The State's trend towards making a concerted effort to improve transportation safety continued with a move by Governor Quinn that went largely under the radar. The announced $21 million grant has the outward goals of trying to improve pedestrian safety in school zones, but it looks as though some of the proposed uses may have positive residual effects as well. As we've discussed many times, two of the more common Read More

As an article from the Chicago Tribune illustrated, many prominent auto makers have been in the process of issuing safety recalls in regards to side airbag components that don't deploy as they should following a crash. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is looking into the matter even further, after asking component maker Autoliv Inc. to provide a list of auto manufacturers that it sold Read More

There have been proposed ideas that have worked their way through the legislature to improve safety for drivers on the road. Take the bitter dispute over the signed law permitting the City of Chicago to install speeding cameras, for instance. As discussed in the past, many attempted to spin this as nothing more than a money making device on behalf of the City. If studies are to be believed, however, then perhaps Read More

We were pleased to hear word of a Cook County verdict in which the family of an accident victim killed after she was struck by a semi-truck in the middle of an Indiana Highway. A jury awarded $4.25 million dollars to the family of a young woman that was struck and killed by a truck as she stood behind her parked car in the right lane of an Indiana toll way. Verdicts such as these are certainly welcome reminders that Read More

We've spent time examining several potential new auto safety laws that took shape throughout last year. While most, if not all, of these are still in their initial phases, some of them (such as Chicago's speeding camera proposal) made headlines. One that was flying a bit under the radar was a proposal that would raise the age at which teenagers receive a learner's permit from 15 to 16 years, and would further tighten Read More

Chicago "true" weather is back again and makes for very difficult driving conditions. Be careful! If someone has rear-ended you or slid into you and you believe they were not careful, contact us here immediately to assess the situation. We take calls and contact 24/7/365. And a reminder to all that not only in "good weather" is texting and reading e-mails prohibited but even more caution should be taken when roads Read More

In the past we've discussed proposed auto safety measures, such as Chicago's proposed speeding camera bill, which would post cameras in designated "safety zones," track speeding cars and issue automated tickets similar to those by red light cameras. An earlier report, however, indicates that this particular proposal may wind up dying on the vine for one primary reason -- a seemingly significant lack of public Read More

New traffic safety laws went into effect last year that had lawmakers turning their focus to those proposals. Many of those proposed regulations were discussed at a meeting of the Secretary of State's Advisory Committee on Traffic Safety, which outlined the general direction that the legislature sought to take. While we previously reported on several of these, such as the proposed ban on all handheld devices while Read More