As reported by CBS Chicago, “One person was killed in a multi-vehicle accident after a school bus with nearly three dozen students on board collided with two other vehicles near north suburban Wadsworth.” Preliminary investigations revealed that the accident may have been caused because the school bus driver ran a…
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Child Restraint Systems: The Right Seat, The Right Size, the Right Use
Pursuant to the Illinois Child Passenger Protection Act, all child passengers under the age of 8 years old are required to be restrained by a car or booster seat. However, use of a child restraint system is only the first step in protecting your most precious cargo in the event…
Chicago Mayor Proposes Higher Fines For Reckless Drivers and Cyclists
Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel is proposing a new Chicago ordinance that would increase fins for bicyclists that do not obey traffic rules and for motorists who open their car doors without looking according to a Chicago Sun-Times article. The proposed ordinance would increase the fines for bicyclists who break traffic…
The Dangers of Teen Driving
Recent tragic accidents, which took the lives of 15 teenagers, and numerous others, are a reminder to the Chicago attorneys of Zneimer & Zneimer, P.C. of the dangers of teen driving. In one of the accidents, which occurred on March 12, 2012 in a small Illinois community in Will County,…
Illinois Bike Transportation Plan to be Completed by December 2013 says IDOT
The bicycle accident and injury attorneys of Zneimer & Zneimer, P.C. know that with the inclement winter weather behind us, Chicago bicycle enthusiasts have begun to emerge once again. Unfortunately, the busy roadways of Chicago, and surrounding Illinois suburbs, often present dangerous circumstances for bicyclists sharing such roadways with cars,…
Child Passenger Injuries On The Rise
There has been a growing awareness of public safety concerns in Chicago, and other surrounding Illinois cities concerning child safety seats and the laws and regulations associated with their use. Although safe driving campaigns and heightened enforcement of child passenger regulations have led to increased use of child restraint seats,…
Bicycle Helmets Reduce Traumatic Brain Injuries
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration reports a 9% increase in bicyclist fatalities between 2010 and 2011. The bicycle accident injury attorneys of Zneimer & Zneimer, P.C. take note of this alarming increase in bicycle fatalities in recent years. However, statistics show that bicycle accident fatalities currently account for only…
Chicago Pedestrian Struck By Hit-And-Run Driver
A 50 year old Chicago man from the Northwest Side side neighborhood of Lawndale was struck by a hit-and-run driver while crossing Pulaski Ave Sunday morning the Chicago Sun-times reports. Witnesses say the man was hit by a gold or orange Pontiac traveling approximately 50 mph. The vehicle failed to…
Nursing Home Problems In Chicago And Suburbs
The attorneys of Zneimer & Zneimer, P.C. recognize that a lot has changed since the 1961 establishment of the Senate Special Committee on Aging, and the subsequent initiation of Medicare in 1965. Continuing acknowledgement of the rising population of individuals over the age of 65, subsequently led to policy reform…
Out-of-Service Order Issued to Trucking Company by DOT after Six Die in Trucking Accident
The Chicago trucking accident attorneys of Zneimer &Zneimer, P.C. take note that accidents involving massive equipment such as heavy trucks and tractor trailers have become a commonplace. Increasingly, such accidents are found to be the result of a truck driver’s violation of federal regulation concerning, as was the case in…