Chicago drivers may be in for a surprise in coming weeks when they check their mail. That is because the City of Chicago has established speed cameras in some areas that will be used to issue speeding citations in the near future. Monday marks the first day that one of…
A 22-year-old man was rollerblading in Lombard last Tuesday evening when he was hit and killed by a van. The victim, a resident of Lombard, was at the intersection of Roosevelt Road and Highland Avenue around 9:00 p.m. when he began to cross. Police say that the man was crossing…
A car near the 300 block of South Laramie Avenue collided with an ambulance around 5:00 a.m. on Friday morning. The driver of the car and a passenger in the vehicle took off on foot and fled the scene after the crash. Two paramedics were in the ambulance at the…
A motorist survey conducted throughout the United States and in parts of Europe reportedly suggests that American drivers are more likely than residents of other nations to text while behind the wheel of a motor vehicle. According to researchers at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Center for…
Internet giant Google supposedly has plans for self-driving vehicles to be on the roadways in Illinois and the rest of the nation within five years. Automobile safety regulators and insurance industry officials, however, are reportedly skeptical of the idea. Currently, approximately 33,000 individuals are killed in traffic accidents across the…
Over the past four years, there were no fatal accidents that involved a United States commercial airline. Unfortunately, during the same four years, at least 100,000 people were killed in preventable traffic collisions across the country. Data from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration states more than 32,000 people die…
Red light cameras are increasingly popping up in communities across the nation. Although relatively rare just 15 years ago, the devices are now installed at traffic intersections in about 700 cities located in 24 states and the District of Columbia. In addition to monitoring drivers who fail to stop at…
The public comment period recently ended for a proposed federal law that would require black boxes to be installed in all new passenger vehicles sold in the United States by September 1, 2014. Although privacy advocates have reportedly expressed concern over the proposed law, many automakers have already installed such…
The athletic director at a local high school was tragically killed in a recent one-car accident in Carroll County. The 54-year-old Carl Sandburg High School employee was reportedly northbound on Loran Road when his vehicle went off of an embankment near Indian Trail Road and rolled. According to the Carroll…
Many people do not realize that insurance companies often utilize claims software when evaluating a potential accident settlement. Claims agents at a number of insurance companies reportedly use a software program called Colossus to assess bodily-injury payments. Motor vehicle insurers like Allstate claim the software program allows injured customers to…