Chicago DUI lawyer comments on trooper being hit by distracted, albeit sober, driver

This Chicago DUI lawyer has posted here, here, and here on distracted driving. I've even posted here when I got hit because the driver that hit me was on the phone.

Now comes news of a lady who hit a trooper… she was on her phone.

March 1, Chicago, IL

A cell phone-using driver plowed into an Illinois State Patrol trooper Saturday night on the Dan Ryan Expy, apparently ignoring warnings from her passenger that she was getting too close to the trooper, a Cook County judge heard today.

Cook County Judge Jackie Portman set bond at $50,000 today for Moore, who is charged with aggravated reckless conduct, a felony.

The trooper, who suffered a broken pelvis and two broken legs, remained in intensive care this afternoon and faces the possibility of further surgeries, said State Patrol Master Sgt. S. Nowak.

The trooper was struck shortly after 9 p.m., while standing on the right shoulder of northbound Dan Ryan near 63rd Street, investigators said. At the time, the trooper was handling an unrelated traffic stop, investigators said.

Today, I stopped at the phone store to pick up a new Bluetooth headset. Funny, the sale’s associate mentioned she got a ticket recently for driving while on her phone. She said she had her phone on speaker, but she was holding it near her mouth. The ticketing officer told her, “it’s hands-free, not hand-free”.