Chicago's $500 Fine For Driving Too Close to a Bike

The Chicago Sun-Times reports:

Mayor Daley’s plan to curb motorists whose reckless driving endangers bicycle riders -- with $150 fines that rise to $500 if there’s a bike crash -- cleared a City Council committee Wednesday amid demands that the city do the same to cowboy cyclists.

Traffic Committee members said they’re all for throwing the book at drivers who open car doors in the path of cyclists, turn left or right in front of them or pass within three feet of their bikes.

What will Chicago's City Council think of next?