Newsroom
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