Illinois Department of Transportation issued the following announcement on April 8.
The Illinois Department of Transportation is recognizing six members of the public for their creative ideas to improve safety as part of the department's digital message sign contest. More than 1,400 entries were submitted in six categories.
"Millions of drivers see our digital signs each year, so they are an important tool for heightened safety awareness on our roads," said Acting Illinois Transportation Secretary Omer Osman. "With more than 1,000 traffic fatalities last year, the public's messages could be the difference between life and death."
The six winners will receive a decorative, personalized street sign. Their messages will be in rotation on approximately 100 overhead dynamic message signs statewide in 2019.
See the current digital messages on display in real time.
Winners:
| PUT DOWN THE PHONE
AND NOBODY GETS HURT | Leanne Harbour
| Category: Distracted Driving |
| ONLY THE CASSEROLE
SHOULD BE BAKED DON'T DRIVE HIGH | Grant Mitchell
| Category: Impaired Driving |
| YOU LOOK SO
CUTE IN THAT SEATBELT | Audra Noyes
| Category: Occupant Restraint |
| DASHING THRU
THE SNOW? SLOW DOWN! | John Shukites | Category: Speeding |
| DRIVE LIKE YOUR
FAMILY IS IN THE NEXT CAR | Gene Larkin
| Category: Vulnerable Users |
| SOMEONE I LOVE
WORKS ON ROADS SLOW IN THE ZONE! | Lisa Hansen
| Category: Work Zone |
The digital sign contest was a component of IDOT's comprehensive multimedia campaign, Life or Death Illinois, which highlights the incredible responsibility of each driver to make good decisions to keep our roads safe and to decrease the number of lives lost each year.
Visit lifeordeathillinois.com for more information.
Original source can be found here.
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