Illinois
Chicago Police Officer Asks Speeding Ticket Recipient For Date Thursday, January 5th, 2012
A suburban Chicago police officer tracked down a woman he recently issued a speeding ticket to and asked her to dinner. Now she’s suing.
Police Officer Chris Collins left a handwritten note on the windshield of Evagelina Paredes’s car while it was parked outside her apartment. The note made an offer of dinner and he explained that it was “the least he can do” considering the money the ticket would cost.
Ms. Paredes has filed a federal lawsuit in the U.S. District Court in Chicago. The suit accuses Police Officer Collins of violating her privacy.
The Associated Press obtained a copy of the note left by the 27-year-old police officer.
“It’s Chris…that ugly bald Stickney cop who gave you that ticket….I know this may seem crazy and you’re probably right, but truth is I have not stopped thinking about you since. I don’t expect a girl as attractive as you t… even go for a guy like me, but I’m taking a shot anyways.”
“I did cost you $132 — least I can do is buy you dinner,” the note reportedly read.
It may be heartfelt and sincere, Actual traffic enforcement enforcement and real world penalties are different from “Bridesmaids”–very funny movie with a sub plot that included a romance started with a traffic stop.
Perhaps the biggest differences between the movie and the real life incident is that the officer in the movie let her go with a warning and randomly met her again instead of writing the ticket and then stalking her.
Illinois Seat Belt Violations–New Law Friday, July 15th, 2011
Starting Jan. 1, 2012, there will be a change in the existing Illinois seat belt law.
Currently, only adult drivers and front seat passengers are required to drive with their seat belt on.
Gov. Pat Quinn signed legislation last month which will make it mandatory for all Illinois drivers and passengers to wear seat belts beginning next year.
With children already required to be buckled into the back seats, the law now means that every individual in a moving vehicle in Illinois will be required to wear some kind of restraining device.
Fines will start at $25, the same as they are now for seat belt violations.
The law makes Illinois the 15th state to make wearing a seat belt mandatory for everyone in a vehicle, according to the Governors Highway Safety Association, a nonprofit that says it advocates for highway safety.
Chicago speeding tickets-new online option. Friday, January 29th, 2010
If you’ve been issued a Cook County speeding ticket or other traffic ticket, you can now pay or request a court hearing online.
Previously, anyone who received a speeding ticket or similar violation would have to either deal with payment or scheduling via mail or in person at one of the Clerk’s district locations.
All such services are a welcome convenience. Individuals can now respond to their traffic violations without worry about whether anything sent by mail was received and/or properly processed and without having to come in person and wait on line to perform a simple transaction.
A couple of things to note. First, the Clerk does charge a $5 fee per ticket for the convenience of using this website to pay your violations this way. In addition, you must be 18 years or older. Finally, it must be a “Court Diversion” ticket (one where a personal appearance is not required).
The website handles the following violations:
- Failure to wear a seat belt
- U-turn in intersection
- Failure to stop at a stop sign
- Disobey turn signal indicator
- Failure to yield to pedestrian in crosswalk
- Improper right turn
- Turn on red prohibited
