{"id":35047,"date":"2026-04-09T10:47:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-09T15:47:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/?p=35047"},"modified":"2026-04-09T10:47:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T15:47:09","slug":"license-suspension-or-speed-control-lawmakers-explore-alternative-for-reckless-drivers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/local-news\/35047-license-suspension-or-speed-control-lawmakers-explore-alternative-for-reckless-drivers\/","title":{"rendered":"License Suspension or Speed Control? 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Marti Deuter, D-Elmhurst, is pushing a bill that would allow drivers to have a speed control device installed in their car rather than having their license suspended.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;Speeding is a chronic problem on our streets and is a threat to public safety,\u201d Deuter told a House committee last month. \u201cSpeeding is a factor in nearly half of all deadly crashes. Risk of fatality increases as speed increases.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Under <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ilga.gov\/Legislation\/BillStatus?GAID=18&amp;DocNum=4948&amp;DocTypeID=HB&amp;LegId=166300&amp;SessionID=114\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">House Bill 4948<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, drivers who have their license suspended following two infractions within 12 months for either reckless driving or speeding 26 mph or more over the speed limit would qualify to apply for a permit with the secretary of state\u2019s office to join the program. If approved, they\u2019d have to pay a $30 monthly fee to have the device installed in their car. Drivers would be required to use the device for one year after their first suspension, two years after their second suspension and three years after three or more suspensions.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Participants would still be subject to some prohibitions, however, such as driving a commercial vehicle or school bus.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;We know that the primary penalty for extreme or repeat speeders, which is license suspension or revocation, doesn\u2019t work,\u201d Deuter said. \u201cData indicates that about 75% of the people whose licenses are suspended continue to drive.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The bill was approved unanimously by the committee but is still being negotiated before getting a full vote in the chamber.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>How the device works<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The device is programed to know the road\u2019s speed limit and prevents the vehicle from driving any faster than it, no matter how hard the driver presses the gas pedal. It\u2019s similar to ignition interlock devices that people convicted of drunk driving must blow in to start their car. Drivers that shut the devices off or tamper with them could be charged with a Class A misdemeanor.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mike Mahana, vice president of LifeSafer, a company that provides interlock and speed control devices, said the program allows people to continue their daily routines. He said the devices also come with an override button that can allow drivers to temporarily go faster if needed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cIt is configurable to let them go for a certain period of seconds over the speed limit,\u201d Mahana told Capitol News Illinois. \u201cWe control that by how many miles per hour they go over the speed limit and for how long they can use it for. It\u2019s meant for people that need to pass a vehicle, maybe go up a hill, passing a truck.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rep. Will Guzzardi, D-Chicago, was among the lawmakers who participated in LifeSafer\u2019s demonstration of the technology outside the Statehouse on Wednesday.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cIt feels very natural and it also feels really safe,\u201d Guzzardi told Capitol News Illinois. \u201cYou as a driver, you don\u2019t notice it after a couple of minutes. You\u2019re driving normally.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Guzzardi said that once he hit the 30 mph speed limit on Springfield\u2019s streets, he didn\u2019t notice any difference in how the car handled.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI think this really reinforced for me that this technology works and it\u2019s safe and it\u2019s easy,\u201d he said. \u201cIf we can make drivers safer on the road and help them avoid collateral consequences involving the criminal justice system, I think that\u2019s a win.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Virginia, Washington, and Washington, D.C., are the only jurisdictions that have the program, according to the National Conference of State Legislators.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/capitolnewsillinois.com\/\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Capitol News Illinois<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is a nonprofit, nonpartisan news service that distributes state government coverage to hundreds of news outlets statewide. 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