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SECTION 2 -PAGE 8- PLAINDEALER - WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER IS. IM3 eneral Education still needed for car seat law Saturday R.A.I.D. program aid to highway safety .Remove Alcohol Impaired vP'rivers (R.A.I.D.) is a program implemented by the Illinois State Police to try and rid highways of drunk drivers. R.A.I.D. is funded through the Illinois Department of Transportation (I DOT) and troopers work on a hire-back system. The detail is worked on Fridays and Saturdays when there are more impaired drivers on the road, and the locations are picked by IDOT statistics. During the time per­ iod of April 1 through Aug. 31, the R.A.I.D. program in District 2 was very successful. According to Captain Richard L. Stone, district commander of District 2, the following are the results of the operation: 120 arrests for Driving Under the Influence(D.U.I ); 68 possession of alcohol by a minor; 5 criminal qrrests; 348 other traffic arrests (includes such offenses as speeding, driving while license suspended or revoked; disobeyed stop sign, improper lane usage; and no valid driver's license; and 887 written warnings. Stone also stated, "The RAID program will start again in November of 1983 and go until the end of April, 1984. There will be two more months later in the year in which the program will operate again." Stone continued, "R.A.I.D. is a high priority goal for our Policing For Results (P.F.R.) program, and we will work with all available resources to assure our motoring public safe travel on Illinois highways." by Cliff Ward aw - Free Press News Service Although Illinois police have only issued two tickets in the three months since the child restraint law was passed, it does not mean that police or the public have forgotten the law. Beginning soon in McHenry County, the sheriff's police and other groups will begin a new program to educate the public about the law, telling people that they will be cited il youngsters are not properly restrained in a vehicle, according to Sgt. George Corson, safety education officer of the McHenry County sheriff's police. Corson said educating the* public, not issuing tickets, is the prime concern of his department at the moment. The law is something relatively new, he said, and the education program is a public relations move to get the law moving. "Everything takes time," . Corson said. "However, it is in the process of being done." But after the Jan. 1, 1984, he said the department will look at violations of the law "kind of hard." For Your Information For homeowners insurance coverage that helps keep up with the rising cost of rebuilding vour home, check with state Farm. Ask me abput our Homeowners Policy with automatic Inflation Coverage. DENNIS CONWAY 3319 W. Elm St. McHenry 385-7111 S T A T I F A R M Like a good neighbor. Stale Farm is there I N S U K A N C I I •9 State Farm F.re and Casualty Company Home Otl'Ces Blocxnington Illinois McHCNtY. ILLINOIS 385 0063 I / . t> t / / Hie law, which makes it mandatory for infants and toddlers to be in car restraint seats and youngsters ages 4-5 to wear seat belts, was an act that was "definitely needed," Corson said. In his 23 years in law enforcement, Corson said he has seen a number of children injured and killed in accidents where serious injury could have been avoided in a restraint seat. "Hie name of the game is safety," he said. "Do you want to be here torn morrow." Enforcement of the law •fesents some problems, but iey are not insurmountable, Corson said. Police must have probable cause to stop a car, but Corson said if he saw children in the back of a station wagon, hanging out a window or standing on a car seat, it would be enough probable cause for him or any officer. W o o d s t o c k ' s C r i m e Prevention Officer Joe Marvin agreed, saying he thought most of the citations would be issued in the general course of routine traffic violations and patrol. Marvin said the grace period g most police are giving the act is necessary, since the act is so new most people need time to adjust to it. McHenry County Sheriff Henry Nulle said his department doesn't have the manpower to sit by the side of the road watching traffic for possible violators of the restraint law, but he added that the law would be enforced through routine traffic stops and accident investigations. Also, those parents who say a car restraint is too expensive should know there is a program in the county for car seat rental. Sponsored by the state of Illinois, the Jaycee women and the Easter Seal Society and disbersed by the McHenry County sheriff's police, $6,000 will be money will is to be raised by the Jaycee Women. If all goes according to plan, Easter Seals will have 175 infant seats for babies up to 20 pounds t>ift igger for the program obtained through fund raising and money forthcoming from the state. Jenny Van Treese of Easter -Seals said that it is hoped that the program will be able to supply 200 restraint seats on a rental basis and be in place by early 1984, she said. The state is funding part of the program, *nd the rest of the and 25 toddler seats for children. The program has already received a $500 donation from a nursing group at Memorial Hospital. Corson and Easter Seals representatives plan to go around the county in the next few months, beginning in a few weeks, to educate people about the law and the car seat program. "I'd suggest every parent and grandparent take a hard look at mis," Corson said. Althoug h police are issuing more warnings than tickets, the law is an arrestable offense now, he said. , The fine for the first offense, $25, can be refunded if proof of purchase of a car restraint can be shown within 10 days of the citation. But flagrant offenders should be warned a judge can "really lay them away" if they ignore the law, Corson said. Dear friends, A headstone or grav* marker is available without charge to a qualified U.S. veteran- who is buried in a private cemetery. 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