Secretary of State Programs

For information on the following programs, please contact: Secretary of State, Driver Services Department, ATTN: Speakers Bureau, 2701 S. Dirksen Pkwy., Springfield, IL 62723, or call the toll-free Traffic Safety Hotline at 1-866-247-0213.

• Faces of DUI Video — A 20-minute video for adults and teens includes interviews with DUI victims and victim families, DUI offenders, law enforcement, and members of the legal and medical communities on the untold costs of driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs.
• DUI Public Service Announcements
  
  — “The Grave Spot” is a sobering anti-DUI message from the perspective of someone whose life was taken due to drinking and driving.
  
  — “The Bottle” focuses on how the small opening of a bottle of beer causes so much damage when mixed with driving.
  
  — “Dionne” is the story of a young woman who was struck by a drunk driver coming home from a high school volleyball game and now is disabled for life.
  
  — “The Pact” features young adults in a variety of settings making a deal with one another to ensure that friends don't let each other drink and drive.
• Get The Point! — A DUI awareness program offering posters, payroll inserts, presentations (speakers and displays) and other items geared toward educating people on the limits and laws on drinking and driving in Illinois.
• DUI Victim Wall — A display for use at colleges, universities and high schools as well as at malls, fairs and other high-traffic areas throughout the state. The display consists of pictures and testimonials from victims and their families on the deadly effects of drinking and driving.
• Adult Traffic Safety Presentation — This program explains Illinois traffic safety laws, DUI and impaired driving, how moving violations affect your driving record, parental responsibility, mandatory insurance, organ donation and other topics. A Fatal Vision goggles demonstration may be used, and an arrest procedure and field sobriety tests may be covered.
• Youth Drinking & Driving Prevention Presentations — Presentations include a discussion of “Use It & Lose It” DUI laws and a Fatal Vision goggles demonstration, which simulates what it is like to be impaired by alcohol or other drugs. This program is designed for large school assemblies.
• "Graduate to Safety"/Illinois’ Graduated Driver Licensing System — "Graduate to Safety" laws — the three-tiered Illinois driver licensing system — is discussed as well as "Use It & Lose It" and DUI laws.
• Operation Straight ID — This training program educates law enforcement and the owners and employees of liquor stores and bars on how to identify fraudulent, fictitious and unlawfully altered driver’s licenses and ID cards. For more information, call 1-800-596-2522.

This edition of the DUI Fact Book is as accurate as possible at the time of publication. This manual does not cover every aspect of Illinois' DUI laws and should not be cited as a legal authority in court.