And this summer, "Big Brother" will be back, ready to snap pictures of speeding drivers in work zones.
It's a summer tradition on Illinois highways: Driving through construction zones.
"We give you plenty of warning that you shouldn't be surprised that you're coming up on a construction zone," said Sgt. Mark Nytko with District 16 Illinois State Police.
But what may surprise you is a ticket in your mailbox, originating from a white surveillance van like this snapping a picture of you speeding.
"You need to slow down basically," Sgt. Nytko said.
Those vans will be back again this summer. Violators could face a $375 fine the first offense.
Then $1,000 the second time and a 90-day license suspension.
Recently, there's been a chain email going around saying police will ticket drivers even if they're going one mile over the limit in a work zone. But authorities here at Illinois State Police District 16 say that's not the case.
"We don't do that. That hasn't been the state police policy," Sgt. Nytko said.
He says a ticket's more likely starting at five to ten miles over the limit.
A big relief for some Stateline drivers like Roberto Ibarra.
"One mile over, $350, $375, no," Ibarra said.
But others like Richard Warner say bring on tighter restrictions.
"It's unsafe for people that are working and we should keep that in mind most of all," Warner said.
As for the photo enforcement vans, Sargent Nytko didn't know when they'd be coming to the Stateline area.
But published reports out of Springfield indicate they've already started in places like Chicago and Champaign-Urbana.
State law does say that you could get a ticket in a construction zone even if workers aren't there.
State Senator Dave Syverson says there is some concern about that but no immediate plans to change it.