Holiday traffic safety campaign in Lake County to start Monday

The Lake County sheriff's office is partnering with the Illinois Department of Transportation, Illinois State Police and nearly 200 police departments and sheriff's offices across the state in a holiday traffic safety campaign.

The high-visibility Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over campaign runs from Monday, Dec. 16, to Thursday, Jan. 2.

Law enforcement will show zero tolerance for drunk or drugged driving.

The goal is to reduce impaired driving through an increased number of state and national messages about the dangers of impaired driving and more officers enforcing live-saving seat belt, speeding and distracted driving laws.

The Illinois Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over and Click It or Ticket campaigns are funded with federal highway safety dollars and administered by IDOT.