Illinois Appeals Court Rules Chicago Slapped Drivers With Illegally High Fines for Years
A plaintiff in the class-action lawsuit says he had to declare bankruptcy after Chicago dumped $20,000 of ticket debts on him.
A plaintiff in the class-action lawsuit says he had to declare bankruptcy after Chicago dumped $20,000 of ticket debts on him.
The city's army of 160 speed cameras issued a ticket every 11 seconds during 2021 and generated $89 million in revenue.
There are better ways to build trust in the community than by violating the Fourth Amendment.
Get ready to pay for new nanny-state technology and for bypassing the unwelcome intervention.
Want to fight your ticket? Welcome to mayor’s court, where your accuser is also your judge.
Adding to the puzzle, another study from the same organization found "no increased crash risk" associated with cannabis consumption.
Advocates say the legislation would restore an estimated 30,000 driver's licenses.
States should stop treating sober cannabis consumers as public menaces.
A 2018 Reason investigation showed how Chicago's impound program ensnared innocent owners, stripped them of their cars, and soaked them in debt.
Reason showed how Chicago's impound program traps innocent owners in thousands of dollars of debt in 2018.
What could happen—and what to do about it—if you get pulled over by the cops
The case illustrates the injustice and irrationality of Pennsylvania's "zero tolerance" approach to stoned driving.
In November, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Kansas v. Glover.
The Supreme Court should not let police stop cars solely because they’re registered to people with suspended licenses.
His bill would authorize felony prosecutions of drivers with THC in their blood even when they are not impaired.
Laws criminalizing the act of leaving children in cars are misguided.
The researchers found no statistically significant relationship between testing positive for THC and contributing to accidents.
The oft-abused tool is used more to raise revenue than to protect public safety.
Following a Reason investigation into Chicago's punitive vehicle impound program, a new lawsuit alleges the practice violates Chicagoans constitutional rights.
The city decided her van was an abandoned vehicle, even though it clearly wasn't.
The state can no longer suspend poor people's driver's licenses over unpaid traffic tickets, Judge Aleta Trauger ruled.
The granting or withholding of that approval is a powerful lever over our lives.
Leesa buckles her seatbelt across her abaya to celebrate the end of the female driving ban.
Drug violations generated more than $36 million of that.
A judge says Michigan's license suspension scheme is probably unconstitutional. But the state government wants to keep it.
States with legal pot should not define DUI based on a "mythical link" between THC blood levels and impairment.