Slick roadway creates braking hazard for bus

Heard on: Cook County IL Regional Transportation

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I'm over here on Roosevelt and I think

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Main. The bus, they got some oil down on the streets and it's wet, but the bus isn't grabbing.

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Like when you brake on the bus, it's not like braking at all on this like slick road.

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But when it's on the pave.

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Hey, it's 1978.

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Did you get the message?

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Sorry, operator, we got cut off.

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10-4 on that for the road.

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Just reduce your speed and use caution going through that area.

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10-4.

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10-4. And now the check brake MLD light won't go off.

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It wasn't on at 1st , but since I went through that little pavement.

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That area now is on and it won't go off.

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Is the bus still functioning correctly?

00:58

Yes.

01:00

10-4, it might be just the weather and the rain, but just use caution going through that area.

01:06

Just reduce your speed to a safe stopping speed.

2026-09-30 18:19 UTC

Traffic

Roosevelt Rd & S Main St, Wheaton, IL 60187

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As discussed during the dispatch call, radio traffic reports a possible oil or slick substance on the roadway near Roosevelt Road and South Main Street in Wheaton, Illinois, causing a bus to have difficulty braking. Dispatch advised drivers to reduce speed and use caution in the area. The bus was reported to still be functioning correctly.