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The thousands of Chicagoans who have received citations for refusing to wear an ugly head set while driving may feel a bit at ease today. The Law Offices of Blake Horwitz is filing a class action lawsuit against the city, Mayor Daley, and several police officers for illegally ticketing thousands of drivers in violation of the cell phone ban since its inception over two years ago.
Apparently, the law required the city to post signs all over the place telling us we’re not allowed to call our BFF while driving. And since they are clearly nowhere to be seen, the law was never properly enforced. The lawsuit hopes to refund the money to everyone that has been issued a citation.
As of September 2007 the city has accrued over two million dollars in revenue from these fines. Horwitz believes that “[t]he City is simply trying to earn more money given the absence of a balanced budget."
Now this is no reason to start playing snood on your iPhone while driving, especially during winter weather advisory season. Just expect some signs popping up over the next year. And Tom Tunney doing a happy dance somewhere outside city hall today. [NBC, Trib] — Jacy Wojcik
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So not drinking and driving is just a suggestion as well? I don't see any signs around for those..
so how do i get my $75 back?!
Instead of wasting money on signs, just repeal the damn law. Nobody follows it anyway.
They had better NOT repeal this law. I hope it becomes stronger.
I, for one, am sick and tired of the idiots on cell phones
who are too inconvenienced to put a blinker on because their hands are full (steering wheel, cell phone).
I'm sick of almost getting clipped while these jerks are using their phones and can't navigate a turn properly. I could go on and on.
Every time I see someone driving while plastering a cell phone to their ear I want to get out of my car and effing smack them upside the head.
I wish we could make citizen's arrests!
Repeal it or
Ban eating, smoking or chewing gum while driving.
That's ridiculous. There aren't signs everywhere saying that red lights mean stop, and yet you still get a ticket if you don't stop at a red.
This sounds like a lawsuit filed by a bunch of people who were ignorant of the law and got tickets and now want their money back. Sorry, folks, ignorance of the law is no excuse. You drive while holding a cell phone to your ear, you get a ticket. That's how it works.
Winnetka has those signs at it's village limits to let you know you can't talk on your cell while driving.
Winnetka has those signs at it's village limits to let you know you can't talk on your cell while driving.
Ugh. Isn't it just a known fact that people who talk on their cell phones while driving are douchbags? I have personally had 5 or 6 incidents where someone on their cellphone almost hit me with their car, and one instance where some idiot talking about brunch or merino sweaters or God knows what you need to be talking about while driving actaully bumped me with his car while crossing a street. After the bumping with the car came the "Hurry up and MOVE" look. Ugh.
Yeah, signs shmigns. I don't see how a local could be unaware of the cell phone ban and I don't have a problem with tourists getting popped. What they need to do is actually enforce the law. 25,000 tickets in almost 2 1/2 years is a joke. I could write 25 a day myself while driving around if I were a cop.