After years of costly public education campaigns, school drivers’ education scare-tactic videos, and reports of grisly deaths, you would think that drivers should have absorbed the message that driving while intoxicated is an unacceptable risk. You would be wrong. Our Chicago injury attorneys have seen far too many fatalities and catastrophic injuries from drunken driving… Read More
Defensive Cycling Can Prevent Accidents With Negligent Drivers
Experts believe that the interactions between cars and bicycles are continually improving in the Chicago area. This is partly due to the construction of many new bike lanes around the city. It is also due to the fact that most Chicago bicyclists are also motorists, and vice versa. This gives each an understanding of the… Read More
Park Ridge Rejects Distracted Driving Ban
After meeting with clients who have been critically injured or whose family members have been killed in accidents caused by distracted drivers taking on their cell phone, texting, or surfing the internet using their “smartphones,” our Chicago truck accident attorneys have written in great detail about the dangers of distracted driving. Yet, in the latest… Read More
Honda Recall the Latest Automotive Safety Failure
In the latest in a troubling series of automotive recalls, last week Honda Motor Company announced a recall affecting nearly 400,000 vehicles nationwide. The recall covers the widely popular Accord and Civic models in the 2003 and 2004 model years, as well as the Element model. Our Chicago personal injury attorneys urge those who own… Read More
Distracted Driving Common Among Teenagers
Drawing a conclusion that should not be shocking to the parents and friends of teenagers, a new study has found that distracted driving – perhaps the biggest danger facing motorists and pedestrians today – is rampant among American teens. Indeed, the vast majority of American teenagers has engaged in distracted driving. Our Chicago car accident… Read More
Texting-While-Driving Dangerous? Not According to Cell Phone Lobbyists
Our Illinois injury lawyers have often discussed the dangers of distracted driving – and even distracted truckdriving. By now, everyone is or should be aware that texting, and even the use of cellphones, while driving is an incredibly dangerous practice. Individual states, as well as the federal government, are taking action to defend innocent motorists… Read More
Toyota Again Puts Spin Before Safety
Our Toyota car accident attorneys have commented on the rash of evidence coming to light of the negligent safety practices at Toyota Motor Corporation. Just when many had become convinced that Toyota had turned a corner, and that we had learned all there is to learn about the auto company’s misdeeds and its disregard for… Read More
Chicago’s I-94 One of the Top Ten Deadliest Highways in America
With the onset of the summer driving season, and the corresponding increase in crashes, data analysis website DailyBeast.com has now ranked the top 100 most dangerous interstates in the United States. The analysis was based on data from the National Highway Safety Administration, covering the more than 50,000 fatal accidents occurring in the summers of… Read More
Red-Light Cameras Do Not Make Intersections Safer
Cook County recently announced plans to install twenty new red-light cameras throughout the Chicago suburbs, in what the County Board describes as a one-year pilot program. The suburbs targeted to receive these new cameras, however, are protesting and considering legal action. Our Chicago car accident lawyers believe this chain of events engenders many questions: Why… Read More
Distracted Driving Leads to Injury and Wrongful Death
Our Chicago wrongful death attorneys have previously discussed some of the recent incidents in Illinois highlighting the dangers of distracted driving. Although some still take distracted driving lightly, experts estimate that engaging in distracted driving is roughly comparable to driving after drinking four alcoholic beverages. Distracted driving, while dangerous at all times, is particularly dangerous… Read More
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