What is the deal with the new Illinois Tollway speed cameras?
From my experience driving on the toll roads around Chicago for the past few years, there are more decoy photo vans than active ones. I have a radar detector, and I always keep a sharp eye out for those telltale white vans on the side of the road. It’s rare enough that I even *see* them in the work zones around Chicago, but the few times I have, they’ve never been actively running radar. The only time I’ve been ticketed on Illinois highways in the past three and a half years I was actually paced from behind after a highway merge. (I’ve had two radar tickets in the same time period, but they’ve both been instant-on on surface streets in the suburbs. I doubtless would have had more if it weren’t for my faithful Escort.). That said… they photo vans are not new, they’ve been around for several years, and they’re easy to detect if you’re even moderately alert, which you should be if you’re driving at super-legal speeds, anyway. If you’re worried, your best defense is to remain alert but b
