Wireless Phones not yet Illegal in Chicago!

According to attorney Blake Horwitz, using your wireless phone while driving is not yet illegal in the City of Chicago, even though the City started enforcing the ban in 2005. Blake Horwitz claims that the City has not properly enacted the law that it is enforcing. According to the law, 625 ILCS 5/11207, it requires the city to properly post signage stating that the use of wireless phones while driving is illegal. There are still no such signs posted within the City of Chicago.

Because of this, Blake Horwitz filed a class action lawsuit against the city, claiming the more than 25,000 violations/arrests over the past two years were then in fact illegal. Mr. Horwitz does specialize in police misconduct and the firm he works for has sued the city over 100 times. The suit states that all the arrests were illegal and the City of Chicago needs to return the $75 fine to all those arrested prior to the signage going up. If Mr. Horwitz wins the case, the City of Chicago will have to refund almost $2 million in received fines.