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A Chicago ordinance requires bicycles being ridden at night to have a white head lamp and a rear red reflector. Chicago municipal ordinance 9-52-080 states: (a) Every bicycle when in use at nighttime shall be equipped with a head lamp which shall emit a white light visible from a minimum…
The city of Chicago’s bike safety ordinance provides for a $150 fine for drivers who endanger Chicago bicyclists in any of the following ways: 1. Driving in a bike lane 2. Parking in a bike lane 3. Turning into a cyclist’s path 4. Opening a car door on cyclist 5.…
A 22 year old bicyclist was hit by a car and was critically injured in the Chicago neighborhood of Portage Park. The car against bicyclist crash took place at the intersection of Austin and Montrose in Chicago. The motorist was cited for negligent driving for allegedly driving around a stopped…
Results from an 11 year study of bicycling injuries at a Denver trauma center show that injury rates and length of hospital stays for bicyclists rose over the course of the study, according to an article by Randy Dotings in USA Today. The study found that chest injuries rose by…
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) in cooperation with SRAM LLC, of Chicago, Illinois has announced a voluntary recall of SRAM’s 10 Speed Bicycle Chains with PowerLock connector links. According to the CPSC, the recalled PowerLock connector links pose a hazard because they are brittle and can crack, which…
A driver that struck and fatally wounded a five year old girl in Chicago on September 6th was ticketed for the bicycle accident. The five year old was riding her bike on Sacramento Ave when she was struck by a 64 year old woman coming out of an alley and…
On August 20, 2009, a bicyclist was hit by a car on a busy southwest highway at about 3pm. He died later that day at about 8pm. The Chicago cyclist was not wearing a helmet when he was thrown into the windshield of a car and then out onto the…
A recent article in the Chicago Sun-Times: ” Chicago’s Lakefront Trail: A path to danger” has pointed out the need for bicyclists to exercise caution when riding on bikepaths and multi-use recreational trails. Statistics show that bicycle collisions happen almost three times as often on paths as on streets. Chicago’s…
The city of Chicago has launched an aggressive campaign to promote bicycle safety to avoid bicycle accidents and to raise awareness of traffic laws geared to bicyclists. As part of the Safe Streets for Chicago program, alderman in five wards, local Police commanders, parking enforcement aides, and Mayor Daley’s Bicycling…
Anyone who drives in Chicago probably has noticed that there are more bicyclists sharing the roadway with automobiles than ever before. Unfortunately, there seem to also be more bicyclist accidents than ever before. One cannot help to be moved by the white painted bicycles that stand as memorials at the…