“What to do When Stopped by Police” Now Part of Driver’s Education
In recent years, much controversy has occurred over encounters between law enforcement and civilians during traffic stops. The officers expect compliance with their requests and their demands, but sometimes civilians may not comply as readily as the officers would like. Tempers can flare and a routine stop can become elevated into a more serious encounter....
Read MoreTraffic Rules of the Road Apply Equally to Bicycles
Whenever anyone is operating a bicycle on a state highway (which means any publicly maintained roadway, street, avenue, etc.), it has always been the law that the Rules of the Road, as they apply to automobiles, also apply equally to bicycles and their operators. But apparently, our legislature felt that the law needed clarification with...
Read MoreNew Illinois Law Orders You to Take Action When You See Hazard Lights
Years ago, an emergency responder was tragically killed when a driver crashed into him while he was responding to a roadside emergency. The result is known as “Scott’s Law,” and it requires that, whenever an emergency vehicle has its hazard warning lights activated, be they blue, red or amber, upon any highway with at least...
Read MoreIllinois Expands The Offense of Vehicular Endangerment
There have been many stories and many incidents over the years, when people would drop or throw heavy objects, such as large rocks, down onto highways from overpasses (any structure that passes over a highway), causing severe property damage, as well as great bodily harm, or even death, to vehicle occupants. Illinois previously had a...
Read MoreSpeeding & Aggravated Speeding Charges
Currently, there are three classes of speeding offenses in Chicago and across Illinois: Petty offenses Class B misdemeanors Class A misdemeanors. Convictions for speeding offenses may have serious consequences on a person’s life and impact their ability to obtain driving privileges in the future. Fines and costs for speeding offenses can be quite high and...
Read MoreOne Way Ticket to Jail
Recently, a local man, previously convicted of Driving Under the Influence of Alcohol or Drugs on two occasions, was arrested for a third such offense after he allegedly drove the wrong way down a one way street directly in front of a marked police cruiser. Apparently, he had been coming from a family Thanksgiving dinner,...
Read MoreArmed Robbery Defendants May Have Opportunity to Visit the Prison Library
Recently, three young men were arrested after they allegedly tried to rob a homeless man of his book bag in Chicago’s South Loop area. A police officer on patrol saw a fight between these four men. When he broke it up, he saw the homeless man had been stabbed multiple times, and that the other...
Read MoreChicago’s More Notorious Crimes
The “Devil in the White City” murders/ H.H. Holmes’ Murder Castle Born Herman Webster Mudgett around 1860, he changed it to H.H. Holmes when he became a Doctor. At the time of the Chicago World’s Fair in 1893, Dr. Holmes built a three story hotel dubbed the World’s Fair Hotel. He used multiple construction companies...
Read MoreYou Snooze You Lose (Your Driver’s License)
A 23 year old man was recently arrested in Lincolnshire, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago, and according to news reports was charged with two counts of Aggravated DUI, a misdemeanor count of possession of drug paraphernalia, and a misdemeanor charge of Driving with a Revoked License. The offense of Aggravated DUI is a felony, and...
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