Police Hope New Radar Sign Helps Public Safety

The Kendall County Sheriff’s Office has received a new radar sign in order to help promote traffic safety throughout the county.

In 2014, speeding was a factor in 23 percent of personal injury and fatality traffic crashes which the Kendall County Sheriff’s Office investigated. In 2015, the percentage rose to 34 percent of personal injury and fatality traffic crashes where speeding was a factor.

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“The safety of citizens on our roadways is a top priority of the Sheriff’s Office and the utilization of this new equipment will help us with our goal of reducing traffic crashes where speeding is a factor,” said Sheriff Dwight A. Baird.

The Traffic Logix sign will be placed at various locations in the county based on traffic crash statistics to help reduce speeding as a factor in these traffic crashes. The sign can also be deployed on roadways in the county to count and log traffic data to substantiate citizen complaints about speeding vehicles.

The data obtained from the sign can be used to generate reports about vehicles speeding in a given area and determine the days and times the potential violations are taking place. The data obtained from the sign can be used to determine when to best have deputies in the area of traffic complaints received from citizens to help promote safe driving throughout the county.

The sign is not a camera based speeding enforcement mechanism and no citations are issued solely from the data obtained from the sign.

Please contact Traffic Sgt. Jason Langston at 630-553-7500 ext. 1134 or jlangston@co.kendall.il.us with any traffic related issues.