The Indiana State Police Superintendent has unveiled a replica of a billboard that will be going up throughout the State of Indiana.

On Sept. 5, 2006, Sergeant Rich Kelly was stopped on I-65 in Clinton County conducting a traffic stop on a semi tractortrailer. A driver of another semi tractor-trailer lost control of his vehicle and crashed into Sergeant Kelly's police car, crushing it between the two semis. Sergeant Kelly miraculously survived the crash and is back to full duty.

With that crash in mind, the state police teamed up with an advertising group to place billboards in strategic locations where high numbers of commercial motor vehicle crashes have occurred. The billboards are made to place a re-emphasis on Indiana's "Move Over or Slowdown" law. The law was implemented due to the number of officers and highway workers killed in past crashes.

"This billboard, which features a destroyed Indiana State Police car, is intended to remind all drivers of the importance of safe driving," said ISP Superintendent Paul Whitesell. "All motorists who see flashing lights on emergency and highway construction vehicles, including fire trucks, ambulances and tow trucks are reminded to move to an adjacent traffic lane away from the emergency vehicle. If it is not possible to move over, then drivers should reduce their speed as they pass by."

The billboard campaign should last approximately one year, although this message has remained constant since July 1, 1999.