Driving in Illinois and passing vehicles with flashing lights

Rob Petrie E395 · 05-08-2008, 10:19 AM

This got fired up here in southern IL again just in the last year or so. About 10 miles south of Mt Vernon IL there was a tractor trailer fire on the side of Interstate 57. The fire was out and a fireman was rolling up hose when a Greyhound bus ran over the fireman. The bus drivers trial is coming up soon so we will see what happens then. If you are on 57 or 64 in Southern IL make sure you pull over or slow way way way down or you are going to at least get a severe *** chewing. I have not read of anybody getting a ticket for it in the paper lately and they usually print every BS ticket they can print. As for the Law I see it this way. As a shop owner with a Tow truck I tow off of 57 and 64 regularlly in fact as you look out the shop window you can see 64 thats how close we are, so we get some towing business from it. I like the idea of the law to try to make it safer for me and my employees while towing a car. But I really dont think it doing a damn thing to get people to slow down and pay attention to what they are doing. In my oponion this law will end up like most in that its on the books but rarely does any body pay for breaking it as usually its just thrown out or reduced to nothing unless sombody gets severly injured. It will be just like drunk driving around here unless you kill somebody or do it more than 2-3 times in a short period of time its pay the fine and back in the car.

05-08-2008, 10:19 AM	#19
Rob Petrie E395 VIP Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Woodlawn IL Posts: 1,092 Likes: 162 Liked 216 Times in 77 Posts	Re: Driving in Illinois and passing vehicles with flashing lights This got fired up here in southern IL again just in the last year or so. About 10 miles south of Mt Vernon IL there was a tractor trailer fire on the side of Interstate 57. The fire was out and a fireman was rolling up hose when a Greyhound bus ran over the fireman. The bus drivers trial is coming up soon so we will see what happens then. If you are on 57 or 64 in Southern IL make sure you pull over or slow way way way down or you are going to at least get a severe *** chewing. I have not read of anybody getting a ticket for it in the paper lately and they usually print every BS ticket they can print. As for the Law I see it this way. As a shop owner with a Tow truck I tow off of 57 and 64 regularlly in fact as you look out the shop window you can see 64 thats how close we are, so we get some towing business from it. I like the idea of the law to try to make it safer for me and my employees while towing a car. But I really dont think it doing a damn thing to get people to slow down and pay attention to what they are doing. In my oponion this law will end up like most in that its on the books but rarely does any body pay for breaking it as usually its just thrown out or reduced to nothing unless sombody gets severly injured. It will be just like drunk driving around here unless you kill somebody or do it more than 2-3 times in a short period of time its pay the fine and back in the car.