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Laws signed by Quinn a step in right direction

Illinois is fortunate to have experienced a steady decrease in the number of highway traffic fatalities.

Starting in 2009, the death toll dipped below 1,000 for the first time since 1921 (2009, 911 deaths; 2010, 927 deaths; and 2011, 918 deaths), according to the Illinois Department of Transportation. In the 2000s, the highest death toll was 1,454 in 2003, so the recent reduction is substantial.

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