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Remember that whole ordeal of 'if you're caught by the cameras going one single solitary mile over 45 in a construction zone, you'll be mailed a $375 fine on your first offense, a $1000 on your second'? Did this actually happen? Did anyone out there actually get the dreaded ticket, or know someone who did? Was this just an empty threat? I ask this because, every time I drive through said zone, NO ONE seems to have slowed down 45, or even close to it. So, either hundreds of these offenses are ticketed daily, or none are and it was all an empty threat to get people driving safer (which didn't work). Your thoughts? Anyone know someone who got a ticket?

For Illinois Tollway Drivers....

...ok, I'm just curious - we all heard the threats on the news/in the newspapers/in email forwards - in the new road construction zones on I-294, I-90, etc., if a person is caught driving OVER 45 MPH, the magic cameras will catch him/her and he/she will be the recipient of a $375 fine the first time, a $1000 fine the second time and possibly jail time the third time!! Supposedly, if one is caught going ONE MILE OVER 45, he or she will receive a ticket - NO EXCEPTIONS!! A big freakin' deal has been made out of this.

Now, let me tell you, I have been on said interstates multiple times since when this law went into effect (July 1, I believe). I have TRIED to slow down to 45. However, I have noticed that when I do, ALL OF THE CARS around me are passing me like I'm sitting still. In fact, I haven't really even been able to get it all the way down to 45. However, I can tell you that every car around me was going MUCH MUCH faster, so I can't imagine my having been singled out for a ticket under these circumstances.

Anyhow. Is this being as strictly enforced as they once threatened? If yes, I imagine the state of Illinois is making a FORTUNE off this. If not, why the empty threat? I mean, I get it, but why was such a big deal made out of this moreso than anything else? Has anyone been on the receiving end of one of these supposed brutal tickets? How long will these 45-zones be going on for? Please do share.