After being assaulted by a driver, Chicagoan helped track down would be hit and run driver who destroyed his bike.

When a company has been hired to perform work on one of the roadways in Chicago it must submit a plan for traffic control to the Chicago Department of Transportation. This requirement exists to ensure that a safe plan has been provided for all users of the public way, pedestrians, drivers, bicyclists, etc., to navigate through the work zone.

Chicago is just two short days away from the start of the 20th Anniversary Bicycle Film Festival. FK Law Illinois is a very proud sponsor of this year’s festival.

Illinois's vulnerable road user law is in need of repair.

The purpose of the statute is to provide extra legal protection to people who legally use roadways without the protection of a rolling cage made of metal and glass. Vulnerable road users generally include people on bicycles, motorcycles, animal-drawn vehicles and farm tractors, to name a few. "VRU laws operate on the principal of general deterrence…

The problem is the system, the infrastructure, that the driver and cyclist alike are trying to navigate. They are each trying to make their way along the same space, yet by very different means and with different expectations.

With a significant increase in the number of people riding their bikes the need for laws that adequately serve and protect cyclists increases as well.