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CHAPTER 625 VEHICLES
625 ILCS 5/ Illinois Vehicle Code.
Chapter 11 - Rules Of The Road
(625 ILCS 5/11‑100) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11‑100) Sec. 11‑100. Definition of Administrator. For the purposes of this Chapter, "Administrator" means the Administrator of the Illinois Safety and Family Financial Responsibility Law in Chapter 7 of this Code. (Source: P.A. 89‑92, eff. 7‑1‑96; 90‑89, eff. 1‑1‑98.) |
(625 ILCS 5/11‑201) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11‑201) Sec. 11‑201. Provisions of act refer to vehicles upon the highways‑Exceptions. The provisions of this Chapter relating to the operation of vehicles refer exclusively to the operation of vehicles upon highways except: 1. Where a different place is specifically referred to in a given section. 2. The provisions of Articles IV and V of this Chapter shall apply upon highways and elsewhere throughout the State. (Source: P.A. 76‑1586.) |
(625 ILCS 5/11‑202) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11‑202) Sec. 11‑202. Required obedience to traffic laws. It is unlawful and, unless otherwise declared in this Chapter with respect to particular offenses, it is a petty offense for any person to do any act forbidden or fail to perform any act required in this Chapter. (Source: P.A. 80‑911.) |
(625 ILCS 5/11‑203) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11‑203) Sec. 11‑203. Obedience to police officers. No person shall wilfully fail or refuse to comply with any lawful order or direction of any police officer, fireman, or school crossing guard invested by law with authority to direct, control, or regulate traffic. Any person convicted of violating this Section is guilty of a petty offense and shall be subject to a mandatory fine of $150. (Source: P.A. 90‑749, eff. 1‑1‑99.) |
(625 ILCS 5/11‑204) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11‑204) Sec. 11‑204. Fleeing or attempting to elude a peace officer. (a) Any driver or operator of a motor vehicle who, having been given a visual or audible signal by a peace officer directing such driver or operator to bring his vehicle to a stop, wilfully fails or refuses to obey such direction, increases his speed, extinguishes his lights, or otherwise flees or attempts to elude the officer, is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor. The signal given by the peace officer may be by hand, voice, siren, red or blue light. Provided, the officer giving such signal shall be in police uniform, and, if driving a vehicle, such vehicle shall display illuminated oscillating, rotating or flashing red or blue lights which when used in conjunction with an audible horn or siren would indicate the vehicle to be an official police vehicle. Such requirement shall not preclude the use of amber or white oscillating, rotating or flashing lights in conjunction with red or blue oscillating, rotating or flashing lights as required in Section 12‑215 of Chapter 12. (b) Upon receiving notice of such conviction the Secretary of State shall suspend the drivers license of the person so convicted for a period of not more than 6 months for a first conviction and not more than 12 months for a second conviction. (c) A third or subsequent violation of this Section is a Class 4 felony. (Source: P.A. 93‑120, eff. 1‑1‑04.) |
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(2) causes bodily injury to any individual; (3) causes damage in excess of $300 to property; or (4) involves disobedience of 2 or more official | ||
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(b) Any person convicted of a first violation of this Section shall be guilty of a Class 4 felony. Upon notice of such a conviction the Secretary of State shall forthwith revoke the driver's license of the person so convicted, as provided in Section 6‑205 of this Code. Any person convicted of a second or subsequent violation of this Section shall be guilty of a Class 3 felony, and upon notice of such a conviction the Secretary of State shall forthwith revoke the driver's license of the person convicted, as provided in Section 6‑205 of the Code. (c) The motor vehicle used in a violation of this Section is subject to seizure and forfeiture as provided in Sections 36‑1 and 36‑2 of the Criminal Code of 1961. (Source: P.A. 96‑328, eff. 8‑11‑09.) |
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2. Proceed past a red or stop signal or stop sign, | ||
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3. Exceed the maximum speed limits so long as he | ||
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4. Disregard regulations governing direction of | ||
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(d) The exceptions herein granted to an authorized emergency vehicle, other than a police vehicle, shall apply only when the vehicle is making use of either an audible signal when in motion or visual signals meeting the requirements of Section 12‑215 of this Act. (e) The foregoing provisions do not relieve the driver of an authorized emergency vehicle from the duty of driving with due regard for the safety of all persons, nor do such provisions protect the driver from the consequences of his reckless disregard for the safety of others. (f) Unless specifically made applicable, the provisions of this Chapter, except those contained in Section 11‑204 and Articles IV and V of this Chapter, shall not apply to persons, motor vehicles and equipment while actually engaged in work upon a highway but shall apply to such persons and vehicles when traveling to or from such work. (Source: P.A. 89‑710, eff. 2‑14‑97; 90‑257, eff. 7‑30‑97 .) |
(625 ILCS 5/11‑206) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11‑206) Sec. 11‑206. Traffic laws apply to persons riding animals or driving animal‑drawn vehicles. Every person riding an animal or driving any animal‑drawn vehicle upon a roadway shall be granted all of the rights and shall be subject to all of the duties applicable to the driver of a vehicle by this chapter, except those provisions of this chapter which by their very nature can have no application. (Source: P.A. 79‑858.) |
(625 ILCS 5/11‑207) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11‑207) Sec. 11‑207. Provisions of this Chapter uniform throughout State. The provisions of this Chapter shall be applicable and uniform throughout this State and in all political subdivisions and municipalities therein, and no local authority shall enact or enforce any ordinance rule or regulation in conflict with the provisions of this Chapter unless expressly authorized herein. Local authorities may, however, adopt additional traffic regulations which are not in conflict with the provisions of this Chapter, but such regulations shall not be effective until signs giving reasonable notice thereof are posted. (Source: P.A. 92‑651, eff. 7‑11‑02.) |
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2. Regulating traffic by means of police officers or | ||
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3. Regulating or prohibiting processions or | ||
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4. Designating particular highways as one‑way | ||
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5. Regulating the speed of vehicles in public parks | ||
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6. Designating any highway as a through highway, as | ||
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7. Restricting the use of highways as authorized in | ||
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8. Regulating the operation of bicycles and requiring | ||
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9. Regulating or prohibiting the turning of vehicles | ||
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10. Altering the speed limits as authorized in | ||
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11. Prohibiting U‑turns; 12. Prohibiting pedestrian crossings at other than | ||
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13. Prohibiting parking during snow removal operation; 14. Imposing fines in accordance with Section | ||
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15. Adopting such other traffic regulations as are | ||
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16. Enforcing the provisions of subsection (f) of | ||
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(b) No ordinance or regulation enacted under subsections 1, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11 or 13 of paragraph (a) shall be effective until signs giving reasonable notice of such local traffic regulations are posted. (c) The provisions of this Code shall not prevent any municipality having a population of 500,000 or more inhabitants from prohibiting any person from driving or operating any motor vehicle upon the roadways of such municipality with headlamps on high beam or bright. (d) The provisions of this Code shall not be deemed to prevent local authorities within the reasonable exercise of their police power from prohibiting, on private property, the unauthorized use of parking spaces reserved for persons with disabilities. (e) No unit of local government, including a home rule unit, may enact or enforce an ordinance that applies only to motorcycles if the principal purpose for that ordinance is to restrict the access of motorcycles to any highway or portion of a highway for which federal or State funds have been used for the planning, design, construction, or maintenance of that highway. No unit of local government, including a home rule unit, may enact an ordinance requiring motorcycle users to wear protective headgear. Nothing in this subsection (e) shall affect the authority of a unit of local government to regulate motorcycles for traffic control purposes or in accordance with Section 12‑602 of this Code. No unit of local government, including a home rule unit, may regulate motorcycles in a manner inconsistent with this Code. This subsection (e) is a limitation under subsection (i) of Section 6 of Article VII of the Illinois Constitution on the concurrent exercise by home rule units of powers and functions exercised by the State. (f) A municipality or county designated in Section 11‑208.6 may enact an ordinance providing for an automated traffic law enforcement system to enforce violations of this Code or a similar provision of a local ordinance and imposing liability on a registered owner of a vehicle used in such a violation. (g) A municipality or county, as provided in Section 11‑1201.1, may enact an ordinance providing for an automated traffic law enforcement system to enforce violations of Section 11‑1201 of this Code or a similar provision of a local ordinance and imposing liability on a registered owner of a vehicle used in such a violation. (Source: P.A. 96‑478, eff. 1‑1‑10; 96‑1256, eff. 1‑1‑11.) |
(625 ILCS 5/11‑208.1) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11‑208.1) Sec. 11‑208.1. Uniformity. The provisions of this Chapter of this Act, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder by any State Officer, Office, Agency, Department or Commission, shall be applicable and uniformly applied and enforced throughout this State, in all other political subdivisions and in all units of local government. (Source: P. A. 77‑706.) |
(625 ILCS 5/11‑208.2) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11‑208.2) Sec. 11‑208.2. Limitation on home rule units. The provisions of this Chapter of this Act limit the authority of home rule units to adopt local police regulations inconsistent herewith except pursuant to Sections 11‑208, 11‑209, 11‑1005.1, 11‑1412.1, and 11‑1412.2 of this Chapter of this Act. (Source: P.A. 92‑868, eff. 6‑1‑03.) |
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(2) A parking, standing, compliance, or automated | ||
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(3) Service of the parking, standing, or compliance | ||
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(4) An opportunity for a hearing for the registered | ||
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(5) Service of additional notices, sent by first | ||
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(i) A second notice of parking, standing, or | ||
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(ii) A notice of final determination of parking, | ||
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(6) A notice of impending drivers license | ||
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(7) Final determinations of violation liability. A | ||
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(8) A petition to set aside a determination of | ||
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(9) Procedures for non‑residents. Procedures by | ||
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(10) A schedule of civil fines for violations of | ||
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(11) Other provisions as are necessary and proper to | ||
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(c) Any municipality establishing vehicular standing, parking, compliance, or automated traffic law regulations under this Section may also provide by ordinance for a program of vehicle immobilization for the purpose of facilitating enforcement of those regulations. The program of vehicle immobilization shall provide for immobilizing any eligible vehicle upon the public way by presence of a restraint in a manner to prevent operation of the vehicle. Any ordinance establishing a program of vehicle immobilization under this Section shall provide: (1) Criteria for the designation of vehicles | ||
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(2) A notice of impending vehicle immobilization and | ||
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(3) The right to a prompt hearing after a vehicle | ||
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(4) A post immobilization and post‑towing notice | ||
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(d) Judicial review of final determinations of parking, standing, compliance, or automated traffic law violations and final administrative decisions issued after hearings regarding vehicle immobilization and impoundment made under this Section shall be subject to the provisions of the Administrative Review Law. (e) Any fine, penalty, incomplete traffic education program, or part of any fine or any penalty remaining unpaid after the exhaustion of, or the failure to exhaust, administrative remedies created under this Section and the conclusion of any judicial review procedures shall be a debt due and owing the municipality and, as such, may be collected in accordance with applicable law. Completion of any required traffic education program and payment in full of any fine or penalty resulting from a standing, parking, compliance, or automated traffic law violation shall constitute a final disposition of that violation. (f) After the expiration of the period within which judicial review may be sought for a final determination of parking, standing, compliance, or automated traffic law violation, the municipality may commence a proceeding in the Circuit Court for purposes of obtaining a judgment on the final determination of violation. Nothing in this Section shall prevent a municipality from consolidating multiple final determinations of parking, standing, compliance, or automated traffic law violations against a person in a proceeding. Upon commencement of the action, the municipality shall file a certified copy or record of the final determination of parking, standing, compliance, or automated traffic law violation, which shall be accompanied by a certification that recites facts sufficient to show that the final determination of violation was issued in accordance with this Section and the applicable municipal ordinance. Service of the summons and a copy of the petition may be by any method provided by Section 2‑203 of the Code of Civil Procedure or by certified mail, return receipt requested, provided that the total amount of fines and penalties for final determinations of parking, standing, compliance, or automated traffic law violations does not exceed $2500. If the court is satisfied that the final determination of parking, standing, compliance, or automated traffic law violation was entered in accordance with the requirements of this Section and the applicable municipal ordinance, and that the registered owner or the lessee, as the case may be, had an opportunity for an administrative hearing and for judicial review as provided in this Section, the court shall render judgment in favor of the municipality and against the registered owner or the lessee for the amount indicated in the final determination of parking, standing, compliance, or automated traffic law violation, plus costs. The judgment shall have the same effect and may be enforced in the same manner as other judgments for the recovery of money. (g) The fee for participating in a traffic education program under this Section shall not exceed $25. A low‑income individual required to complete a traffic education program under this Section who provides proof of eligibility for the federal earned income tax credit under Section 32 of the Internal Revenue Code or the Illinois earned income tax credit under Section 212 of the Illinois Income Tax Act shall not be required to pay any fee for participating in a required traffic education program. (Source: P.A. 95‑331, eff. 8‑21‑07; 96‑288, eff. 8‑11‑09.) (Text of Section from P.A. 96‑478) Sec. 11‑208.3. Administrative adjudication of violations of traffic regulations concerning the standing, parking, or condition of vehicles and automated traffic law violations. (a) Any municipality may provide by ordinance for a system of administrative adjudication of vehicular standing and parking violations and vehicle compliance violations as defined in this subsection and automated traffic law violations as defined in Section 11‑208.6 or 11‑1201.1. The administrative system shall have as its purpose the fair and efficient enforcement of municipal regulations through the administrative adjudication of automated traffic law violations and violations of municipal ordinances regulating the standing and parking of vehicles, the condition and use of vehicle equipment, and the display of municipal wheel tax licenses within the municipality's borders. The administrative system shall only have authority to adjudicate civil offenses carrying fines not in excess of $500 that occur after the effective date of the ordinance adopting such a system under this Section. For purposes of this Section, "compliance violation" means a violation of a municipal regulation governing the condition or use of equipment on a vehicle or governing the display of a municipal wheel tax license. (b) Any ordinance establishing a system of administrative adjudication under this Section shall provide for: (1) A traffic compliance administrator authorized to | ||
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(2) A parking, standing, compliance, or automated | ||
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(3) Service of the parking, standing, or compliance | ||
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(4) An opportunity for a hearing for the registered | ||
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(5) Service of additional notices, sent by first | ||
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(i) A second notice of parking, standing, or | ||
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(ii) A notice of final determination of parking, | ||
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(6) A Notice of impending drivers license | ||
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(7) Final determinations of violation liability. A | ||
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(8) A petition to set aside a determination of | ||
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(9) Procedures for non‑residents. Procedures by | ||
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(10) A schedule of civil fines for violations of | ||
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(11) Other provisions as are necessary and proper to | ||
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(c) Any municipality establishing vehicular standing, parking, compliance, or automated traffic law regulations under this Section may also provide by ordinance for a program of vehicle immobilization for the purpose of facilitating enforcement of those regulations. The program of vehicle immobilization shall provide for immobilizing any eligible vehicle upon the public way by presence of a restraint in a manner to prevent operation of the vehicle. Any ordinance establishing a program of vehicle immobilization under this Section shall provide: (1) Criteria for the designation of vehicles | ||
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(2) A notice of impending vehicle immobilization and | ||
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(3) The right to a prompt hearing after a vehicle | ||
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(4) A post immobilization and post‑towing notice | ||
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(d) Judicial review of final determinations of parking, standing, compliance, or automated traffic law violations and final administrative decisions issued after hearings regarding vehicle immobilization and impoundment made under this Section shall be subject to the provisions of the Administrative Review Law. (e) Any fine, penalty, or part of any fine or any penalty remaining unpaid after the exhaustion of, or the failure to exhaust, administrative remedies created under this Section and the conclusion of any judicial review procedures shall be a debt due and owing the municipality and, as such, may be collected in accordance with applicable law. Payment in full of any fine or penalty resulting from a standing, parking, compliance, or automated traffic law violation shall constitute a final disposition of that violation. (f) After the expiration of the period within which judicial review may be sought for a final determination of parking, standing, compliance, or automated traffic law violation, the municipality may commence a proceeding in the Circuit Court for purposes of obtaining a judgment on the final determination of violation. Nothing in this Section shall prevent a municipality from consolidating multiple final determinations of parking, standing, compliance, or automated traffic law violations against a person in a proceeding. Upon commencement of the action, the municipality shall file a certified copy or record of the final determination of parking, standing, compliance, or automated traffic law violation, which shall be accompanied by a certification that recites facts sufficient to show that the final determination of violation was issued in accordance with this Section and the applicable municipal ordinance. Service of the summons and a copy of the petition may be by any method provided by Section 2‑203 of the Code of Civil Procedure or by certified mail, return receipt requested, provided that the total amount of fines and penalties for final determinations of parking, standing, compliance, or automated traffic law violations does not exceed $2500. If the court is satisfied that the final determination of parking, standing, compliance, or automated traffic law violation was entered in accordance with the requirements of this Section and the applicable municipal ordinance, and that the registered owner or the lessee, as the case may be, had an opportunity for an administrative hearing and for judicial review as provided in this Section, the court shall render judgment in favor of the municipality and against the registered owner or the lessee for the amount indicated in the final determination of parking, standing, compliance, or automated traffic law violation, plus costs. The judgment shall have the same effect and may be enforced in the same manner as other judgments for the recovery of money. (Source: P.A. 95‑331, eff. 8‑21‑07; 96‑478, eff. 1‑1‑10.) |
(625 ILCS 5/11‑208.4) Sec. 11‑208.4. (Repealed). (Source: Repealed by internal repealer, eff. 12‑31‑94.) |
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(b‑5) A municipality or county that produces a recorded image of a motor vehicle's violation of a provision of this Code or a local ordinance must make the recorded images of a violation accessible to the alleged violator by providing the alleged violator with a website address, accessible through the Internet. (c) A county or municipality, including a home rule county or municipality, may not use an automated traffic law enforcement system to provide recorded images of a motor vehicle for the purpose of recording its speed. The regulation of the use of automated traffic law enforcement systems to record vehicle speeds is an exclusive power and function of the State. This subsection (c) is a denial and limitation of home rule powers and functions under subsection (h) of Section 6 of Article VII of the Illinois Constitution. (c‑5) A county or municipality, including a home rule county or municipality, may not use an automated traffic law enforcement system to issue violations in instances where the motor vehicle comes to a complete stop and does not enter the intersection, as defined by Section 1‑132 of this Code, during the cycle of the red signal indication unless one or more pedestrians or bicyclists are present, even if the motor vehicle stops at a point past a stop line or crosswalk where a driver is required to stop, as specified in subsection (c) of Section 11‑306 of this Code or a similar provision of a local ordinance. (d) For each violation of a provision of this Code or a local ordinance recorded by an automatic traffic law enforcement system, the county or municipality having jurisdiction shall issue a written notice of the violation to the registered owner of the vehicle as the alleged violator. The notice shall be delivered to the registered owner of the vehicle, by mail, within 30 days after the Secretary of State notifies the municipality or county of the identity of the owner of the vehicle, but in no event later than 90 days after the violation. The notice shall include: (1) the name and address of the registered owner of | ||
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(2) the registration number of the motor vehicle | ||
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(3) the violation charged; (4) the location where the violation occurred; (5) the date and time of the violation; (6) a copy of the recorded images; (7) the amount of the civil penalty imposed and the | ||
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(8) a statement that recorded images are evidence of | ||
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(9) a warning that failure to pay the civil penalty, | ||
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(10) a statement that the person may elect to proceed | ||
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(A) paying the fine, completing a required | ||
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(B) challenging the charge in court, by mail, or | ||
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(11) a website address, accessible through the | ||
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(e) If a person charged with a traffic violation, as a result of an automated traffic law enforcement system, does not pay the fine or complete a required traffic education program, or both, or successfully contest the civil penalty resulting from that violation, the Secretary of State shall suspend the driving privileges of the registered owner of the vehicle under Section 6‑306.5 of this Code for failing to complete a required traffic education program or to pay any fine or penalty due and owing, or both, as a result of 5 violations of the automated traffic law enforcement system. (f) Based on inspection of recorded images produced by an automated traffic law enforcement system, a notice alleging that the violation occurred shall be evidence of the facts contained in the notice and admissible in any proceeding alleging a violation under this Section. (g) Recorded images made by an automatic traffic law enforcement system are confidential and shall be made available only to the alleged violator and governmental and law enforcement agencies for purposes of adjudicating a violation of this Section, for statistical purposes, or for other governmental purposes. Any recorded image evidencing a violation of this Section, however, may be admissible in any proceeding resulting from the issuance of the citation. (h) The court or hearing officer may consider in defense of a violation: (1) that the motor vehicle or registration plates of | ||
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(2) that the driver of the vehicle passed through the | ||
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(3) any other evidence or issues provided by | ||
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(i) To demonstrate that the motor vehicle or the registration plates were stolen before the violation occurred and were not under the control or possession of the owner at the time of the violation, the owner must submit proof that a report concerning the stolen motor vehicle or registration plates was filed with a law enforcement agency in a timely manner. (j) Unless the driver of the motor vehicle received a Uniform Traffic Citation from a police officer at the time of the violation, the motor vehicle owner is subject to a civil penalty not exceeding $100 or the completion of a traffic education program, or both, plus an additional penalty of not more than $100 for failure to pay the original penalty or to complete a required traffic education program, or both, in a timely manner, if the motor vehicle is recorded by an automated traffic law enforcement system. A violation for which a civil penalty is imposed under this Section is not a violation of a traffic regulation governing the movement of vehicles and may not be recorded on the driving record of the owner of the vehicle. (j‑3) A registered owner who is a holder of a valid commercial driver's license is not required to complete a traffic education program. (j‑5) For purposes of the required traffic education program only, a registered owner may submit an affidavit to the court or hearing officer swearing that at the time of the alleged violation, the vehicle was in the custody and control of another person. The affidavit must identify the person in custody and control of the vehicle, including the person's name and current address. The person in custody and control of the vehicle at the time of the violation is required to complete the required traffic education program. If the person in custody and control of the vehicle at the time of the violation completes the required traffic education program, the registered owner of the vehicle is not required to complete a traffic education program. (k) An intersection equipped with an automated traffic law enforcement system must be posted with a sign visible to approaching traffic indicating that the intersection is being monitored by an automated traffic law enforcement system. (k‑3) A municipality or county that has one or more intersections equipped with an automated traffic law enforcement system must provide notice to drivers by posting the locations of automated traffic law systems on the municipality or county website. (k‑5) An intersection equipped with an automated traffic law enforcement system must have a yellow change interval that conforms with the Illinois Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (IMUTCD) published by the Illinois Department of Transportation. (k‑7) A municipality or county operating an automated traffic law enforcement system shall conduct a statistical analysis to assess the safety impact of each automated traffic law enforcement system at an intersection following installation of the system. The statistical analysis shall be based upon the best available crash, traffic, and other data, and shall cover a period of time before and after installation of the system sufficient to provide a statistically valid comparison of safety impact. The statistical analysis shall be consistent with professional judgment and acceptable industry practice. The statistical analysis also shall be consistent with the data required for valid comparisons of before and after conditions and shall be conducted within a reasonable period following the installation of the automated traffic law enforcement system. The statistical analysis required by this subsection (k‑7) shall be made available to the public and shall be published on the website of the municipality or county. If the statistical analysis for the 36 month period following installation of the system indicates that there has been an increase in the rate of accidents at the approach to the intersection monitored by the system, the municipality or county shall undertake additional studies to determine the cause and severity of the accidents, and may take any action that it determines is necessary or appropriate to reduce the number or severity of the accidents at that intersection. (l) The compensation paid for an automated traffic law enforcement system must be based on the value of the equipment or the services provided and may not be based on the number of traffic citations issued or the revenue generated by the system. (m) This Section applies only to the counties of Cook, DuPage, Kane, Lake, Madison, McHenry, St. Clair, and Will and to municipalities located within those counties. (n) The fee for participating in a traffic education program under this Section shall not exceed $25. A low‑income individual required to complete a traffic education program under this Section who provides proof of eligibility for the federal earned income tax credit under Section 32 of the Internal Revenue Code or the Illinois earned income tax credit under Section 212 of the Illinois Income Tax Act shall not be required to pay any fee for participating in a required traffic education program. (o) A municipality or county shall make a certified report to the Secretary of State pursuant to Section 6‑306.5 of this Code whenever a registered owner of a vehicle has failed to pay any fine or penalty due and owing as a result of 5 offenses for automated traffic law violations. (Source: P.A. 96‑288, eff. 8‑11‑09; 96‑1016, eff. 1‑1‑11.) |
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2. The prohibition or regulation of the turning of | ||
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3. The regulation of a crossing of any roadway in | ||
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4. The designation of any separate roadway in the | ||
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5. The establishment and regulation of loading zones. 6. The prohibition, regulation, restriction or | ||
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7. The designation of safety zones in the parking | ||
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8. Providing for the removal and storage of vehicles | ||
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9. Providing that the cost of planning, | ||
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10. Causing the installation of parking meters on | ||
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11. Causing the installation of parking signs in | ||
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12. Contracting for such additional reasonable rules | ||
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(b) No contract entered into pursuant to this Section shall exceed a period of 20 years. No lessee of a shopping center or apartment complex shall enter into such a contract for a longer period of time than the length of his lease. (c) Any contract entered into pursuant to this Section shall be recorded in the office of the recorder in the county in which the parking area is located, and no regulation made pursuant to the contract shall be effective or enforceable until 3 days after the contract is so recorded. (d) At such time as parking and traffic regulations have been established at any parking area pursuant to the contract as provided for in this Section, then it shall be a petty offense for any person to do any act forbidden or to fail to perform any act required by such parking or traffic regulation. If the violation is the parking in a parking space reserved for persons with disabilities under paragraph (11) of this Section, by a person without special registration plates issued to a person with disabilities, as defined by Section 1‑159.1, pursuant to Section 3‑616 of this Code, or to a disabled veteran pursuant to Section 3‑609 of this Code, the local police of the contracting corporate municipal authorities shall issue a parking ticket to such parking violator and issue a fine in accordance with Section 11‑1301.3. (e) The term "shopping center", as used in this Section, means premises having one or more stores or business establishments in connection with which there is provided on privately‑owned property near or contiguous thereto an area, or areas, of land used by the public as the means of access to and egress from the stores and business establishments on such premises and for the parking of motor vehicles of customers and patrons of such stores and business establishments on such premises. (f) The term "parking area", as used in this Section, means an area, or areas, of land near or contiguous to a school, church, or hospital building, shopping center, apartment complex, or condominium complex, but not the public highways or alleys, and used by the public as the means of access to and egress from such buildings and the stores and business establishments at a shopping center and for the parking of motor vehicles. (g) The terms "owner", "property owner", "shopping center owner", and "apartment complex owner", as used in this Section, mean the actual legal owner of the shopping center parking area or apartment complex, the trust officer of a banking institution having the right to manage and control such property, or a person having the legal right, through lease or otherwise, to manage or control the property. (g‑5) The term "condominium complex unit owners' association", as used in this Section, means a "unit owners' association" as defined in Section 2 of the Condominium Property Act. (h) The term "fire lane", as used in this Section, means travel lanes for the fire fighting equipment upon which there shall be no standing or parking of any motor vehicle at any time so that fire fighting equipment can move freely thereon. (i) The term "apartment complex", as used in this Section, means premises having one or more apartments in connection with which there is provided on privately‑owned property near or contiguous thereto an area, or areas, of land used by occupants of such apartments or their guests as a means of access to and egress from such apartments or for the parking of motor vehicles of such occupants or their guests. (j) The term "condominium complex", as used in this Section, means the units, common elements, and limited common elements that are located on the parcels, as those terms are defined in Section 2 of the Condominium Property Act. (k) The term "commercial and industrial facility", as used in this Section, means a premises containing one or more commercial and industrial facility establishments in connection with which there is provided on privately‑owned property near or contiguous to the premises an area or areas of land used by the public as the means of access to and egress from the commercial and industrial facility establishment on the premises and for the parking of motor vehicles of customers, patrons, and employees of the commercial and industrial facility establishment on the premises. (l) The provisions of this Section shall not be deemed to prevent local authorities from enforcing, on private property, local ordinances imposing fines, in accordance with Section 11‑1301.3, as penalties for use of any parking place reserved for persons with disabilities, as defined by Section 1‑159.1, or disabled veterans by any person using a motor vehicle not bearing registration plates specified in Section 11‑1301.1 or a special decal or device as defined in Section 11‑1301.2 as evidence that the vehicle is operated by or for a person with disabilities or disabled veteran. This amendatory Act of 1972 is not a prohibition upon the contractual and associational powers granted by Article VII, Section 10 of the Illinois Constitution. (Source: P.A. 95‑167, eff. 1‑1‑08; 96‑79, eff. 1‑1‑10.) |
(625 ILCS 5/11‑209.1) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11‑209.1) Sec. 11‑209.1. Powers of local authorities ‑ enforcing the provisions of this Code on private streets and roads. (a) Any person or board of directors owning, operating or representing a residential subdivision, development, apartment house or apartment project; containing a minimum of 10 apartments or single family residences may file a written request, with the appropriate local authority wherein such property is situated, requesting their law enforcement agency enforce the provisions of this Code on all private streets or roads open to or used by the tenants, owners, employees or the public for the purposes of vehicular traffic by permission of such person or board of directors and not as a matter of public right. Notwithstanding Section 1‑126 and Section 1‑201 of this Code, if the local authority grants such request by the adoption of an enabling ordinance then all such private streets or roads shall be considered "highways" only for the enforcement purposes of this Code. (b) All regulations adopted and traffic control devices employed by a local authority in the enforcement of this Code on such streets or roads within any private area, pursuant to this Section, shall be consistent with the provisions of this Code and shall conform to the Illinois Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices. A local authority may require that any person who files a request for the installation of traffic signs pay for the cost of such traffic signs. Such traffic signs shall be in conformity with Section 11‑604 of this Code. (c) Any person or board of directors which has filed such a request under this Section, may rescind that request by filing with the appropriate local authority a written request for such rescission. Upon receipt of the written request, the local authority shall subsequently repeal the original enabling ordinance. Such repeal shall not take effect until the first day of January following any such action by the local authorities. However, no such rescission request may be filed within 12 months of the date of the original written request. (d) The filing of a written request or the adoption of the enabling ordinance under this Section in no way constitutes a dedication to public use of any street, road, driveway, trail, terrace, bridle path, parkway, parking area, or other roadway open to or used by vehicular traffic, nor does it prevent such person or board of directors, as owners of such property, from requiring additional regulations than those specified by the local authorities or otherwise regulating such use as may seem best to such person or board of directors as long as they do not conflict with the powers granted to local authorities under Section 11‑208 of this Code. (e) This amendatory act of 1972 is not a prohibition upon the contractual and associational powers granted by Article VII, Section 10 of the Illinois Constitution. (Source: P.A. 86‑521.) |
(625 ILCS 5/11‑210) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11‑210) Sec. 11‑210. This Chapter not to interfere with rights of owners of real property with reference thereto. Nothing in this Chapter shall be construed to prevent the owner of real property used by the public for purposes of vehicular travel by permission of the owner and not as matter of right from prohibiting such use, or from requiring other or different or additional conditions than those specified in this Chapter, or otherwise regulating such use as may seem best to such owner. (Source: P.A. 76‑1586.) |
(625 ILCS 5/11‑211) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11‑211) Sec. 11‑211. Local Laws. No owner of a motor vehicle shall be limited as to speed upon any public place, at any time when the same is or may hereafter be opened to the use of persons having or using other vehicles, nor be required to comply with other provisions or conditions as to the use of such motor vehicles except as in this Chapter provided, and except as is provided in this Act. (Source: P.A. 77‑1344.) |
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(7) the name and badge number of the issuing officer. (b) Whenever a State or local law enforcement officer stops a motorist for an alleged violation of the Illinois Vehicle Code and does not issue a uniform traffic citation or warning citation for an alleged violation of the Illinois Vehicle Code, he or she shall complete a uniform stop card, which includes field contact cards, or any other existing form currently used by law enforcement containing information required pursuant to this Act, that records at least the following: (1) the name, address, gender, and the officer's | ||
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(7) the name and badge number of the issuing officer. (c) The Illinois Department of Transportation shall provide a standardized law enforcement data compilation form on its website. (d) Every law enforcement agency shall, by March 1 with regard to data collected during July through December of the previous calendar year and by August 1 with regard to data collected during January through June of the current calendar year, compile the data described in subsections (a) and (b) on the standardized law enforcement data compilation form provided by the Illinois Department of Transportation and transmit the data to the Department. (e) The Illinois Department of Transportation shall analyze the data provided by law enforcement agencies required by this Section and submit a report of the previous year's findings to the Governor, the General Assembly, the Racial Profiling Prevention and Data Oversight Board, and each law enforcement agency no later than July 1 of each year. The Illinois Department of Transportation may contract with an outside entity for the analysis of the data provided. In analyzing the data collected under this Section, the analyzing entity shall scrutinize the data for evidence of statistically significant aberrations. The following list, which is illustrative, and not exclusive, contains examples of areas in which statistically significant aberrations may be found: (1) The percentage of minority drivers or passengers | ||
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(f) Any law enforcement officer identification information or driver identification information that is compiled by any law enforcement agency or the Illinois Department of Transportation pursuant to this Act for the purposes of fulfilling the requirements of this Section shall be confidential and exempt from public inspection and copying, as provided under Section 7 of the Freedom of Information Act, and the information shall not be transmitted to anyone except as needed to comply with this Section. This Section shall not exempt those materials that, prior to the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly, were available under the Freedom of Information Act. This subsection (f) shall not preclude law enforcement agencies from reviewing data to perform internal reviews. (g) Funding to implement this Section shall come from federal highway safety funds available to Illinois, as directed by the Governor. (h) The Illinois Department of Transportation, in consultation with law enforcement agencies, officials, and organizations, including Illinois chiefs of police, the Department of State Police, the Illinois Sheriffs Association, and the Chicago Police Department, and community groups and other experts, shall undertake a study to determine the best use of technology to collect, compile, and analyze the traffic stop statistical study data required by this Section. The Department shall report its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly by March 1, 2004. (i) This Section is repealed on July 1, 2015. (Source: P.A. 95‑290, eff. 8‑20‑07; 96‑658, eff. 1‑1‑10.) |
(625 ILCS 5/11‑301) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11‑301) Sec. 11‑301. Department to adopt sign manual. (a) The Department shall adopt a State manual and specifications for a uniform system of traffic‑control devices consistent with this Chapter for use upon highways within this State. Such manual shall include the adoption of the R 7‑8 sign adopted by the United States Department of Transportation to designate the reservation of parking facilities for a person with disabilities. Non‑conforming signs in use prior to January 1, 1985 shall not constitute a violation during their useful lives, which shall not be extended by other means than normal maintenance. The manual shall also specify insofar as practicable the minimum warrants justifying the use of the various traffic control devices. Such uniform system shall correlate with and, where not inconsistent with Illinois highway conditions, conform to the system set forth in the most recent edition of the national manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices for Streets and Highways. (b) Signs adopted by the Department to designate the reservation of parking facilities for a person with disabilities shall also exhibit, in a manner determined by the Department, the words "$100 Fine". (c) If the amount of a fine is changed, the Department shall change the design of the signs to indicate the current amount of the fine. (Source: P.A. 88‑685, eff. 1‑24‑95; 89‑533, eff. 1‑1‑97.) |
(625 ILCS 5/11‑301.1) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11‑301.1) Sec. 11‑301.1. Beginning July 1, 1988, all signs erected and used to designate the reservation of parking facilities for a person with disabilities shall be in a form and manner prescribed under Section 11‑301 of this Code, and all parking spaces reserved for a person with disabilities, except those reserving on‑street parking areas, shall be at least 16 feet wide. Non‑conforming signs in use prior to July 1, 1988 shall not constitute a violation during their useful lives, which shall not be extended by means other than normal maintenance. Beginning October 1, 1992, all parking spaces reserved for a person with disabilities, except those reserving on‑street parking areas, shall be at least 16 feet wide. (Source: P.A. 87‑562; 88‑685, eff. 1‑24‑95.) |
(625 ILCS 5/11‑302) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11‑302) Sec. 11‑302. Authority to designate through highway and stop and yield intersections. (a) The Department with reference to State highways under its jurisdiction, and local authorities with reference to other highways under their jurisdiction, may designate through highways and erect stop signs or yield signs at specified entrances thereto, or may designate any intersection as a stop intersection or as a yield intersection and erect stop signs or yield signs at one or more entrances to such intersection. Designation of through highways and stop or yield intersections and the erection of stop signs or yield signs on township or road district roads are subject to the written approval of the county engineer or superintendent of highways. (b) Every stop sign and yield sign shall conform to the State Manual and Specifications and shall be located as near as practicable to the nearest line of the crosswalk on the near side of the intersection or, if there is no crosswalk, then as close as practicable to the nearest line of the intersecting roadway. (c) The Department may in its discretion and when traffic conditions warrant such action give preference to traffic upon any of the State highways under its jurisdiction over traffic crossing or entering such highway by erecting appropriate traffic control devices. (Source: P.A. 93‑177, eff. 7‑11‑03.) |
(625 ILCS 5/11‑303) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11‑303) Sec. 11‑303. The Department to place signs on all State highways. (a) The Department shall place and maintain such traffic‑control devices, conforming to its manual and specifications on all highways under its jurisdiction as it shall deem necessary to indicate and to carry out the provisions of this Chapter or to regulate, warn or guide traffic. (b) No local authority shall place or maintain any traffic‑control device upon any highway under the jurisdiction of the Department except by the latter's permission. (c) The Department shall erect and maintain guide, warning and direction signs upon highways in cities, towns and villages of which portions or lanes of such highways are under the control and jurisdiction of the Department or for which the Department has maintenance responsibility. (d) Nothing in this Chapter shall divest the corporate authorities of park districts of power to prohibit or restrict the use of highways under their jurisdiction by certain types or weights of motor vehicles or the power of cities, villages, incorporated towns and park districts to designate highways for one‑way traffic or the power of such municipal corporations to erect and maintain appropriate signs respecting such uses. (e) Nothing in this Section shall prohibit a municipality, township, or county from erecting signs as required under the Illinois Adopt‑A‑Highway Act. (Source: P.A. 87‑1118.) |
(625 ILCS 5/11‑304) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11‑304) Sec. 11‑304. Local traffic‑control devices; tourist oriented businesses signs. Local authorities in their respective maintenance jurisdiction shall place and maintain such traffic‑control devices upon highways under their maintenance jurisdiction as are required to indicate and carry out the provisions of this Chapter, and local traffic ordinances or to regulate, warn, or guide traffic. All such traffic control devices shall conform to the State Manual and Specifications and shall be justified by traffic warrants stated in the Manual. Placement of traffic‑control devices on township or road district roads also shall be subject to the written approval of the county engineer or superintendent of highways. Local authorities in their respective maintenance jurisdictions shall have the authority to install signs, in conformance with the State Manual and specifications, alerting motorists of the tourist oriented businesses available on roads under local jurisdiction in rural areas as may be required to guide motorists to the businesses. The local authorities and road district highway commissioners shall also have the authority to sell or lease space on these signs to the owners or operators of the businesses. (Source: P.A. 93‑177, eff. 7‑11‑03.) |
(625 ILCS 5/11‑305) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11‑305) Sec. 11‑305. Obedience to and required traffic‑control devices. (a) The driver of any vehicle shall obey the instructions of any official traffic‑control device applicable thereto placed or held in accordance with the provisions of this Act, unless otherwise directed by a police officer, subject to the exceptions granted the driver of an authorized emergency vehicle in this Act. (b) It is unlawful for any person to leave the roadway and travel across private property to avoid an official traffic control device. (c) No provision of this Act for which official traffic‑control devices are required shall be enforced against an alleged violator if at the time and place of the alleged violation an official device is not in proper position and sufficiently legible to be seen by an ordinarily observant person. Whenever a particular section does not state that official traffic‑control devices are required, such section shall be effective even though no devices are erected or in place. (d) Whenever any official traffic‑control device is placed or held in position approximately conforming to the requirements of this Act and purports to conform to the lawful requirements pertaining to such device, such device shall be presumed to have been so placed or held by the official act or direction of lawful authority, and comply with the requirements of this Act, unless the contrary shall be established by competent evidence. (e) The driver of a vehicle approaching a traffic control signal on which no signal light facing such vehicle is illuminated shall stop before entering the intersection in accordance with rules applicable in making a stop at a stop sign. (Source: P.A. 84‑873.) |
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(d) In the event an official traffic control signal is erected and maintained at a place other than an intersection, the provisions of this Section shall be applicable except as to provisions which by their nature can have no application. Any stop required shall be at a traffic sign or a marking on the pavement indicating where the stop shall be made or, in the absence of such sign or marking, the stop shall be made at the signal. (e) The motorman of any streetcar shall obey the above signals as applicable to vehicles. (Source: P.A. 94‑795, eff. 5‑22‑06.) |
(625 ILCS 5/11‑307) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11‑307) Sec. 11‑307. Pedestrian‑control signals. Whenever special pedestrian‑control signals exhibiting the words "Walk" or "Don't Walk" or the illuminated symbols of a walking person or an upraised palm are in place such signals shall indicate as follows: (a) Walk or walking person symbol. Pedestrians facing such signal may proceed across the roadway in the direction of the signal, and shall be given the right of way by the drivers of all vehicles. (b) Don't Walk or upraised palm symbol. No pedestrian shall start to cross the roadway in the direction of such signal, but any pedestrian who has partly completed his crossing on the Walk signal or walking person symbol shall proceed to a sidewalk or safety island while the "Don't Walk" signal or upraised palm symbol is illuminated, steady, or flashing. (Source: P.A. 81‑553.) |
(625 ILCS 5/11‑308) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11‑308) Sec. 11‑308. Lane‑control signals. Whenever lane‑control signals are used in conjunction with official signs, they shall have the following meanings: (a) Downward‑pointing green arrow. A driver facing this indication is permitted to drive in the lane over which the arrow signal is located. Otherwise he shall obey all other traffic controls present and follow normal safe driving practices. (b) Red X symbol. A driver facing this indication shall not drive in the lane over which the signal is located, and this indication shall modify accordingly the meaning of all other traffic controls present. Otherwise he shall obey all other traffic controls and follow normal safe driving practices. (c) Yellow X (steady). A driver facing this indication should prepare to vacate the lane over which the signal is located, in a safe manner to avoid, if possible, occupying that lane when a steady red X is displayed. (d) Flashing yellow arrow. A driver facing this indication may use the lane only for the purpose of approaching and making a left turn. (Source: P.A. 81‑552.) |
(625 ILCS 5/11‑309) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11‑309) Sec. 11‑309. Flashing Signals. Whenever an illuminated flashing red or yellow signal is used in conjunction with a traffic control device it shall require obedience by vehicular traffic as follows: 1. Flashing red (stop signal). When a red lens is illuminated with rapid intermittent flashes, drivers of vehicles shall stop at a clearly marked stop line, but if none, before entering the cross walk on the near side of the intersection, or if none, then at a point nearest the intersecting roadway where the driver has a view of approaching traffic on the intersecting roadway before entering the intersection and the right to proceed shall be subject to the rules applicable after making a stop at a stop sign. 2. Flashing yellow (caution signal). When a yellow lens is illuminated with rapid intermittent flashes, drivers of vehicles may proceed through the intersection or past such signal only with caution. 3. This section does not apply at railroad grade crossings. Conduct of drivers of vehicles approaching railroad grade crossings shall be governed by Section 11‑1201 of this Act. (Source: P.A. 76‑2162.) |
(625 ILCS 5/11‑310) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11‑310) Sec. 11‑310. Display of Unauthorized Signs, Signals or Markings. (a) No person shall place, maintain or display upon or in view of any highway any unauthorized sign, signal, marking, or device which purports to be or is an imitation of or resembles an official traffic‑control device or railroad sign or signal, or which attempts to direct the movement of traffic, or which hides from view or interferes with the movement of traffic or the effectiveness of an official traffic‑control device or any railroad sign or signal. (b) No person shall place or maintain nor shall any public authority permit upon any highway any traffic sign or signal bearing thereon any commercial advertising. (c) Every such prohibited sign, signal or marking is hereby declared to be a public nuisance and the authority having jurisdiction over the highway is hereby empowered to remove the same or cause it to be removed without notice. (d) No person shall sell or offer for sale any traffic control device to be used on any street or highway in this State which does not conform to the requirements of this Chapter. (e) This Section shall not be deemed to prohibit the erection upon private property adjacent to highways of signs giving useful directional information and of a type that cannot be mistaken for official signs. (f) This Section shall not be deemed to prohibit the erection of Illinois Adopt‑A‑Highway signs by municipalities, townships, or counties as provided in the Illinois Adopt‑A‑Highway Act. (g) Any person failing to comply with this Section shall be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor. (Source: P.A. 87‑1118.) |
(625 ILCS 5/11‑311) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11‑311) Sec. 11‑311. Interference with official traffic‑control devices or railroad signs or signals. No person shall without lawful authority attempt to or in fact alter, deface, injure, knock down, or remove any official traffic‑control device, or any railroad sign or signal or any inscription, shield, or insignia thereon, or any other part thereof. Every person who is convicted of a violation of this Section shall be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor, punishable by a fine of at least $250 in addition to any other penalties which may be imposed. (Source: P.A. 83‑672.) |
(625 ILCS 5/11‑312) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11‑312) Sec. 11‑312. Unlawful Use or Damage to Highways, Appurtenances and Structures. It shall be unlawful for any person to wilfully injure or damage any public highway or street or any bridge or culvert, or to wilfully damage, injure or remove any sign, signpost, or structure upon or used or constructed in connection with any public highway or street for the protection thereof or for protection or regulation of traffic thereon by any wilfully unusual, improper or unreasonable use thereof, or by wilfully careless driving or use of any vehicle thereon, or by the wilful mutilation, defacing, destruction or removal thereof. Every person who is convicted of a violation of this Section shall be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor, punishable by a fine of at least $250 in addition to any other penalty which may be imposed. (Source: P.A. 83‑672.) |
(625 ILCS 5/11‑313) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11‑313) Sec. 11‑313. Unlawful possession of highway sign or marker. The Department and local authorities, with reference to traffic control signs, signals, or markers owned by the Department or local authority, are authorized to indicate the ownership of the signs, signals, or markers in letters not less than 3/8 inch or more than 3/4 inch in height, by use of a metal stamp, etching, or other permanent means and, except for employees of the Department or local authorities, police officers, contractors and their employees engaged in a highway construction contract or work on the highway approved by the Department or local authority, it is unlawful for any person to possess such sign, signal, or marker so identified. (Source: P.A. 91‑512, eff. 8‑13‑99.) |
(625 ILCS 5/11‑403) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11‑403) Sec. 11‑403. Duty to give information and render aid. The driver of any vehicle involved in a motor vehicle accident resulting in injury to or death of any person or damage to any vehicle which is driven or attended by any person shall give the driver's name, address, registration number and owner of the vehicle the driver is operating and shall upon request and if available exhibit such driver's license to the person struck or the driver or occupant of or person attending any vehicle collided with and shall render to any person injured in such accident reasonable assistance, including the carrying or the making of arrangements for the carrying of such person to a physician, surgeon or hospital for medical or surgical treatment, if it is apparent that such treatment is necessary or if such carrying is requested by the injured person. If none of the persons entitled to information pursuant to this Section is in condition to receive and understand such information and no police officer is present, such driver after rendering reasonable assistance shall forthwith report such motor vehicle accident at the nearest office of a duly authorized police authority, disclosing the information required by this Section. Any person failing to comply with this Section shall be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor. (Source: P.A. 83‑831.) |
(625 ILCS 5/11‑407) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11‑407) Sec. 11‑407. Immediate notice of accident. (a) The driver of a vehicle which is in any manner involved in an accident described in Section 11‑406 of this Chapter shall, if no police officer is present, give notice of the accident by the fastest available means of communication to the local police department if such accident occurs within a municipality or otherwise to the nearest office of the county sheriff or nearest headquarters of the Illinois State Police. (b) Whenever the driver of a vehicle is physically incapable of giving immediate notice of an accident as required in Subsection (a) and there was another occupant in the vehicle at the time of the accident capable of doing so, that occupant must give notice as required in Subsection (a). (Source: P.A. 76‑2163.) |
(625 ILCS 5/11‑409) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11‑409) Sec. 11‑409. False motor vehicle accident reports or notices. Any person who provides information in an oral or written report required by this Code with knowledge or reason to believe that such information is false shall be guilty of a Class C misdemeanor. (Source: P.A. 83‑831.) |
(625 ILCS 5/11‑410) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11‑410) Sec. 11‑410. When driver fails to report a motor vehicle accident. Whenever the driver of a vehicle is physically incapable of making a required written accident report and if there was another occupant in the vehicle at the time of the motor vehicle accident capable of making a written report, such occupant shall make or cause to be made such written report. If said driver fails for any reason to make such report, the owner of the vehicle involved in such motor vehicle accident, shall, as soon as practicable, make said report to the Administrator. (Source: P.A. 83‑831.) |
(625 ILCS 5/11‑411) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11‑411) Sec. 11‑411. Accident report forms. (a) The Administrator must prepare and upon request supply to police departments, sheriffs and other appropriate agencies or individuals, forms for written accident reports as required hereunder, suitable with respect to the persons required to make such reports and the purposes to be served. The written reports must call for sufficiently detailed information to disclose with reference to a vehicle accident the cause, conditions then existing, and the persons and vehicles involved or any other data concerning such accident that may be required for a complete analysis of all related circumstances and events leading to the accident or subsequent to the occurrence. (b) Every accident report required to be made in writing must be made on an appropriate form approved or provided by the Administrator and must contain all the information required therein unless that information is not available. (c) Should special accident studies be required by the Administrator, the Administrator may provide the supplemental forms for the special studies. (Source: P. A. 78‑255.) |
(625 ILCS 5/11‑413) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11‑413) Sec. 11‑413. Coroners to report. All coroners shall on or before the 10th day of each month report in writing to the Administrator the death of any person within their respective jurisdiction, during the preceding calendar month, as the result of a traffic accident giving the time and place of the accident and the circumstances relating thereto. (Source: P.A. 83‑831.) |
(625 ILCS 5/11‑414) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11‑414) Sec. 11‑414. Department to tabulate and analyze motor vehicle accident reports. The Department shall tabulate and may analyze all written motor vehicle accident reports received in compliance with this Code and shall publish annually or at more frequent intervals statistical information based thereon as to the number and circumstances of traffic accidents. The Department: 1. shall submit a report of school bus accidents and accidents resulting in personal injury to or the death of any person within 50 feet of a school bus while awaiting or preparing to board the bus or immediately after exiting the bus to the National Highway Safety Advisory Committee annually or as requested by the Committee; 2. shall compile, maintain, and make available to the public statistical information relating to traffic accidents involving medical transport vehicles; 3. may conduct special investigations of motor vehicle accidents and may solicit supplementary reports from drivers, owners, police departments, sheriffs, coroners, or any other individual. Failure of any individual to submit a supplementary report subjects such individual to the same penalties for failure to report as designated under Section 11‑406. (Source: P.A. 83‑831.) |
(625 ILCS 5/11‑415) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11‑415) Sec. 11‑415. Municipalities may require traffic accident reports. Municipalities may by ordinance require that the driver or owner of a vehicle involved in a traffic accident file with the designated municipal office a written report of such accident. All such reports shall be for the confidential use of the municipal office and subject to the provisions of Section 11‑412. (Source: P.A. 83‑831.) |
(625 ILCS 5/11‑416) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11‑416) Sec. 11‑416. Furnishing copies ‑ Fees. The Department of State Police may furnish copies of an Illinois State Police Traffic Accident Report that has been investigated by the State Police and shall be paid a fee of $5 for each such copy, or in the case of an accident which was investigated by an accident reconstruction officer or accident reconstruction team, a fee of $20 shall be paid. Other State law enforcement agencies or law enforcement agencies of local authorities may furnish copies of traffic accident reports prepared by such agencies and may receive a fee not to exceed $5 for each copy or in the case of an accident which was investigated by an accident reconstruction officer or accident reconstruction team, the State or local law enforcement agency may receive a fee not to exceed $20. Any written accident report required or requested to be furnished the Administrator shall be provided without cost or fee charges authorized under this Section or any other provision of law. (Source: P.A. 90‑89, eff. 1‑1‑98.) |
(625 ILCS 5/11‑500.1) Sec. 11‑500.1. Immunity. (a) A person authorized under this Article to withdraw blood or collect urine shall not be civilly liable for damages when the person, in good faith, withdraws blood or collects urine for evidentiary purposes under this Code, upon the request of a law enforcement officer, unless the act is performed in a willful and wanton manner. (b) As used in this Section, "willful and wanton manner" means a course of action that shows an actual or deliberate intention to cause harm or which, if not intentional, shows an utter indifference to or conscious disregard for the health or safety of another. (Source: P.A. 89‑689, eff. 12‑31‑96.) |
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(H) For a violation of subparagraph (J) of paragraph | ||
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(I) A violation of subparagraph (K) of paragraph (1) | ||
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(J) A violation of subparagraph (D) of paragraph (1) | ||
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(e) Any reference to a prior violation of subsection (a) | ||
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(g) Any penalty imposed for driving with a license that | ||
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(Source: P.A. 95‑149, eff. 8‑14‑07; 95‑355, eff. 1‑1‑08; 95‑400, eff. 1‑1‑09; 95‑578, eff. 6‑1‑08; 95‑778, eff. 8‑4‑08; 95‑876, eff. 8‑21‑08; 96‑289, eff. 8‑11‑09.) |
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2. When a person in this State shall submit to a | ||
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When a blood test of a person who has been taken to | ||
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3. The person tested may have a physician, or a | ||
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4. Upon the request of the person who shall submit | ||
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5. Alcohol concentration shall mean either grams of | ||
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(b) Upon the trial of any civil or criminal action or proceeding arising out of acts alleged to have been committed by any person while driving or in actual physical control of a vehicle while under the influence of alcohol, the concentration of alcohol in the person's blood or breath at the time alleged as shown by analysis of the person's blood, urine, breath, or other bodily substance shall give rise to the following presumptions: 1. If there was at that time an alcohol | ||
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2. If there was at that time an alcohol | ||
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3. If there was at that time an alcohol | ||
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4. The foregoing provisions of this Section shall | ||
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(c) 1. If a person under arrest refuses to submit to a chemical test under the provisions of Section 11‑501.1, evidence of refusal shall be admissible in any civil or criminal action or proceeding arising out of acts alleged to have been committed while the person under the influence of alcohol, other drug or drugs, or intoxicating compound or compounds, or any combination thereof was driving or in actual physical control of a motor vehicle. 2. Notwithstanding any ability to refuse under this Code | ||
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This provision does not affect the applicability of or imposition of driver's license sanctions under Section 11‑501.1 of this Code. 3. For purposes of this Section, a personal injury | ||
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(Source: P.A. 96‑289, eff. 8‑11‑09.) |
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(2) the chemical tests performed upon an | ||
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(3) results of chemical tests performed upon an | ||
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(b) The confidentiality provisions of law pertaining to medical records and medical treatment shall not be applicable with regard to chemical tests performed upon an individual's blood or urine under the provisions of this Section in prosecutions as specified in subsection (a) of this Section. No person shall be liable for civil damages as a result of the evidentiary use of chemical testing of an individual's blood or urine test results under this Section, or as a result of that person's testimony made available under this Section. (Source: P.A. 96‑289, eff. 8‑11‑09.) |
(625 ILCS 5/11‑501.4‑1) Sec. 11‑501.4‑1. Reporting of test results of blood or urine conducted in the regular course of providing emergency medical treatment. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the results of blood or urine tests performed for the purpose of determining the content of alcohol, other drug or drugs, or intoxicating compound or compounds, or any combination thereof, in an individual's blood or urine conducted upon persons receiving medical treatment in a hospital emergency room for injuries resulting from a motor vehicle accident shall be disclosed to the Department of State Police or local law enforcement agencies of jurisdiction, upon request. Such blood or urine tests are admissible in evidence as a business record exception to the hearsay rule only in prosecutions for any violation of Section 11‑501 of this Code or a similar provision of a local ordinance, or in prosecutions for reckless homicide brought under the Criminal Code of 1961. (b) The confidentiality provisions of law pertaining to medical records and medical treatment shall not be applicable with regard to tests performed upon an individual's blood or urine under the provisions of subsection (a) of this Section. No person shall be liable for civil damages or professional discipline as a result of the disclosure or reporting of the tests or the evidentiary use of an individual's blood or urine test results under this Section or Section 11‑501.4 or as a result of that person's testimony made available under this Section or Section 11‑501.4, except for willful or wanton misconduct. (Source: P.A. 90‑779, eff. 1‑1‑99; 91‑125, eff. 1‑1‑00.) |
(625 ILCS 5/11‑501.5) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11‑501.5) Sec. 11‑501.5. Preliminary Breath Screening Test. (a) If a law enforcement officer has reasonable suspicion to believe that a person is violating or has violated Section 11‑501 or a similar provision of a local ordinance, the officer, prior to an arrest, may request the person to provide a sample of his or her breath for a preliminary breath screening test using a portable device approved by the Department of State Police. The person may refuse the test. The results of this preliminary breath screening test may be used by the law enforcement officer for the purpose of assisting with the determination of whether to require a chemical test as authorized under Sections 11‑501.1 and 11‑501.2, and the appropriate type of test to request. Any chemical test authorized under Sections 11‑501.1 and 11‑501.2 may be requested by the officer regardless of the result of the preliminary breath screening test, if probable cause for an arrest exists. The result of a preliminary breath screening test may be used by the defendant as evidence in any administrative or court proceeding involving a violation of Section 11‑501 or 11‑501.1. (b) The Department of State Police shall create a pilot program to establish the effectiveness of pupillometer technology (the measurement of the pupil's reaction to light) as a noninvasive technique to detect and measure possible impairment of any person who drives or is in actual physical control of a motor vehicle resulting from the suspected usage of alcohol, other drug or drugs, intoxicating compound or compounds or any combination thereof. This technology shall also be used to detect fatigue levels of the operator of a Commercial Motor Vehicle as defined in Section 6‑500(6), pursuant to Section 18b‑105 (Part 395‑Hours of Service of Drivers) of the Illinois Vehicle Code. A State Police officer may request that the operator of a commercial motor vehicle have his or her eyes examined or tested with a pupillometer device. The person may refuse the examination or test. The State Police officer shall have the device readily available to limit undue delays. If a State Police officer has reasonable suspicion to believe that a person is violating or has violated Section 11‑501, the officer may use the pupillometer technology, when available. The officer, prior to an arrest, may request the person to have his or her eyes examined or tested with a pupillometer device. The person may refuse the examination or test. The results of this examination or test may be used by the officer for the purpose of assisting with the determination of whether to require a chemical test as authorized under Sections 11‑501.1 and 11‑501.2 and the appropriate type of test to request. Any chemical test authorized under Sections 11‑501.1 and 11‑501.2 may be requested by the officer regardless of the result of the pupillometer examination or test, if probable cause for an arrest exists. The result of the examination or test may be used by the defendant as evidence in any administrative or court proceeding involving a violation of 11‑501 or 11‑501.1. The pilot program shall last for a period of 18 months and involve the testing of 15 pupillometer devices. Within 90 days of the completion of the pilot project, the Department of State Police shall file a report with the President of the Senate and Speaker of the House evaluating the project. (Source: P.A. 91‑828, eff. 1‑1‑01; 91‑881, eff. 6‑30‑00; 92‑16, eff. 6‑28‑01.) |
(625 ILCS 5/11‑501.7) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11‑501.7) Sec. 11‑501.7. (a) As a condition of probation or discharge of a person convicted of a violation of Section 11‑501 of this Code, who was less than 21 years of age at the time of the offense, or a person adjudicated delinquent pursuant to the Juvenile Court Act, for violation of Section 11‑501 of this Code, the Court may order the offender to participate in the Youthful Intoxicated Drivers' Visitation Program. The Program shall consist of a supervised visitation as provided by this Section by the person to at least one of the following, to the extent that personnel and facilities are available: (1) A State or private rehabilitation facility that | ||
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(2) A facility which cares for advanced alcoholics | ||
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(3) If approved by the coroner of the county where | ||
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(b) The Program shall be operated by the appropriate probation authorities of the courts of the various circuits. The youthful offender ordered to participate in the Program shall bear all costs associated with participation in the Program. A parent or guardian of the offender may assume the obligation of the offender to pay the costs of the Program. The court may waive the requirement that the offender pay the costs of participation in the Program upon a finding of indigency. (c) As used in this Section, "appropriate victims" means victims whose condition is determined by the visit supervisor to demonstrate the results of motor vehicle accidents involving persons under the influence of alcohol without being excessively gruesome or traumatic to the observer. (d) Any visitation shall include, before any observation of victims or disabled persons, a comprehensive counseling session with the visitation supervisor at which the supervisor shall explain and discuss the experiences which may be encountered during the visitation in order to ascertain whether the visitation is appropriate. (Source: P.A. 86‑1242.) |
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(ii) When a person submits to a blood test at the | ||
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(iii) The person tested may have a physician, | ||
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(iv) Upon a request of the person who submits to a | ||
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(v) Alcohol concentration means either grams of | ||
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(vi) If a driver is receiving medical treatment as a | ||
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(c) A person requested to submit to a test as provided above shall be warned by the law enforcement officer requesting the test that a refusal to submit to the test, or submission to the test resulting in an alcohol concentration of more than 0.00, may result in the loss of that person's privilege to operate a motor vehicle and may result in the disqualification of the person's privilege to operate a commercial motor vehicle, as provided in Section 6‑514 of this Code, if the person is a CDL holder. The loss of driving privileges shall be imposed in accordance with Section 6‑208.2 of this Code. (d) If the person refuses testing or submits to a test that discloses an alcohol concentration of more than 0.00, the law enforcement officer shall immediately submit a sworn report to the Secretary of State on a form prescribed by the Secretary of State, certifying that the test or tests were requested under subsection (a) and the person refused to submit to a test or tests or submitted to testing which disclosed an alcohol concentration of more than 0.00. The law enforcement officer shall submit the same sworn report when a person under the age of 21 submits to testing under Section 11‑501.1 of this Code and the testing discloses an alcohol concentration of more than 0.00 and less than 0.08. Upon receipt of the sworn report of a law enforcement officer, the Secretary of State shall enter the suspension and disqualification on the individual's driving record and the suspension and disqualification shall be effective on the 46th day following the date notice of the suspension was given to the person. If this suspension is the individual's first driver's license suspension under this Section, reports received by the Secretary of State under this Section shall, except during the time the suspension is in effect, be privileged information and for use only by the courts, police officers, prosecuting authorities, the Secretary of State, or the individual personally. However, beginning January 1, 2008, if the person is a CDL holder, the report of suspension shall also be made available to the driver licensing administrator of any other state, the U.S. Department of Transportation, and the affected driver or motor carrier or prospective motor carrier upon request. Reports received by the Secretary of State under this Section shall also be made available to the parent or guardian of a person under the age of 18 years that holds an instruction permit or a graduated driver's license, regardless of whether the suspension is in effect. The law enforcement officer submitting the sworn report shall serve immediate notice of this suspension on the person and the suspension and disqualification shall be effective on the 46th day following the date notice was given. In cases where the blood alcohol concentration of more than 0.00 is established by a subsequent analysis of blood or urine, the police officer or arresting agency shall give notice as provided in this Section or by deposit in the United States mail of that notice in an envelope with postage prepaid and addressed to that person at his last known address and the loss of driving privileges shall be effective on the 46th day following the date notice was given. Upon receipt of the sworn report of a law enforcement officer, the Secretary of State shall also give notice of the suspension and disqualification to the driver by mailing a notice of the effective date of the suspension and disqualification to the individual. However, should the sworn report be defective by not containing sufficient information or be completed in error, the notice of the suspension and disqualification shall not be mailed to the person or entered to the driving record, but rather the sworn report shall be returned to the issuing law enforcement agency. (e) A driver may contest this suspension and disqualification by requesting an administrative hearing with the Secretary of State in accordance with Section 2‑118 of this Code. An individual whose blood alcohol concentration is shown to be more than 0.00 is not subject to this Section if he or she consumed alcohol in the performance of a religious service or ceremony. An individual whose blood alcohol concentration is shown to be more than 0.00 shall not be subject to this Section if the individual's blood alcohol concentration resulted only from ingestion of the prescribed or recommended dosage of medicine that contained alcohol. The petition for that hearing shall not stay or delay the effective date of the impending suspension. The scope of this hearing shall be limited to the issues of: (1) whether the police officer had probable cause to | ||
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(2) whether the person was issued a Uniform Traffic | ||
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(3) whether the police officer had probable cause to | ||
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(4) whether the person, after being advised by the | ||
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(5) whether the person, after being advised by the | ||
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(6) whether the test result of an alcohol | ||
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(7) whether the test result of an alcohol | ||
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At the conclusion of the hearing held under Section 2‑118 of this Code, the Secretary of State may rescind, continue, or modify the suspension and disqualification. If the Secretary of State does not rescind the suspension and disqualification, a restricted driving permit may be granted by the Secretary of State upon application being made and good cause shown. A restricted driving permit may be granted to relieve undue hardship by allowing driving for employment, educational, and medical purposes as outlined in item (3) of part (c) of Section 6‑206 of this Code. The provisions of item (3) of part (c) of Section 6‑206 of this Code and of subsection (f) of that Section shall apply. The Secretary of State shall promulgate rules providing for participation in an alcohol education and awareness program or activity, a drug education and awareness program or activity, or both as a condition to the issuance of a restricted driving permit for suspensions imposed under this Section. (f) The results of any chemical testing performed in accordance with subsection (a) of this Section are not admissible in any civil or criminal proceeding, except that the results of the testing may be considered at a hearing held under Section 2‑118 of this Code. However, the results of the testing may not be used to impose driver's license sanctions under Section 11‑501.1 of this Code. A law enforcement officer may, however, pursue a statutory summary suspension of driving privileges under Section 11‑501.1 of this Code if other physical evidence or first hand knowledge forms the basis of that suspension. (g) This Section applies only to drivers who are under age 21 at the time of the issuance of a Uniform Traffic Ticket for a violation of the Illinois Vehicle Code or a similar provision of a local ordinance, and a chemical test request is made under this Section. (h) The action of the Secretary of State in suspending, revoking, cancelling, or disqualifying any license or permit shall be subject to judicial review in the Circuit Court of Sangamon County or in the Circuit Court of Cook County, and the provisions of the Administrative Review Law and its rules are hereby adopted and shall apply to and govern every action for the judicial review of final acts or decisions of the Secretary of State under this Section. (Source: P.A. 94‑307, eff. 9‑30‑05; 95‑201, eff. 1‑1‑08; 95‑382, eff. 8‑23‑07; 95‑627, eff. 6‑1‑08; 95‑876, eff. 8‑21‑08.) |
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(b) Every person convicted of reckless driving shall be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor, except as provided under subsections (b‑1), (c), and (d) of this Section. (b‑1) Except as provided in subsection (d), any person convicted of violating subsection (a), if the violation causes bodily harm to a child or a school crossing guard while the school crossing guard is performing his or her official duties, is guilty of a Class 4 felony. (c) Every person convicted of committing a violation of subsection (a) shall be guilty of aggravated reckless driving if the violation results in great bodily harm or permanent disability or disfigurement to another. Except as provided in subsection (d) of this Section, aggravated reckless driving is a Class 4 felony. (d) Any person convicted of violating subsection (a), if the violation causes great bodily harm or permanent disability or disfigurement to a child or a school crossing guard while the school crossing guard is performing his or her official duties, is guilty of aggravated reckless driving. Aggravated reckless driving under this subsection (d) is a Class 3 felony. (Source: P.A. 95‑467, eff. 6‑1‑08 .) |
(625 ILCS 5/11‑505) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11‑505) Sec. 11‑505. No person shall operate any motor vehicle in such a manner as to cause or allow to be emitted squealing, screeching or other such noise from the vehicle's tires due to rapid acceleration or excessive speed around corners or other such reason. This Section shall not apply to the following conditions: (a) an authorized emergency vehicle, when responding to an emergency call or when in the pursuit of an actual or suspected violator; nor (b) the emergency operation of a motor vehicle when avoiding imminent danger; nor (c) any raceway, racing facility or other public event, not part of a highway, sanctioned by the appropriate governmental authority. (Source: P.A. 86‑664.) |
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(3) The use of one or more vehicles in an attempt to | ||
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(d) Penalties. (1) Any person who is convicted of a violation of | ||
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(Source: P.A. 95‑310, eff. 1‑1‑08.) |
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(2) under the influence of alcohol; (3) under the influence of any intoxicating compound | ||
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(4) under the influence of any other drug or | ||
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(5) under the combined influence of alcohol, other | ||
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(b) A person found guilty of violating this Section is guilty of an offense against the regulations governing the movement of vehicles. (Source: P.A. 96‑1237, eff. 1‑1‑11.) |
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2. 55 miles per hour on any other highway. (g) (Blank). (Source: P.A. 96‑524, eff. 1‑1‑10.) |
(625 ILCS 5/11‑601.5) Sec. 11‑601.5. Driving 40 miles per hour or more in excess of applicable limit. A person who drives a vehicle upon any highway of this State at a speed that is 40 miles per hour or more in excess of the applicable maximum speed limit established under this Chapter or a local ordinance commits a Class A misdemeanor. (Source: P.A. 91‑469, eff. 1‑1‑00.) |
(625 ILCS 5/11‑603) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11‑603) Sec. 11‑603. Alteration of limits by Toll Highway Authority. Whenever the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority determines, upon the basis of an engineering and traffic investigation concerning a toll highway under its jurisdiction, that a maximum speed limit prescribed in Section 11‑601 of this Chapter is greater or less than is reasonable or safe with respect to conditions found to exist at any place or along any part or zone of such highway, the Authority shall determine and declare by regulation a reasonable and safe absolute maximum speed limit at such place or along such part or zone, not exceeding 65 miles per hour. A limit so determined and declared becomes effective, and suspends the application of the limit prescribed in Section 11‑601 of this Chapter, when (a) the Department concurs in writing with the Authority's regulation, and (b) appropriate signs giving notice of the limit are erected at such place or along such part or zone of the highway. Electronic speed‑detecting devices shall not be used within 500 feet beyond any such sign in the direction of travel; if so used in violation hereof, evidence obtained thereby shall be inadmissible in any prosecution for speeding. (Source: P.A. 89‑444, eff. 1‑25‑96.) |
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The park district, city, village, or incorporated town may make such limit applicable at all times or only during certain specified times. Not more than 6 such alterations shall be made per mile along a highway or street; and the difference in limit between adjacent altered speed zones shall not be more than 10 miles per hour. A limit so determined and declared by a park district, city, village, or incorporated town becomes effective, and suspends the application of the limit prescribed in Section 11‑601 of this Chapter, when appropriate signs giving notice of the limit are erected at the proper place or along the proper part or zone of the highway or street. Electronic speed‑detecting devices shall not be used within 500 feet beyond any such sign in the direction of travel; if so used in violation of this Section evidence obtained thereby shall be inadmissible in any prosecution for speeding. However, nothing in this Section prohibits the use of such electronic speed‑detecting devices within 500 feet of a sign within a special school speed zone indicating such zone, conforming to the requirements of Section 11‑605 of this Act, nor shall evidence obtained thereby be inadmissible in any prosecution for speeding provided the use of such device shall apply only to the enforcement of the speed limit in such special school speed zone. (c) A county engineer or superintendent of highways may submit to the Department for approval, a county policy for establishing altered speed zones on township and county highways based upon engineering and traffic investigations. (d) Whenever the county board of a county determines that a maximum speed limit is greater or less than is reasonable or safe with respect to the conditions found to exist at any place or along any part or zone of the highway or road, the county board shall determine and declare by ordinance a reasonable and safe absolute maximum speed limit at that place or along that part or zone. However, the maximum speed limit shall not exceed 55 miles per hour. Upon receipt of an engineering study for the part or zone of highway in question from the county engineer, and notwithstanding any other provision of law, the county board of a county may determine and declare by ordinance a reduction in the maximum speed limit at any place or along any part or zone of a county highway whenever the county board, in its sole discretion, determines that the reduction in the maximum speed limit is reasonable and safe. The county board may post signs designating the new speed limit. The limit becomes effective, and suspends the application of the limit prescribed in Section 11‑601 of this Chapter, when appropriate signs giving notice of the limit are erected at the proper place or along the proper part of the zone of the highway. Electronic speed‑detecting devices shall not be used within 500 feet beyond any such sign in the direction of travel; if so used in violation of this Section, evidence obtained thereby shall be inadmissible in any prosecution for speeding. However, nothing in this Section prohibits the use of such electronic speed‑detecting devices within 500 feet of a sign within a special school speed zone indicating such zone, conforming to the requirements of Section 11‑605 of this Act, nor shall evidence obtained thereby be inadmissible in any prosecution for speeding provided the use of such device shall apply only to the enforcement of the speed limit in such special school speed zone. (Source: P.A. 95‑574, eff. 6‑1‑08; 95‑788, eff. 8‑7‑08.) |
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(3) A public, private, or religious nursery school. On a school day when school children are present and so close thereto that a potential hazard exists because of the close proximity of the motorized traffic, no person shall drive a motor vehicle at a speed in excess of 20 miles per hour while passing a school zone or while traveling on a roadway on public school property or upon any public thoroughfare where children pass going to and from school. For the purpose of this Section a school day shall begin at seven ante meridian and shall conclude at four post meridian. This Section shall not be applicable unless appropriate signs are posted upon streets and highways under their respective jurisdiction and maintained by the Department, township, county, park district, city, village or incorporated town wherein the school zone is located. With regard to the special speed limit while passing schools, such signs shall give proper due warning that a school zone is being approached and shall indicate the school zone and the maximum speed limit in effect during school days when school children are present. (b) (Blank). (c) Nothing in this Chapter shall prohibit the use of electronic speed‑detecting devices within 500 feet of signs within a special school speed zone indicating such zone, as defined in this Section, nor shall evidence obtained thereby be inadmissible in any prosecution for speeding provided the use of such device shall apply only to the enforcement of the speed limit in such special school speed zone. (d) (Blank). (e) A first violation of this Section is a petty offense with a minimum fine of $150. A second or subsequent violation of this Section is a petty offense with a minimum fine of $300. (f) When a fine for a violation of subsection (a) is $150 or greater, the person who violates subsection (a) shall be charged an additional $50 to be paid to the unit school district where the violation occurred for school safety purposes. If the violation occurred in a dual school district, $25 of the surcharge shall be paid to the elementary school district for school safety purposes and $25 of the surcharge shall be paid to the high school district for school safety purposes. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the entire $50 surcharge shall be paid to the appropriate school district or districts. For purposes of this subsection (f), "school safety purposes" includes the costs associated with school zone safety education, the Safe Routes to School Program under Section 2705‑317 of the Department of Transportation Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois, safety programs within the School Safety and Educational Improvement Block Grant Program under Section 2‑3.51.5 of the School Code, and the purchase, installation, and maintenance of caution lights which are mounted on school speed zone signs. (g) (Blank). (h) (Blank). (Source: P.A. 96‑52, eff. 7‑23‑09.) |
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(f) The Transportation Safety Highway Hire‑back Fund, which was created by Public Act 92‑619, shall continue to be a special fund in the State treasury. Subject to appropriation by the General Assembly and approval by the Secretary, the Secretary of Transportation shall use all moneys in the Transportation Safety Highway Hire‑back Fund to hire off‑duty Department of State Police officers to monitor construction or maintenance zones. (f‑5) Each county shall create a Transportation Safety Highway Hire‑back Fund. The county shall use all moneys in its Transportation Safety Highway Hire‑back Fund to hire off‑duty county police officers to monitor construction or maintenance zones in that county on highways other than interstate highways. (g) For a second or subsequent violation of this Section within 2 years of the date of the previous violation, the Secretary of State shall suspend the driver's license of the violator for a period of 90 days. (Source: P.A. 93‑955, eff. 8‑19‑04; 94‑814, eff. 1‑1‑07.) |
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(b) On any day when children are present and within 50 feet of motorized traffic, a person may not drive a motor vehicle at a speed in excess of 20 miles per hour or any lower posted speed while traveling on a park zone street that has been designated for the posted reduced speed. (c) On any day when children are present and within 50 feet of motorized traffic, any driver traveling on a park zone street who fails to come to a complete stop at a stop sign or red light, including a driver who fails to come to a complete stop at a red light before turning right onto a park zone street, is in violation of this Section. (d) This Section does not apply unless appropriate signs are posted upon park zone streets maintained by the Department or by the unit of local government in which the park zone is located. With regard to the special speed limit on park zone streets, the signs must give proper due warning that a park zone is being approached and must indicate the maximum speed limit on the park zone street. (e) A first violation of this Section is a petty offense with a minimum fine of $250. A second or subsequent violation of this Section is a petty offense with a minimum fine of $500. (f) When a fine for a violation of this Section is imposed, the person who violates this Section shall be charged an additional $50, to be paid to the park district for safety purposes. (g) The Department shall, within 6 months of the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly, design a set of standardized traffic signs for park zones and park zone streets, including but not limited to: "park zone", "park zone speed limit", and "warning: approaching a park zone". The design of these signs shall be made available to all units of local government or manufacturers at no charge, except for reproduction and postage. (Source: P.A. 94‑808, eff. 5‑26‑06.) |
(625 ILCS 5/11‑606) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11‑606) Sec. 11‑606. Minimum speed regulation. (a) No person shall drive a motor vehicle at such a slow speed as to impede or block the normal and reasonable movement of traffic except when reduced speed is necessary for safe operation of his vehicle or in compliance with law. (b) Whenever the Department, The Illinois State Toll Highway Authority, or a local authority described in Section 11‑604 of this Chapter determines, upon the basis of an engineering and traffic investigation concerning a highway or street under its jurisdiction that slow vehicle speeds along any part or zone of such highway or street consistently impede the normal and reasonable movement of traffic, the Department, the Toll Highway Authority, or local authority (as appropriate) may determine and declare by proper regulation or ordinance a minimum speed limit below which no person shall drive except when necessary for safe operation of his vehicle or in compliance with law. A limit so determined and declared becomes effective when appropriate signs giving notice of the limit are erected along such part or zone of the highway or street. (Source: P.A. 81‑840.) |
(625 ILCS 5/11‑608) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11‑608) Sec. 11‑608. Special speed limitation on elevated structures. (a) No person shall drive a vehicle over any bridge or other elevated structure constituting a part of a highway at a speed which is greater than the maximum speed which can be maintained with safety to such bridge or structure, when such structure is sign posted as provided in this Section. (b) The Department upon request from any local authority shall, or upon its own initiative may, conduct an investigation of any bridge or other elevated structure constituting a part of a highway, and if it shall thereupon find that such structure cannot with safety to itself withstand vehicles traveling at the speed otherwise permissible under this Chapter, the Department shall determine and declare the maximum speed of vehicles which such structure can safely withstand, and shall cause or permit suitable signs stating such maximum speed to be erected and maintained before each end of such structure. (c) Upon the trial of any person charged with a violation of this Section proof of the determination of the maximum speed by the Department and the existence of such signs is conclusive evidence of the maximum speed which can be maintained with safety to such bridge or structure. (Source: P.A. 76‑1586.) |
(625 ILCS 5/11‑610) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11‑610) Sec. 11‑610. Charging Violations and Rule in Civil Actions. (a) In every charge of violation of any speed regulation in this article the complaint, and also the summons or notice to appear, shall specify the speed at which the defendant is alleged to have driven and the maximum speed applicable within the district or at the location. (b) The provision of this article declaring maximum speed limitations shall not be construed to relieve the plaintiff in any action from the burden of proving negligence on the part of the defendant as the proximate cause of an accident. (Source: P.A. 79‑1069.) |
(625 ILCS 5/11‑611) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11‑611) Sec. 11‑611. No person shall drive or operate any motor vehicle on any street or highway in this State where the minimum allowable speed on that street or highway, as posted, is greater than the maximum attainable operating speed of the vehicle. Maximum attainable operating speed shall be determined by the manufacturer of the vehicle and clearly published in the manual of specifications and operation, or it shall be determined by applicable rule and regulation promulgated by the Secretary of State. (Source: P.A. 79‑700.) |
(625 ILCS 5/11‑701) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11‑701) Sec. 11‑701. Drive on right side of roadway ‑ Exceptions. (a) Upon all roadways of sufficient width a vehicle shall be driven upon the right half of the roadway, except as follows: 1. When overtaking and passing another vehicle | ||
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(b) Upon a 2 lane roadway, providing for 2‑way movement of traffic, a vehicle shall be driven in the right‑hand lane available for traffic, or as close as practicable to the right hand curb or edge of the roadway, except when overtaking and passing another vehicle proceeding in the same direction or when preparing for a left turn at an intersection or into a private road or driveway. (c) Upon any roadway having 4 or more lanes for moving traffic and providing for 2‑way movement of traffic, no vehicle shall be driven to the left of the center line of the roadway, except when authorized by official traffic‑control devices designating certain lanes to the left side of the center of the roadway for use by traffic not otherwise permitted to use such lanes, or except as permitted under Subsection (a) 2. However, this Subsection shall not be construed as prohibiting the crossing of the center line in making a left turn into or from an alley, private road or driveway. (d) Upon an Interstate highway or fully access controlled freeway, a vehicle may not be driven in the left lane, except when overtaking and passing another vehicle. (e) Subsection (d) of this Section does not apply: (1) when no other vehicle is directly behind the | ||
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(Source: P.A. 93‑447, eff. 1‑1‑04.) |
(625 ILCS 5/11‑702) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11‑702) Sec. 11‑702. Passing vehicles proceeding in opposite directions. Drivers of vehicles proceeding in opposite directions shall pass each other to the right, and upon roadways having width for not more than one line of traffic in each direction each driver shall give to the other at least one‑half of the main‑traveled portion of the roadway as nearly as possible. (Source: P.A. 79‑1069.) |
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(Source: P.A. 95‑231, eff. 1‑1‑08; 96‑1007, eff. 1‑1‑11.) |
(625 ILCS 5/11‑704) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11‑704) Sec. 11‑704. When overtaking on the right is permitted. (a) The driver of a vehicle with 3 or more wheels may overtake and pass upon the right of another vehicle only under the following conditions: 1. When the vehicle overtaken is making or about to make a left turn; 2. Upon a roadway with unobstructed pavement of sufficient width for two or more lines of vehicles moving lawfully in the direction being traveled by the overtaking vehicle. 3. Upon a one‑way street, or upon any roadway on which traffic is restricted to one direction of movement, where the roadway is free from obstructions and of sufficient width for 2 or more lines of moving vehicles. (b) The driver of a 2 wheeled vehicle may not pass upon the right of any other vehicle proceeding in the same direction unless the unobstructed pavement to the right of the vehicle being passed is of a width of not less than 8 feet. (c) The driver of a vehicle may overtake and pass another vehicle upon the right only under conditions permitting such movement in safety. Such movement shall not be made by driving off the roadway. (Source: P.A. 84‑873.) |
(625 ILCS 5/11‑705) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11‑705) Sec. 11‑705. Limitations on overtaking on the left. No vehicle shall be driven to the left side of the center of the roadway in overtaking and passing another vehicle proceeding in the same direction unless authorized by the provisions of this Chapter and unless such left side is clearly visible and is free of oncoming traffic for a sufficient distance ahead to permit such overtaking and passing to be completely made without interfering with the safe operation of any vehicle approaching from the opposite direction or any vehicle overtaken. In every event the overtaking vehicle must return to an authorized lane of travel as soon as practicable and in the event the passing movement involves the use of a lane authorized for vehicles approaching from the opposite direction, before coming within 200 feet of any vehicle approaching from the opposite direction. (Source: P.A. 76‑1586.) |
(625 ILCS 5/11‑706) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11‑706) Sec. 11‑706. Further limitations on driving to the left of center of roadway. (a) No vehicle shall be driven on the left side of the roadway under the following conditions: 1. When approaching or upon the crest of a grade or a curve in the highway where the driver's view is obstructed within such distance as to create a hazard in the event another vehicle might approach from the opposite direction. 2. When approaching within 100 feet of or traversing any intersection or railroad grade crossing. 3. When the view is obstructed upon approaching within 100 feet of any bridge, viaduct or tunnel. (b) The limitations in sub‑paragraphs 1, 2 and 3 do not apply upon a one‑way roadway nor upon a roadway with unobstructed pavement of sufficient width for 2 or more lanes of moving traffic in each direction nor to the driver of a vehicle turning left into or from an alley, private road or driveway when such movements can be made with safety. (Source: P.A. 79‑1069.) |
(625 ILCS 5/11‑707) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11‑707) Sec. 11‑707. No‑passing zones. (a) The Department and local authorities are authorized to determine those portions of any highway under their respective jurisdictions where overtaking and passing or driving on the left of the roadway would be especially hazardous and may by appropriate signs or markings on the roadway indicate the beginning and end of such zones. Upon request of a local school board, the Department or local authority which has jurisdiction over the roadway in question, shall determine whether a hazardous situation exists at a particular location and warrants a no‑passing zone. If the Department or local authority determines that a no‑passing zone is warranted, the school board and the Department or local authority shall share equally the cost of designating the no‑passing zone by signs and markings. When such signs or markings are in place and clearly visible to an ordinarily observant person every driver of a vehicle shall obey the directions thereof. (b) Where signs or markings are in place to define a no‑passing zone as set forth in paragraph (a) no driver may at any time drive on the left side of the roadway within the no‑passing zone or on the left side of any pavement striping designed to mark such no‑passing zone throughout its length. (c) This Section does not apply under the conditions described in Section 11‑701 (a) 2, nor to the driver of a vehicle turning left into or from an alley, private road or driveway. The pavement striping designed to mark the no‑passing zone may be crossed from the left hand lane for the purpose of completing a pass that was begun prior to the beginning of the zone in the driver's direction of travel. (d) Special speed limit areas required under Section 11‑605 of this Code in unincorporated areas only shall also be no‑passing zones. (Source: P.A. 86‑471.) |
(625 ILCS 5/11‑708) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11‑708) Sec. 11‑708. One‑way roadways and rotary traffic islands. (a) The Department and local authorities, with respect to highways under their respective jurisdictions, may designate any highway, roadway, part of a roadway or specific lanes upon which vehicular traffic shall proceed in one direction at all or such times as shall be indicated by official traffic control devices. (b) Upon a roadway so designated for one‑way traffic, a vehicle shall be driven only in the direction designated at all or such times as shall be indicated by official traffic control devices. (c) A vehicle passing around a rotary traffic island must be driven only to the right of such island. (d) Whenever any highway has been divided into 2 or more roadways by leaving an intervening space or by a physical barrier or a clearly indicated dividing section so constructed as to impede vehicular traffic, every vehicle must be driven only upon the right‑hand roadway unless directed or permitted to use another roadway by official traffic‑control devices or police officers. No vehicle may be driven over, across, or within any such dividing space, barrier, or section, except through an opening in the physical barrier, or dividing section, or space, or at a cross‑over or intersection as established by public authority. (e) The driver of a vehicle may turn left across a paved noncurbed dividing space unless prohibited by an official traffic‑control device. (Source: P.A. 84‑873.) |
(625 ILCS 5/11‑709) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11‑709) Sec. 11‑709. Driving on roadways laned for traffic. Whenever any roadway has been divided into 2 or more clearly marked lanes for traffic the following rules in addition to all others consistent herewith shall apply. (a) A vehicle shall be driven as nearly as practicable entirely within a single lane and shall not be moved from such lane until the driver has first ascertained that such movement can be made with safety. (b) Upon a roadway which is divided into 3 lanes and provides for two‑way movement of traffic, a vehicle shall not be driven in the center lane except when overtaking and passing another vehicle traveling in the same direction when such center lane is clear of traffic within a safe distance, or in preparation for making a left turn or where such center lane is at the time allocated exclusively to traffic moving in the same direction that the vehicle is proceeding and such allocation is designated by official traffic control devices. (c) Official traffic control devices may be erected directing specific traffic to use a designated lane or designating those lanes to be used by traffic moving in a particular direction regardless of the center of the roadway and drivers of vehicles shall obey the directions of every such device. On multi‑lane controlled access highways with 3 or more lanes in one direction or on any multi‑laned highway with 2 or more lanes in one direction, the Department may designate lanes of traffic to be used by different types of motor vehicles. Drivers must obey lane designation signing except when it is necessary to use a different lane to make a turning maneuver. (d) Official traffic control devices may be installed prohibiting the changing of lanes on sections of roadway and drivers of vehicles shall obey the directions of every such device. (Source: P.A. 84‑1311.) |
(625 ILCS 5/11‑710) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11‑710) Sec. 11‑710. Following too closely. (a) The driver of a motor vehicle shall not follow another vehicle more closely than is reasonable and prudent, having due regard for the speed of such vehicles and the traffic upon and the condition of the highway. (b) The driver of any truck or motor vehicle drawing another vehicle when traveling upon a roadway outside of a business or residence district and which is following another truck or motor vehicle drawing another vehicle shall, whenever conditions permit, leave sufficient space so that an overtaking vehicle may enter and occupy such space without danger, except that this shall not prevent a truck or motor vehicle drawing another vehicle from overtaking and passing any vehicle or combination of vehicles. (c) Motor vehicles being driven upon any roadway outside of a business or residence district in a caravan or motorcade whether or not towing other vehicles shall be so operated as to allow sufficient space between each such vehicle or combination of vehicles so as to enable any other vehicle to enter and occupy such space without danger. This provision shall not apply to funeral processions. (Source: P.A. 79‑1069.) |
(625 ILCS 5/11‑711) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11‑711) Sec. 11‑711. Restrictions on use of controlled access highway. (a) No person may drive a vehicle onto or from any controlled access highway except at entrances and exits established by public authority. (b) The Department with respect to any controlled access highway under its jurisdiction may prohibit the use of any such highways by pedestrians (except in authorized areas or facilities), bicycles, farm tractors, implements of husbandry, funeral processions, and any vehicle unable to maintain the minimum speed for which the highway is posted, or other non‑motorized traffic or by any person operating a motor driven cycle. The Department may also prohibit the use of such highway to school buses picking up and discharging children and mail delivery vehicles picking up or delivering mail. The Department shall erect and maintain official signs on the controlled access highway on which such prohibitions are applicable and when so erected no person may disobey the restrictions stated on such sign. (Source: P.A. 76‑1586.) |
(625 ILCS 5/11‑801) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11‑801) Sec. 11‑801. Required position and method of turning. (a) The driver of a vehicle intending to turn at an intersection shall do so as follows: (1) Both the approach for a right turn and a right turn shall be made as close as practical to the right‑hand curb or edge of the roadway. (2) The driver of a vehicle intending to turn left at any intersection shall approach the intersection in the extreme left‑hand lane lawfully available to traffic moving in the direction of travel of such vehicle, and after entering the intersection, the left turn shall be made so as to leave the intersection in a lane lawfully available to traffic moving in such direction upon the roadway being entered. Whenever practicable the left turn shall be made in that portion of the intersection to the left of the center of the intersection. (3) The Department and local authorities in their respective jurisdictions may cause official traffic control devices to be placed within or adjacent to intersections and thereby require and direct that a different course from that specified in this Section be traveled by vehicles turning at an intersection, and when such devices are so placed no driver of a vehicle shall turn a vehicle at an intersection other than as directed and required by such devices. (b) Two‑way left turn lanes. Where a special lane for making left turns by drivers proceeding in opposite directions has been indicated by official traffic‑control devices: (1) A left turn shall not be made from any other lane. (2) A vehicle shall not be driven in the lane except when preparing for or making a left turn from or into the roadway or when preparing for or making a U turn when otherwise permitted by law. (c) When a motor vehicle and a mass transit bus are traveling in the same direction on the same multi‑laned highway, street or road, the operator of the motor vehicle overtaking such bus, which is stopped at an intersection on the right side of the roadway to receive or discharge passengers, shall pass to the left of the bus at a safe distance and shall not turn to the right in front of the bus at that intersection. (Source: P.A. 85‑786.) |
(625 ILCS 5/11‑802) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11‑802) Sec. 11‑802. Limitations on U turns. (a) The driver of any vehicle shall not turn such vehicle so as to proceed in the opposite direction unless such movement can be made in safety and without interfering with other traffic. (b) No vehicle shall be turned so as to proceed in the opposite direction upon any curve, or upon the approach to or near the crest of a grade, where such vehicle cannot be seen by the driver of any other vehicle approaching from either direction within 500 feet. (Source: P.A. 82‑783.) |
(625 ILCS 5/11‑803) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11‑803) Sec. 11‑803. Starting parked vehicle. No person shall start a vehicle which is stopped, standing, or parked unless and until such movement can be made with reasonable safety. (Source: P.A. 76‑1586.) |
(625 ILCS 5/11‑804) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11‑804) Sec. 11‑804. When signal required. (a) No person may turn a vehicle at an intersection unless the vehicle is in proper position upon the roadway as required in Section 11‑801 or turn a vehicle to enter a private road or driveway, or otherwise turn a vehicle from a direct course or move right or left upon a roadway unless and until such movement can be made with reasonable safety. No person may so turn any vehicle without giving an appropriate signal in the manner hereinafter provided. (b) A signal of intention to turn right or left when required must be given continuously during not less than the last 100 feet traveled by the vehicle before turning within a business or residence district, and such signal must be given continuously during not less than the last 200 feet traveled by the vehicle before turning outside a business or residence district. (c) No person may stop or suddenly decrease the speed of a vehicle without first giving an appropriate signal in the manner provided in this Chapter to the driver of any vehicle immediately to the rear when there is opportunity to give such a signal. (d) The electric turn signal device required in Section 12‑208 of this Act must be used to indicate an intention to turn, change lanes or start from a parallel parked position but must not be flashed on one side only on a parked or disabled vehicle or flashed as a courtesy or "do pass" signal to operators of other vehicles approaching from the rear. However, such signal devices may be flashed simultaneously on both sides of a motor vehicle to indicate the presence of a vehicular traffic hazard requiring unusual care in approaching, overtaking and passing. (Source: P.A. 78‑1297.) |
(625 ILCS 5/11‑805) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11‑805) Sec. 11‑805. Signal by hand or arm or signal device. Any stop or turn signal when required herein shall be given either by means of the hand and arm or by an electric turn signal device conforming to the requirements provided in Section 12‑208 of this Act. (Source: P.A. 79‑1069.) |
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(Source: P.A. 95‑231, eff. 1‑1‑08.) |
(625 ILCS 5/11‑901) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11‑901) Sec. 11‑901. Vehicles approaching or entering intersection. (a) When 2 vehicles approach or enter an intersection from different roadways at approximately the same time, the driver of the vehicle on the left must yield the right‑of‑way to the vehicle on the right. (b) The right‑of‑way rule declared in paragraph (a) of this Section is modified at through highways and otherwise as stated in this Chapter. (Source: P.A. 76‑1739.) |
(625 ILCS 5/11‑901.01) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11‑901.01) Sec. 11‑901.01. Vehicles approaching or entering a "T" intersection. The driver of a vehicle approaching the intersection of a highway from a highway which terminates at the intersection, not otherwise regulated by this Act or controlled by traffic control signs or signals, shall stop, yield, and grant the privilege of immediate use of the intersection to another vehicle which has entered the intersection from the non‑terminating highway or is approaching the intersection on the non‑terminating highway in such proximity as to constitute a hazard and after stopping may proceed when the driver may safely enter the intersection without interference or collision with the traffic using the non‑terminating highway. (Source: P.A. 81‑860.) |
(625 ILCS 5/11‑902) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11‑902) Sec. 11‑902. Vehicle turning left. The driver of a vehicle intending to turn to the left within an intersection or into an alley, private road, or driveway shall yield the right‑of‑way to any vehicle approaching from the opposite direction which is so close as to constitute an immediate hazard, but said driver, having so yielded may proceed at such time as a safe interval occurs. (Source: P.A. 76‑1586.) |
(625 ILCS 5/11‑903) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11‑903) Sec. 11‑903. Vehicles entering stop crosswalk. Where stop signs or flashing red signals are in place at an intersection or flashing red signals are in place at a plainly marked crosswalk between intersections, drivers of vehicles shall stop before entering the nearest crosswalk and pedestrians within or entering the crosswalk at either edge of the roadway shall have the right‑of‑way over vehicles so stopped. Drivers of vehicles having so yielded the right‑of‑way to pedestrians entering or within the nearest crosswalk at an intersection shall also yield the right‑of‑way to pedestrians within any other crosswalk at the intersection. (Source: P.A. 76‑1586.) |
(625 ILCS 5/11‑904) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11‑904) Sec. 11‑904. Vehicle entering stop or yield intersection. (a) Preferential right‑of‑way at an intersection may be indicated by stop or yield signs as authorized in Section 11‑302 of this Chapter. (b) Except when directed to proceed by a police officer or traffic‑control signal, every driver of a vehicle approaching a stop intersection indicated by a stop sign shall stop at a clearly marked stop line, but if none, before entering the crosswalk on the near side of the intersection, or if none, then at the point nearest the intersecting roadway where the driver has a view of approaching traffic on the intersecting roadway before entering the intersection. After having stopped, the driver shall yield the right‑of‑way to any vehicle which has entered the intersection from another roadway or which is approaching so closely on the roadway as to constitute an immediate hazard during the time when the driver is moving across or within the intersection, but said driver having so yielded may proceed at such time as a safe interval occurs. (c) The driver of a vehicle approaching a yield sign shall in obedience to such sign slow down to a speed reasonable for the existing conditions and, if required for safety to stop, shall stop at a clearly marked stop line, but if none, before entering the crosswalk on the near side of the intersection, or if none, then at the point nearest the intersecting roadway where the driver has a view of approaching traffic on the intersecting roadway. After slowing or stopping, the driver shall yield the right‑of‑way to any vehicle in the intersection or approaching on another roadway so closely as to constitute an immediate hazard during the time such driver is moving across or within the intersection. (d) If a driver is involved in a collision at an intersection or interferes with the movement of other vehicles after driving past a yield right‑of‑way sign, such collision or interference shall be deemed prima facie evidence of the driver's failure to yield right‑of‑way. (Source: P.A. 76‑1739.) |
(625 ILCS 5/11‑905) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11‑905) Sec. 11‑905. Merging traffic. Not withstanding the right of way provision in Sec. 11‑901 of this Act, at an intersection where traffic lanes are provided for merging traffic the driver of each vehicle on the converging roadways is required to adjust his vehicular speed and lateral position so as to avoid a collision with another vehicle. (Source: P.A. 81‑860.) |
(625 ILCS 5/11‑906) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11‑906) Sec. 11‑906. Vehicle entering highway from private road or driveway. The driver of a vehicle about to enter or cross a highway from an alley, building, private road or driveway shall yield the right‑of‑way to all vehicles approaching on the highway to be entered. (Source: P. A. 76‑1739.) |
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(b) This Section shall not operate to relieve the driver of an authorized emergency vehicle from the duty to drive with due regard for the safety of all persons using the highway. (c) Upon approaching a stationary authorized emergency vehicle, when the authorized emergency vehicle is giving a signal by displaying alternately flashing red, red and white, blue, or red and blue lights or amber or yellow warning lights, a person who drives an approaching vehicle shall: (1) proceeding with due caution, yield the | ||
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As used in this subsection (c), "authorized emergency vehicle" includes any vehicle authorized by law to be equipped with oscillating, rotating, or flashing lights under Section 12‑215 of this Code, while the owner or operator of the vehicle is engaged in his or her official duties. (d) A person who violates subsection (c) of this Section commits a business offense punishable by a fine of not less than $100 or more than $10,000. It is a factor in aggravation if the person committed the offense while in violation of Section 11‑501 of this Code. Imposition of the penalties authorized by this subsection (d) for a violation of subsection (c) of this Section that results in the death of another person does not preclude imposition of appropriate additional civil or criminal penalties. (e) If a violation of subsection (c) of this Section results in damage to the property of another person, in addition to any other penalty imposed, the person's driving privileges shall be suspended for a fixed period of not less than 90 days and not more than one year. (f) If a violation of subsection (c) of this Section results in injury to another person, in addition to any other penalty imposed, the person's driving privileges shall be suspended for a fixed period of not less than 180 days and not more than 2 years. (g) If a violation of subsection (c) of this Section results in the death of another person, in addition to any other penalty imposed, the person's driving privileges shall be suspended for 2 years. (h) The Secretary of State shall, upon receiving a record of a judgment entered against a person under subsection (c) of this Section: (1) suspend the person's driving privileges for the | ||
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(Source: P.A. 95‑884, eff. 1‑1‑09.) |
(625 ILCS 5/11‑908) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11‑908) Sec. 11‑908. Vehicle approaching or entering a highway construction or maintenance area or zone. (a) The driver of a vehicle shall yield the right of way to any authorized vehicle or pedestrian actually engaged in work upon a highway within any highway construction or maintenance area indicated by official traffic‑control devices. (a‑1) Upon entering a construction or maintenance zone when workers are present, a person who drives a vehicle shall: (1) proceeding with due caution, make a lane change | ||
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(a‑2) A person who violates subsection (a‑1) of this Section commits a business offense punishable by a fine of not less than $100 and not more than $10,000. It is a factor in aggravation if the person committed the offense while in violation of Section 11‑501 of this Code. (a‑3) If a violation of subsection (a‑1) of this Section results in damage to the property of another person, in addition to any other penalty imposed, the person's driving privileges shall be suspended for a fixed period of not less than 90 days and not more than one year. (a‑4) If a violation of subsection (a‑1) of this Section results in injury to another person, in addition to any other penalty imposed, the person's driving privileges shall be suspended for a fixed period of not less than 180 days and not more than 2 years. (a‑5) If a violation of subsection (a‑1) of this Section results in the death of another person, in addition to any other penalty imposed, the person's driving privileges shall be suspended for 2 years. (a‑6) The Secretary of State shall, upon receiving a record of a judgment entered against a person under subsection (a‑1) of this Section: (1) suspend the person's driving privileges for the | ||
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(b) The driver of a vehicle shall yield the right of way to any authorized vehicle obviously and actually engaged in work upon a highway whenever the vehicle engaged in construction or maintenance work displays flashing lights as provided in Section 12‑215 of this Act. (c) The driver of a vehicle shall stop if signaled to do so by a flagger or a traffic control signal and remain in such position until signaled to proceed. If a driver of a vehicle fails to stop when signaled to do so by a flagger, the flagger is authorized to report such offense to the State's Attorney or authorized prosecutor. The penalties imposed for a violation of this subsection (c) shall be in addition to any penalties imposed for a violation of subsection (a‑1). (Source: P.A. 92‑872, eff. 6‑1‑03; 93‑705, eff. 7‑9‑04.) |
(625 ILCS 5/11‑1001) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11‑1001) Sec. 11‑1001. Pedestrian obedience to traffic control devices and traffic regulations. (a) A pedestrian shall obey the instructions of any official traffic control device specifically applicable to him, unless otherwise directed by a police officer. (b) Pedestrians shall be subject to traffic and pedestrian control signals provided in Sections 11‑306 and 11‑307 of this Chapter, but at all other places pedestrians shall be accorded the privileges and shall be subject to the restrictions stated in this Article. (Source: P. A. 76‑1734.) |
(625 ILCS 5/11‑1003) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11‑1003) Sec. 11‑1003. Crossing at other than crosswalks. (a) Every pedestrian crossing a roadway at any point other than within a marked crosswalk or within an unmarked crosswalk at an intersection shall yield the right‑of‑way to all vehicles upon the roadway. (b) Any pedestrian crossing a roadway at a point where a pedestrian tunnel or overhead pedestrian crossing has been provided shall yield the right‑of‑way to all vehicles upon the roadway. (c) Between adjacent intersections at which traffic‑control signals are in operation pedestrians shall not cross at any place except in a marked crosswalk. (d) No pedestrian shall cross a roadway intersection diagonally unless authorized by official traffic‑control devices; and, when authorized to cross diagonally, pedestrians shall cross only in accordance with the official traffic‑control devices pertaining to such crossing movements. (e) Pedestrians with disabilities may cross a roadway at any point other than within a marked crosswalk or within an unmarked crosswalk where the intersection is physically inaccessible to them but they shall yield the right‑of‑way to all vehicles upon the roadway. (Source: P.A. 88‑685, eff. 1‑24‑95.) |
(625 ILCS 5/11‑1003.1) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11‑1003.1) Sec. 11‑1003.1. Drivers to exercise due care. Notwithstanding other provisions of this Code or the provisions of any local ordinance, every driver of a vehicle shall exercise due care to avoid colliding with any pedestrian, or any person operating a bicycle or other device propelled by human power and shall give warning by sounding the horn when necessary and shall exercise proper precaution upon observing any child or any obviously confused, incapacitated or intoxicated person. (Source: P.A. 82‑132.) |
(625 ILCS 5/11‑1004) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11‑1004) Sec. 11‑1004. Pedestrian with disabilities; right‑of‑way. The driver of a vehicle shall yield the right‑of‑way to any pedestrian with clearly visible disabilities. (Source: P.A. 88‑685, eff. 1‑24‑95.) |
(625 ILCS 5/11‑1004.1) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11‑1004.1) Sec. 11‑1004.1. Motorized wheelchairs. Every person operating a motorized wheelchair upon a sidewalk or roadway shall be granted all the rights and shall be subject to all the duties applicable to a pedestrian. (Source: P.A. 84‑672.) |
(625 ILCS 5/11‑1005) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11‑1005) Sec. 11‑1005. Pedestrians to use right half of crosswalks. Pedestrians shall move, whenever practicable, upon the right half of crosswalks. (Source: P.A. 76‑1586.) |
(625 ILCS 5/11‑1006) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11‑1006) Sec. 11‑1006. Pedestrians soliciting rides or business. (a) No person shall stand in a roadway for the purpose of soliciting a ride from the driver of any vehicle. (b) No person shall stand on a highway for the purpose of soliciting employment or business from the occupant of any vehicle. (c) No person shall stand on a highway for the purpose of soliciting contributions from the occupant of any vehicle except within a municipality when expressly permitted by municipal ordinance. The local municipality, city, village, or other local governmental entity in which the solicitation takes place shall determine by ordinance where and when solicitations may take place based on the safety of the solicitors and the safety of motorists. The decision shall also take into account the orderly flow of traffic and may not allow interference with the operation of official traffic control devices. The soliciting agency shall be: 1. registered with the Attorney General as a | ||
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2. engaged in a Statewide fund raising activity; and 3. liable for any injuries to any person or property | ||
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Any person engaged in the act of solicitation shall be 16 years of age or more and shall be wearing a high visibility vest. (d) No person shall stand on or in the proximity of a highway for the purpose of soliciting the watching or guarding of any vehicle while parked or about to be parked on a highway. (e) Every person who is convicted of a violation of this Section shall be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor. (Source: P.A. 88‑589, eff. 8‑14‑94.) |
(625 ILCS 5/11‑1007) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11‑1007) Sec. 11‑1007. Pedestrians walking on highways. (a) Where a sidewalk is provided and its use is practicable, it shall be unlawful for any pedestrian to walk along and upon an adjacent roadway. (b) Where a sidewalk is not available, any pedestrian walking along and upon a highway shall walk only on a shoulder, as far as practicable from the edge of the roadway. (c) Where neither a sidewalk nor a shoulder is available, any pedestrian walking along and upon a highway shall walk as near as practicable to an outside edge of a roadway, and, if on a two‑way roadway, shall walk only on the left side of the roadway. (d) Except as otherwise provided in this Chapter, any pedestrian upon a roadway shall yield the right‑of‑way to all vehicles upon the roadway. (Source: P.A. 79‑857.) |
(625 ILCS 5/11‑1008) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11‑1008) Sec. 11‑1008. Right‑of‑way on sidewalks. The driver of a vehicle shall yield the right‑of‑way to any pedestrian on a sidewalk. (Source: P.A. 79‑857.) |
(625 ILCS 5/11‑1009) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11‑1009) Sec. 11‑1009. Pedestrians yield to authorized emergency vehicles. Upon the immediate approach of an authorized emergency vehicle making use of an audible signal and visual signals meeting the requirements of Section 12‑217 of this Chapter, or of a police vehicle properly and lawfully making use of an audible signal only, every pedestrian shall yield the right‑of‑way to the authorized emergency vehicle. (Source: P.A. 79‑857.) |
(625 ILCS 5/11‑1010) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11‑1010) Sec. 11‑1010. Pedestrians under influence of alcohol or drugs. A pedestrian who is under the influence of alcohol or any drug to a degree which renders himself a hazard shall not walk or be upon a highway except on a sidewalk. (Source: P.A. 79‑857.) |
(625 ILCS 5/11‑1101) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11‑1101) Sec. 11‑1101. Passing street car on left. (a) The driver of a vehicle shall not overtake and pass upon the left nor drive upon the left side of any street car proceeding in the same direction, whether such street car is actually in motion or temporarily at rest, except: 1. When so directed by a police officer; 2. When upon a one‑way street; or 3. When upon a street where the tracks are so located as to prevent compliance with the section. (b) The driver of any vehicle when permitted to overtake and pass upon the left of a street car which has stopped for the purpose of receiving or discharging any passenger shall reduce speed and may proceed only upon exercising due caution for pedestrians and shall accord pedestrians the right‑of‑way when required by other Sections of this Chapter. (Source: P.A. 76‑1586.) |
(625 ILCS 5/11‑1102) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11‑1102) Sec. 11‑1102. Passing street car on right. The driver of a vehicle overtaking upon the right any street car stopped or about to stop for the purpose of receiving or discharging any passenger shall stop such vehicle at least ten feet to the rear of the nearest running board or door of such street car and thereupon remain standing until all passengers have boarded such car or upon alighting have reached a place of safety, except that where a safety zone has been established a vehicle need not be brought to a stop before passing any such street car but may proceed past such car at a speed not greater than is reasonable and proper and with due caution for the safety of pedestrians. (Source: P.A. 76‑1586.) |
(625 ILCS 5/11‑1103) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11‑1103) Sec. 11‑1103. Driving on street car tracks. (a) The driver of any vehicle proceeding upon any street car track in front of a street car upon a street shall remove such vehicle from the track as soon as practical after signal from the operator of said street car. (b) The driver of a vehicle upon overtaking and passing a street car shall not turn in front of such street car so as to interfere with or impede its movement. (Source: P.A. 76‑1586.) |
(625 ILCS 5/11‑1104) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11‑1104) Sec. 11‑1104. Driving through safety zone prohibited. No vehicle shall at any time be driven through or within a safety zone. (Source: P.A. 76‑1586.) |
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2. A crossing gate is lowered or a human flagman | ||
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3. A railroad train or railroad track equipment | ||
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4. An approaching railroad train or railroad track | ||
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5. A railroad train or railroad track equipment is | ||
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(a‑5) Whenever a person driving a vehicle approaches a railroad grade crossing where the driver is not always required to stop but must slow down, the person must exercise due care and caution as the existence of a railroad track across a highway is a warning of danger, and under any of the circumstances stated in this Section, the driver shall slow down within 50 feet but not less than 15 feet from the nearest rail of the railroad and shall not proceed until he or she checks that the tracks are clear of an approaching train or railroad track equipment. (b) No person shall drive any vehicle through, around or under any crossing gate or barrier at a railroad crossing while such gate or barrier is closed or is being opened or closed. (c) The Department, and local authorities with the approval of the Department, are hereby authorized to designate particularly dangerous highway grade crossings of railroads and to erect stop signs thereat. When such stop signs are erected the driver of any vehicle shall stop within 50 feet but not less than 15 feet from the nearest rail of such railroad and shall proceed only upon exercising due care. (d) At any railroad grade crossing provided with railroad crossbuck signs, without automatic, electric, or mechanical signal devices, crossing gates, or a human flagman giving a signal of the approach or passage of a train or railroad track equipment, the driver of a vehicle shall in obedience to the railroad crossbuck sign, yield the right‑of‑way and slow down to a speed reasonable for the existing conditions and shall stop, if required for safety, at a clearly marked stopped line, or if no stop line, within 50 feet but not less than 15 feet from the nearest rail of the railroad and shall not proceed until he or she can do so safely. If a driver is involved in a collision at a railroad crossing or interferes with the movement of a train or railroad track equipment after driving past the railroad crossbuck sign, the collision or interference is prima facie evidence of the driver's failure to yield right‑of‑way. (d‑1) No person shall, while driving a commercial motor vehicle, fail to negotiate a railroad‑highway grade railroad crossing because of insufficient undercarriage clearance. (d‑5) (Blank). (e) It is unlawful to violate any part of this Section. (1) A violation of this Section is a petty offense | ||
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(2) For a second or subsequent violation, the | ||
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(f) Corporate authorities of municipal corporations regulating operators of vehicles that fail to obey signals indicating the presence, approach, passage, or departure of a train or railroad track equipment shall impose fines as established in subsection (e) of this Section. (Source: P.A. 95‑331, eff. 8‑21‑07; 96‑1244, eff. 1‑1‑11.) |
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(b) The Illinois Commerce Commission may, in cooperation with a local law enforcement agency, establish in any county or municipality an automated railroad grade crossing enforcement system at any railroad grade crossing equipped with a crossing gate designated by local authorities. Local authorities desiring the establishment of an automated railroad crossing enforcement system must initiate the process by enacting a local ordinance requesting the creation of such a system. After the ordinance has been enacted, and before any additional steps toward the establishment of the system are undertaken, the local authorities and the Commission must agree to a plan for obtaining, from any combination of federal, State, and local funding sources, the moneys required for the purchase and installation of any necessary equipment. (b‑1) (Blank.) (c) For each violation of Section 11‑1201 of this Code or a local ordinance recorded by an automated railroad grade crossing enforcement system, the county or municipality having jurisdiction shall issue a written notice of the violation to the registered owner of the vehicle as the alleged violator. The notice shall be delivered to the registered owner of the vehicle, by mail, no later than 90 days after the violation. The notice shall include: (1) the name and address of the registered owner of | ||
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(2) the registration number of the motor vehicle | ||
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(3) the violation charged; (4) the location where the violation occurred; (5) the date and time of the violation; (6) a copy of the recorded images; (7) the amount of the civil penalty imposed and the | ||
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(8) a statement that recorded images are evidence of | ||
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(9) a warning that failure to pay the civil penalty | ||
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(10) a statement that the person may elect to proceed | ||
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(A) paying the fine; or (B) challenging the charge in court, by mail, or | ||
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(d) If a person charged with a traffic violation, as a result of an automated railroad grade crossing enforcement system, does not pay or successfully contest the civil penalty resulting from that violation, the Secretary of State shall suspend the driving privileges of the registered owner of the vehicle under Section 6‑306.5 of this Code for failing to pay any fine or penalty due and owing as a result of 5 violations of the automated railroad grade crossing enforcement system. (d‑1) (Blank.) (d‑2) (Blank.) (e) Based on inspection of recorded images produced by an automated railroad grade crossing enforcement system, a notice alleging that the violation occurred shall be evidence of the facts contained in the notice and admissible in any proceeding alleging a violation under this Section. (e‑1) Recorded images made by an automated railroad grade crossing enforcement system are confidential and shall be made available only to the alleged violator and governmental and law enforcement agencies for purposes of adjudicating a violation of this Section, for statistical purposes, or for other governmental purposes. Any recorded image evidencing a violation of this Section, however, may be admissible in any proceeding resulting from the issuance of the citation. (e‑2) The court or hearing officer may consider the following in the defense of a violation: (1) that the motor vehicle or registration plates of | ||
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(2) that the driver of the motor vehicle received a | ||
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(3) any other evidence or issues provided by | ||
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(e‑3) To demonstrate that the motor vehicle or the registration plates were stolen before the violation occurred and were not under the control or possession of the owner at the time of the violation, the owner must submit proof that a report concerning the stolen motor vehicle or registration plates was filed with a law enforcement agency in a timely manner. (f) Rail crossings equipped with an automatic railroad grade crossing enforcement system shall be posted with a sign visible to approaching traffic stating that the railroad grade crossing is being monitored, that citations will be issued, and the amount of the fine for violation. (g) The compensation paid for an automated railroad grade crossing enforcement system must be based on the value of the equipment or the services provided and may not be based on the number of citations issued or the revenue generated by the system. (h) (Blank.) (i) If any part or parts of this Section are held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be unconstitutional, the unconstitutionality shall not affect the validity of the remaining parts of this Section. The General Assembly hereby declares that it would have passed the remaining parts of this Section if it had known that the other part or parts of this Section would be declared unconstitutional. (j) Penalty. A civil fine of $250 shall be imposed for a first violation of this Section, and a civil fine of $500 shall be imposed for a second or subsequent violation of this Section. (Source: P.A. 96‑478, eff. 1‑1‑10.) |
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2. Any bus that meets all of the special requirements | ||
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3. Any other vehicle which is required by Federal or | ||
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After stopping as required in this Section, the driver shall proceed only in a gear not requiring a change of gears during the crossing, and the driver shall not shift gears while crossing the track or tracks. (b) This Section shall not apply: 1. At any railroad grade crossing where traffic is | ||
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2. At any railroad grade crossing controlled by a | ||
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3. At any streetcar grade crossing within a business | ||
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4. At any abandoned, industrial or spur track | ||
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(Source: P.A. 95‑756, eff. 1‑1‑09; 96‑1244, eff. 1‑1‑11.) |
(625 ILCS 5/11‑1204) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11‑1204) Sec. 11‑1204. Stop and yield signs. (a) Preferential right‑of‑way at an intersection may be indicated by stop signs or yield signs as authorized in Section 11‑302 of this Act. (b) Except when directed to proceed by a police officer or traffic control signal, every driver of a vehicle and every motorman of a streetcar approaching a stop intersection indicated by a stop sign shall stop before entering the crosswalk on the near side of the intersection or, in the event there is no crosswalk, shall stop at a clearly marked stop line, but if none, then at the point nearest the intersection roadway where the driver has a view of approaching traffic on the intersecting roadway before entering the intersection. (c) The driver of a vehicle approaching a yield sign if required for safety to stop shall stop before entering the crosswalk on the near side of the intersection or, in the event there is no crosswalk, at a clearly marked stop line, but if none, then at the point nearest the intersecting roadway where the driver has a view of approaching traffic on the intersecting roadway. (Source: P.A. 76‑1586.) |
(625 ILCS 5/11‑1205) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11‑1205) Sec. 11‑1205. Emerging from alley, building, or private road or driveway. The driver of a vehicle emerging from an alley, building, private road or driveway within an urban area shall stop such vehicle immediately prior to driving into the sidewalk area extending across such alley, building entrance, road or driveway, or in the event there is no sidewalk area, shall stop at the point nearest the street to be entered where the driver has a view of approaching traffic thereon, and shall yield the right‑of‑way to any pedestrian as may be necessary to avoid collision, and upon entering the roadway shall yield the right‑of‑way to all vehicles approaching on such roadway. (Source: P. A. 77‑1344.) |
(625 ILCS 5/11‑1301) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11‑1301) Sec. 11‑1301. Stopping, standing or parking outside of business or residence district. (a) Outside a business or residence district, no person shall stop, park or leave standing any vehicle, whether attended or unattended, upon the roadway when it is practicable to stop, park or so leave such vehicle off the roadway, but in every event an unobstructed width of the highway opposite a standing vehicle shall be left for the free passage of other vehicles and a clear view of such stopped vehicle shall be available from a distance of 200 feet in each direction upon such highway. (b) The Department with respect to highways under its jurisdiction or for the maintenance of which it is responsible may place signs prohibiting or restricting the stopping, standing or parking of vehicles on any highway where in its opinion such stopping, standing or parking is dangerous to those using the highway or where the stopping, standing or parking of vehicles would unduly interfere with the free movement of traffic thereon. Any such regulations adopted by the Department regarding the stopping, standing or parking of vehicles upon any specific street, streets or highways become effective at the time of the erection of appropriate signs indicating such regulations. Any such signs may be erected either by the Department or by a local authority with the approval of the Department. (c) This Section, Section 11‑1303 and Section 11‑1304 shall not apply to the driver of any vehicle which is disabled in such manner and to such extent that it is impossible to avoid stopping and temporarily leaving the vehicle in such position. (d) Any second division vehicle used exclusively for the collection of garbage, refuse, or recyclable material may stop or stand on the road in a business, rural, or residential district for the sole purpose of collecting garbage, refuse, or recyclable material. The vehicle, in addition to having its hazard lights lighted at all times that it is engaged in stopping or standing, shall also use its amber oscillating, rotating, or flashing light or lights as authorized under paragraph 12 of subsection (b) of Section 12‑215, if so equipped. (Source: P.A. 91‑869, eff. 1‑1‑01.) |
(625 ILCS 5/11‑1301.4) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11‑1301.4) Sec. 11‑1301.4. Reciprocal agreements with other jurisdictions. The Secretary of State, or his designee, may enter into agreements with other jurisdictions, including foreign jurisdictions, on behalf of this State relating to the extension of parking privileges by such jurisdictions to permanently disabled residents of this State who display a special license plate or parking device that contains the International symbol of access on his or her motor vehicle, and to recognize such plates or devices issued by such other jurisdictions. This State shall grant the same parking privileges which are granted to disabled residents of this State to any non‑resident whose motor vehicle is licensed in another state, district, territory or foreign country if such vehicle displays the International symbol of access or a distinguishing insignia on license plates or parking device issued in accordance with the laws of the non‑resident's state, district, territory or foreign country. (Source: P.A. 86‑539.) |
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(2) to knowingly issue or assist in the issuance of, | ||
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(3) to knowingly alter any disability license plate | ||
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(4) to knowingly manufacture, possess, transfer, or | ||
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(5) to knowingly provide any false information to | ||
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(6) to knowingly transfer a disability license plate | ||
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(c) Sentence. (1) Any person convicted of a violation of paragraph | ||
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(2) Any person who commits a violation of this | ||
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(3) Any police officer may seize the parking decal | ||
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(Source: P.A. 95‑167, eff. 1‑1‑08; 96‑79, eff. 1‑1‑10.) |
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"Disability license plate or parking decal or | ||
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(b) It is a violation of this Section for any person: (1) to knowingly possess any fraudulent disability | ||
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(2) to knowingly possess without authority any | ||
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(3) to knowingly duplicate, manufacture, sell, or | ||
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(4) to knowingly assist in the duplication, | ||
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(5) to advertise or distribute a fraudulent | ||
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(c) Sentence. (1) Any person convicted of a violation of this | ||
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(2) Any person who commits a violation of this | ||
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(3) Any police officer may seize the parking decal | ||
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(Source: P.A. 95‑167, eff. 1‑1‑08; 96‑79, eff. 1‑1‑10.) |
(625 ILCS 5/11‑1301.7) Sec. 11‑1301.7. Appointed volunteers and contracted entities; disabled person parking violations. (a) The chief of police of a municipality and the sheriff of a county authorized to enforce parking laws may appoint volunteers or contract with public or private entities to issue parking violation notices for violations of Section 11‑1301.3 or ordinances dealing with parking privileges for persons with disabilities. Volunteers appointed under this Section and any employees of public or private entities that the chief of police or sheriff has contracted with under this Section who are issuing these parking violation notices must be at least 21 years of age. The chief of police or sheriff appointing the volunteers or contracting with public or private entities may establish any other qualifications that he or she deems desirable. (b) The chief of police or sheriff appointing volunteers under this Section shall provide training to the volunteers before authorizing them to issue parking violation notices. (c) A parking violation notice issued by a volunteer appointed under this Section or by a public or private entity that the chief of police or sheriff has contracted with under this Section shall have the same force and effect as a parking violation notice issued by a police officer for the same offense. (d) All funds collected as a result of the payment of the parking violation notices issued under this Section shall go to the municipality or county where the notice is issued. (e) An appointed volunteer or private or public entity under contract pursuant to this Section is not liable for his or her or its act or omission in the execution or enforcement of laws or ordinances if acting within the scope of the appointment or contract authorized by this Section, unless the act or omission constitutes willful and wanton conduct. (f) Except as otherwise provided by statute, a local government, a chief of police, sheriff, or employee of a police department or sheriff, as such and acting within the scope of his or her employment, is not liable for an injury caused by the act or omission of an appointed volunteer or private or public entity under contract pursuant to this Section. No local government, chief of police, sheriff, or an employee of a local government, police department or sheriff shall be liable for any actions regarding the supervision or direction, or the failure to supervise and direct, an appointed volunteer or private or public entity under contract pursuant to this Section unless the act or omission constitutes willful and wanton conduct. (g) An appointed volunteer or private or public entity under contract pursuant to this Section shall assume all liability for and hold the property owner and his agents and employees harmless from any and all claims of action resulting from the work of the appointed volunteer or public or private entity. (Source: P.A. 90‑181, eff. 7‑23‑97; 90‑655, eff. 7‑30‑98.) |
(625 ILCS 5/11‑1302) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11‑1302) Sec. 11‑1302. Officers authorized to remove vehicles. (a) Whenever any police officer finds a vehicle in violation of any of the provisions of Section 11‑1301 such officer is hereby authorized to move such vehicle, or require the driver or other person in charge of the vehicle to move the same, to a position off the roadway. (b) Any police officer is hereby authorized to remove or cause to be removed to a place of safety any unattended vehicle illegally left standing upon any highway, bridge, causeway, or in a tunnel, in such a position or under such circumstances as to obstruct the normal movement of traffic. Whenever the Department finds an abandoned or disabled vehicle standing upon the paved or main‑traveled part of a highway, which vehicle is or may be expected to interrupt the free flow of traffic on the highway or interfere with the maintenance of the highway, the Department is authorized to move the vehicle to a position off the paved or improved or main‑traveled part of the highway. (c) Any police officer is hereby authorized to remove or cause to be removed to the nearest garage or other place of safety any vehicle found upon a highway when: 1. Report has been made that such vehicle has been stolen or taken without the consent of its owner, or 2. The person or persons in charge of such vehicle are unable to provide for its custody or removal, or 3. When the person driving or in control of such vehicle is arrested for an alleged offense for which the officer is required by law to take the person arrested before a proper magistrate without unnecessary delay. (Source: P.A. 79‑1069.) |
(625 ILCS 5/11‑1303) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11‑1303) Sec. 11‑1303. Stopping, standing or parking prohibited in specified places. (a) Except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic, or in compliance with law or the directions of a police officer or official traffic‑control device, no person shall: 1. Stop, stand or park a vehicle: a. On the roadway side of any vehicle stopped or | ||
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b. On a sidewalk; c. Within an intersection; d. On a crosswalk; e. Between a safety zone and the adjacent curb | ||
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f. Alongside or opposite any street excavation | ||
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g. Upon any bridge or other elevated structure | ||
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h. On any railroad tracks. A violation of any | ||
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i. At any place where official signs prohibit | ||
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j. On any controlled‑access highway; k. In the area between roadways of a divided | ||
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l. In a public parking area if the vehicle does | ||
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2. Stand or park a vehicle, whether occupied or not, | ||
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a. In front of a public or private driveway; b. Within 15 feet of a fire hydrant; c. Within 20 feet of a crosswalk at an | ||
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d. Within 30 feet upon the approach to any | ||
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e. Within 20 feet of the driveway entrance to | ||
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f. At any place where official signs prohibit | ||
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3. Park a vehicle, whether occupied or not, except | ||
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a. Within 50 feet of the nearest rail of a | ||
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b. At any place where official signs prohibit | ||
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(b) No person shall move a vehicle not lawfully under his control into any such prohibited area or away from a curb such distance as is unlawful. (Source: P.A. 89‑245, eff. 1‑1‑96; 89‑658, eff. 1‑1‑97.) |
(625 ILCS 5/11‑1304) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11‑1304) Sec. 11‑1304. Additional parking regulations. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, every vehicle stopped or parked upon a two‑way roadway shall be so stopped or parked with the right‑hand wheels parallel to and within 12 inches of the right‑hand curb or as close as practicable to the right edge of the right‑hand shoulder. (b) Except when otherwise provided by local ordinance, every vehicle stopped or parked upon a one‑way roadway shall be so stopped or parked parallel to the curb or edge of the roadway, in the direction of authorized traffic movement, with its right‑hand wheels within 12 inches of the right‑hand curb or as close as practicable to the right edge of the right‑hand shoulder, or with its left‑hand wheels within 12 inches of the left‑hand curb or as close as practicable to the left edge of the left‑hand shoulder. (c) Local authorities may permit angle parking on any roadway, except that angle parking shall not be permitted on any federal‑aid or State highway unless the Department has determined that the roadway is of sufficient width to permit angle parking without interfering with the free movement of traffic. (d) The Department with respect to highways under its jurisdiction may place signs prohibiting, limiting, or restricting the stopping, standing or parking of vehicles on any highway where in its opinion such stopping, standing or parking is dangerous to those using the highway or where the stopping, standing or parking of vehicles would unduly interfere with the free movement of traffic thereon. No person shall stop, stand or park any vehicle in violation of the restrictions indicated by such devices. (Source: P.A. 79‑801; 79‑1069; 79‑1454.) |
(625 ILCS 5/11‑1304.5) Sec. 11‑1304.5. Parking of vehicle with expired registration. No person may stop, park, or leave standing upon a public street, highway, or roadway a vehicle upon which is displayed an Illinois registration plate or plates or registration sticker after the termination of the registration period for which the registration plate or plates or registration sticker was issued or after the expiration date set under Section 3‑414 or 3‑414.1 of this Code. (Source: P.A. 91‑487, eff. 1‑1‑00.) |
(625 ILCS 5/11‑1305) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11‑1305) Sec. 11‑1305. Lessors of visitor vehicles ‑ Duty upon receiving notice of violation of this Article or local parking regulation. Every person in whose name a vehicle is registered pursuant to law and who leases such vehicle to others, after receiving written notice of a violation of this Article or a parking regulation of a local authority involving such vehicle, shall upon request provide such police officers as have authority of the offense, and the court having jurisdiction thereof, with a written statement of the name and address of the lessee at the time of such offense and the identifying number upon the registration plates and registration sticker or stickers of such vehicle. (Source: P.A. 80‑230; 80‑911; 80‑1185.) |
(625 ILCS 5/11‑1306) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11‑1306) Sec. 11‑1306. Parking liability of lessor. No person who is the lessor of a vehicle pursuant to a written lease agreement shall be liable for the violation of any parking or standing regulation of this Act, or of a local authority, involving such vehicle during the period of the lease; provided that upon the request of the appropriate authority received within 120 days after the violation occurred, the lessor provides within 60 days after such receipt the name and address of the lessee. The drivers license number of a lessee may be subsequently individually requested by the appropriate authority if needed for enforcement of the Act. (Source: P.A. 84‑354.) |
(625 ILCS 5/11‑1401) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11‑1401) Sec. 11‑1401. Unattended motor vehicles. No person driving or in charge of a motor vehicle shall permit it to stand unattended without first stopping the engine, locking the ignition, removing the key from the ignition, effectively setting the brake thereon and, when standing upon any perceptible grade, turning the front wheels to the curb or side of the highway. (Source: P.A. 79‑1069) |
(625 ILCS 5/11‑1402) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11‑1402) Sec. 11‑1402. Limitations on backing. (a) The driver of a vehicle shall not back the same unless such movement can be made with safety and without interfering with other traffic. (b) The driver of a vehicle shall not back the same upon any shoulder or roadway of any controlled‑access highway. (Source: P.A. 79‑1069.) |
(625 ILCS 5/11‑1403) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11‑1403) Sec. 11‑1403. Riding on motorcycles. (a) A person operating a motorcycle shall ride only upon the permanent and regular seat attached thereto, and such operator shall not carry any other person nor shall any other person ride on a motorcycle unless such motorcycle is designed to carry more than one person, in which event a passenger may ride upon the permanent and regular seat if designed for 2 persons, or upon another seat firmly attached to the motorcycle at the rear or side of the operator. (b) A person shall ride upon a motorcycle only while sitting astride the seat, facing forward, with one leg on each side of the motorcycle. (c) No person shall operate any motorcycle with handlebars higher than the height of the shoulders of the operator when the operator is seated in the normal driving position astride that portion of the seat or saddle occupied by the operator. (Source: P.A. 84‑602.) |
(625 ILCS 5/11‑1403.3) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11‑1403.3) Sec. 11‑1403.3. Intercom helmets. Any driver of a vehicle defined in Section 1‑145.001, 1‑147, or 1‑148.2 of this Code may use a helmet equipped with an electronic intercom system permitting 2‑way vocal communication with drivers of any such vehicles or passengers on such vehicles. (Source: P.A. 90‑89, eff. 1‑1‑98.) |
(625 ILCS 5/11‑1405) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11‑1405) Sec. 11‑1405. Required equipment on motorcycles. Any motorcycle carrying a passenger, other than in a sidecar or enclosed cab, shall be equipped with footrests for such passenger. (Source: P.A. 84‑602.) |
(625 ILCS 5/11‑1406) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11‑1406) Sec. 11‑1406. Obstruction of driver's view or driving mechanism. (a) No person shall drive a vehicle when it is so loaded, or when there are in the front seat such a number of persons, exceeding three, as to obstruct the view of the driver to the front or sides of the vehicle or as to interfere with the driver's control over the driving mechanism of the vehicle. (b) No passenger in a vehicle or streetcar shall ride in such position as to interfere with the driver's or motorman's view ahead or to the sides, or to interfere with his control over the driving mechanism of the vehicle or streetcar. (c) No passenger on a school bus may ride or stand in a position as to interfere with the driver's view ahead or to the side or to the rear, or to interfere with his control of the driving mechanism of the bus. (Source: P.A. 79‑1069.) |
(625 ILCS 5/11‑1407) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11‑1407) Sec. 11‑1407. Opening and closing vehicle doors. No person shall open the door of a vehicle on the side available to moving traffic unless and until it is reasonably safe to do so, and can be done without interfering with the movement of other traffic, nor shall any person leave a door open on the side of a vehicle available to moving traffic for a period of time longer than necessary to load or unload passengers. (Source: P.A. 79‑1069.) |
(625 ILCS 5/11‑1408) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11‑1408) Sec. 11‑1408. Riding in house trailers. No person or persons shall occupy a house trailer, travel trailer while it is being towed upon a public highway. (Source: P.A. 81‑969.) |
(625 ILCS 5/11‑1409) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11‑1409) Sec. 11‑1409. Driving on mountain highways. The driver of a motor vehicle traveling through defiles or canyons or on mountain highways shall hold such motor vehicle under control and as near the right‑hand edge of the roadway as reasonably possible and, except when driving entirely to the right of the center of the roadway, shall give audible warning with the horn of such motor vehicle upon approaching any curve where the view is obstructed within a distance of 200 feet along the highway. (Source: P.A. 79‑1069.) |
(625 ILCS 5/11‑1410) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11‑1410) Sec. 11‑1410. Coasting prohibited. (a) The driver of any motor vehicle when traveling upon a down grade shall not coast with the gears or transmission of such vehicle in neutral. (b) The driver of a truck or bus when traveling upon a down grade shall not coast with the clutch disengaged. (Source: P.A. 79‑1069.) |
(625 ILCS 5/11‑1411) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11‑1411) Sec. 11‑1411. Following fire apparatus prohibited. The driver of any vehicle other than one on official business shall not follow any fire apparatus traveling in response to a fire alarm closer than 500 feet or stop such vehicle within 500 feet of any fire apparatus stopped in answer to a fire alarm. (Source: P.A. 79‑1069.) |
(625 ILCS 5/11‑1412) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11‑1412) Sec. 11‑1412. Crossing fire hose. No vehicle shall be driven over any unprotected hose of a fire department when laid down on any street, private road or driveway to be used at any fire or alarm of fire, without the consent of the fire department official in command. (Source: P. A. 76‑1736.) |
(625 ILCS 5/11‑1412.1) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11‑1412.1) Sec. 11‑1412.1. Driving upon sidewalk. No person shall drive any vehicle upon a sidewalk or sidewalk area except upon a permanent or duly authorized temporary driveway. This Section does not apply to any vehicle moved exclusively by human power, to any electric personal assistive mobility device, nor to any motorized wheelchair. Nothing in this Section shall be deemed to limit or preempt the authority of any home rule or non‑home rule unit of local government from regulating or prohibiting the use of electric personal assistive mobility devices. (Source: P.A. 92‑868, eff. 6‑1‑03.) |
(625 ILCS 5/11‑1412.2) Sec. 11‑1412.2. Operating an electric personal assistive mobility device on a public sidewalk. A person may not operate an electric personal assistive mobility device upon a public sidewalk at a speed greater than 8 miles per hour. Nothing in this Section shall be deemed to limit or preempt the authority of any home rule or non‑home rule unit of local government from regulating or prohibiting the use of electric personal assistive mobility devices. (Source: P.A. 92‑868, eff. 6‑1‑03.) |
(625 ILCS 5/11‑1413) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11‑1413) Sec. 11‑1413. Depositing material on highway prohibited. (a) No person shall throw, spill or deposit upon any highway any bottle, glass, nails, tacks, wire, cans, or any litter (as defined in Section 3 of the Litter Control Act). (b) Any person who violates subsection (a) upon any highway shall immediately remove such material or cause it to be removed. (c) Any person removing a wrecked or damaged vehicle from a highway shall remove any glass or other debris, except any hazardous substance as defined in Section 3.215 of the Environmental Protection Act, hazardous waste as defined in Section 3.220 of the Environmental Protection Act, and potentially infectious medical waste as defined in Section 3.360 of the Environmental Protection Act, dropped upon the highway from such vehicle. (Source: P.A. 92‑574, eff. 6‑26‑02.) |
(625 ILCS 5/11‑1415) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11‑1415) Sec. 11‑1415. School buses stopping, loading and discharging passengers on one‑way roadways on highways having 4 or more lanes. (a) A school bus traveling on a one‑way roadway or a highway having 4 or more lanes for vehicular traffic shall stop for the loading or discharging of passengers only on the right side of the highway. If the highway has 4 or more lanes and permits traffic to operate in both directions, the school bus shall load or discharge only those passengers whose residences are located to the right of the highway. The routes of school buses shall be so arranged that no child shall be required to cross a highway of 4 or more lanes to board a school bus or to reach such child's residence after leaving the school bus. A school child in an urban area shall cross a highway only at a crossing for pedestrians, except as provided in paragraph (b) of this Section. (b) With respect to school children crossing a highway at other than a pedestrian crossing, this Section shall not apply when children are escorted or controlled by competent persons designated by the school authorities or by police officers. (Source: P.A. 83‑905.) |
(625 ILCS 5/11‑1416) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11‑1416) Sec. 11‑1416. Obstructing person in highways. No person shall wilfully and unnecessarily hinder, obstruct or delay, or wilfully and unnecessarily attempt to delay, hinder or obstruct any other person in lawfully driving or traveling along or upon any highway within this State or offer for barter or sale merchandise on said highway so as to interfere with the effective movement of traffic. (Source: P.A. 80‑911.) |
(625 ILCS 5/11‑1417) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11‑1417) Sec. 11‑1417. Travel regulated. It shall be unlawful for any person to drive or cause to be driven a vehicle of any description in or upon any portion of the highway immediately after the same has been dragged and before such portion of the highway shall have partially dried out or frozen; provided, that nothing in this Section shall apply in those instances where it is impossible to drive with safety at one side of said dragged portion of the road, or where a vehicle does not make a rut on such dragged portion of the road, injurious to the work accomplished by use of the road drag or where a vehicle does not make a rut nearer than nine (9) feet from the center of the dragged portion of the road. (Source: P.A. 76‑1586.) |
(625 ILCS 5/11‑1418) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11‑1418) Sec. 11‑1418. Farm tractor operation regulated. No person shall operate a farm tractor on a highway unless the tractor is being used as an implement of husbandry in connection with farming operations. For the purpose of this Section, use of a farm tractor as an implement of husbandry in connection with farming operations shall be deemed to include use of the tractor in connection with the transportation of agricultural products and of farm machinery, equipment and supplies as well as transportation of the implement of husbandry from its place of purchase to its place of storage, in connection with the obtaining of repairs of the implement of husbandry, and the towing of a registered truck not more than 8,000 pounds for use as return transportation after the tractor is left at the place of work or repair. (Source: P.A. 87‑1028.) |
(625 ILCS 5/11‑1419) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11‑1419) Sec. 11‑1419. Operation of motor vehicles ‑ Duration ‑ Exceptions. It is unlawful for any owner to require, permit or allow any operator of any of his motor vehicles of the second division to operate any such motor vehicle for a longer period than 10 hours following 8 consecutive hours off‑duty or drive for any period after having been on duty 15 hours following 8 consecutive hours off‑duty, or to be or remain on duty more than 60 hours in any 7 consecutive days, and whenever any such operator has operated such motor vehicle for 10 hours following 8 consecutive hours off‑duty or has been on duty 15 hours following 8 consecutive hours off‑duty, he or she shall be relieved and not required, permitted or allowed again to operate any such motor vehicle until he or she has had at least 8 consecutive hours off‑duty. The Department of State Police shall fix by general rule or temporary order the circumstances and regulations under which in case of emergency or unusual temporary demands for transportation any such operator may be permitted to operate any such motor vehicle or to stay on duty for longer periods of time than set by this Section. The provisions of this Section shall not apply to any public utility in the operation of any motor vehicle not for hire in case of emergency or in case of unusual temporary necessity for transportation of persons or property or safeguarding of vehicles and their loads, nor shall such provisions apply to operation of any motor vehicle as a part of the agricultural operations of canning, packing or freezing establishments engaged in the growing and processing of perishable fruits and vegetables, including the hauling of such products between fields and such canning, packing or freezing establishments and between such establishments, nor shall such provisions apply to operation of any motor vehicle being used for transportation of construction materials or equipment to, on or from construction sites within a radius of 50 miles of such construction sites, nor to driver sales persons operating within a radius of 50 miles of their principal place of business. (Source: P.A. 84‑1308.) |
(625 ILCS 5/11‑1419.04) Sec. 11‑1419.04. Failure to carry a manifest. Any person who acts as a motor carrier and who fails to carry a manifest as provided in Section 5.5 of the Motor Fuel Tax Law is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor. For each subsequent offense, the person is guilty of a Class 4 felony. (Source: P.A. 89‑399, eff. 8‑20‑95.) |
(625 ILCS 5/11‑1419.05) Sec. 11‑1419.05. A motor carrier shall not operate or cause to be operated a commercial motor vehicle upon the highways of this State with a revoked motor fuel use tax license. Any person who operates a commercial motor vehicle with a revoked motor fuel use tax license is guilty of a petty offense as provided in Section 13a.6 of the Motor Fuel Tax Law. When a commercial motor vehicle is found to be operating in Illinois with a revoked motor fuel use tax license, the vehicle shall be placed out of service and not allowed to operate in Illinois until the motor fuel use tax license is reinstated. (Source: P.A. 91‑173, eff. 1‑1‑00.) |
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(b) The operator of a vehicle not in the funeral procession shall not drive his vehicle in the funeral procession except when authorized to do so by a traffic officer or when such vehicle is an authorized emergency vehicle giving audible or visible signal. (c) Operators of vehicles not a part of a funeral procession may not form a procession or convoy and have their headlights or hazard lights or both lighted for the purpose of securing the right‑of‑way granted by this Section to funeral processions. (d) The operator of a vehicle not in a funeral procession may overtake and pass the vehicles in such procession if such overtaking and passing can be accomplished without causing a traffic hazard or interfering with such procession. (e) The lead vehicle in the funeral procession may be equipped with a flashing amber light which may be used only when such vehicle is used as a lead vehicle in such procession. Vehicles comprising a funeral procession may utilize funeral pennants or flags or windshield stickers or flashing hazard warning signal flashers to identify the individual vehicles in such a procession. (f) In the absence of law enforcement traffic control assistance for a funeral procession, a funeral director or his or her designee may direct traffic during a funeral procession. (Source: P.A. 96‑859, eff. 1‑12‑10.) |
(625 ILCS 5/11‑1421) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11‑1421) Sec. 11‑1421. Conditions for operating ambulances and rescue vehicles. (a) No person shall operate an ambulance or rescue vehicle in a manner not conforming to the motor vehicle laws and regulations of this State or of any political subdivision of this State as such laws and regulations apply to motor vehicles in general, unless in compliance with the following conditions: 1. The person operating the ambulance shall be | ||
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(b) The foregoing provisions do not relieve the driver of an ambulance or rescue vehicle from the duty of driving with due regard for the safety of all persons, nor do such provisions protect the driver from the consequences resulting from the reckless disregard for the safety of others. (Source: P.A. 88‑517.) |
(625 ILCS 5/11‑1422) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11‑1422) Sec. 11‑1422. Illegal operation of an ambulance or rescue vehicle ‑ Penalty. A person who operates an ambulance or rescue vehicle in violation of Section 11‑1421 shall be subject to the penalty prescribed by the applicable law, regulation or ordinance of this State or any political subdivision thereof. (Source: P.A. 83‑831.) |
(625 ILCS 5/11‑1423) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11‑1423) Sec. 11‑1423. Passengers boarding or exiting a school bus. (a) At all pick‑up points where it is necessary for a school bus passenger to cross the roadway to board the bus, the school bus driver shall signal the awaiting passenger when it is safe to cross the roadway ahead of the bus. (b) At all discharge points where it is necessary for a school bus passenger to cross the roadway, the school bus driver shall direct the passenger to a point approximately 10 feet in front of the bus on the shoulder and shall then signal the passenger when it is safe to cross the roadway. (Source: P.A. 78‑1244.) |
(625 ILCS 5/11‑1424) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11‑1424) Sec. 11‑1424. Operation of a religious organization bus. (a) No religious organization bus may be operated on any street or highway unless all passengers, except for supervisory personnel, are seated in seats permanently mounted to the vehicle, and the aisle of the bus is kept clean and open. (b) No religious organization bus may be operated on any street or highway while carrying more than the manufacturer's rated passenger capacity for such bus, or at a gross weight in excess of the chassis manufacturer's gross vehicle weight rating (GVWR) or gross axle weight rating (GAWR), or in excess of the weight load ratings of the tires on such bus. For buses or tires on which the manufacturer has not shown such ratings, by a label, embossment, molding or equivalent means, the Department shall provide, or assist in obtaining, the necessary ratings and may publish such ratings. (c) In loading or unloading passengers, the religious organization bus driver shall stop the bus out of the lane of moving traffic at any bus stop, officially designated as such by government authorities or in a parking lane on the pavement of the highway or on the shoulder off of the highway, if wide enough to permit the safe loading or unloading of passengers. If, however, there is no such bus stop, parking lane or shoulder within 50 feet of the residence or temporary residence of the passenger transported or to be transported by the bus or within 50 feet of the religious facility, the driver may stop the bus on the pavement of the highway after activating unison amber warning lights for not less than 200 feet before the bus is brought to a stop and while passengers are being loaded or unloaded, or if the bus is equipped as a school bus and meets the requirements of Article VIII of this Act, by complying with the subsections (b), (c) and (d) of Section 11‑1414. (d) At all pickup points where it is necessary for a religious organization bus passenger under the age of 12 years to cross the roadway to board the bus, a responsible supervisor on the bus shall personally escort the awaiting passenger when it is safe to cross the roadway ahead of the bus. (e) At all discharge points where it is necessary for a religious organization bus passenger under the age of 12 to cross the roadway, a responsible supervisor on the bus shall personally escort the passenger to a point approximately 10 feet in front of the bus on the shoulder and then, when it is safe to cross the roadway, across the roadway to a place of safety. (f) If a school bus is used by a religious organization bus for the purposes specified in subsection (a) of Section 1‑111.1a and activates the visual signals as required by subsections (b), (c) and (d) of Section 11‑1414 when picking up or discharging passengers, compliance with subsections (d) and (e) of this Section is optional. (Source: P.A. 90‑89, eff. 1‑1‑98 .) |
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(b) Except as otherwise provided in this Section, it is unlawful for any person to drive or operate a non‑highway vehicle upon any street, highway, or roadway in this State. If the operation of a non‑highway vehicle is authorized under subsection (d), the non‑highway vehicle may be operated only on streets where the posted speed limit is 35 miles per hour or less. This subsection (b) does not prohibit a non‑highway vehicle from crossing a road or street at an intersection where the road or street has a posted speed limit of more than 35 miles per hour. (b‑5) A person may not operate a non‑highway vehicle upon any street, highway, or roadway in this State unless he or she has a valid driver's license issued in his or her name by the Secretary of State or by a foreign jurisdiction. (c) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (c‑5), no person operating a non‑highway vehicle shall make a direct crossing upon or across any highway under the jurisdiction of the State, tollroad, interstate highway, or controlled access highway in this State. (c‑5) A person may make a direct crossing at an intersection controlled by a traffic light or 4‑way stop sign upon or across a highway under the jurisdiction of the State if the speed limit on the highway is 35 miles per hour or less at the place of crossing. (d) A municipality, township, county, or other unit of local government may authorize, by ordinance or resolution, the operation of non‑highway vehicles on roadways under its jurisdiction if the unit of local government determines that the public safety will not be jeopardized. The Department may authorize the operation of non‑highway vehicles on the roadways under its jurisdiction if the Department determines that the public safety will not be jeopardized. The unit of local government or the Department may restrict the types of non‑highway vehicles that are authorized to be used on its streets. Before permitting the operation of non‑highway vehicles on its roadways, a municipality, township, county, other unit of local government, or the Department must consider the volume, speed, and character of traffic on the roadway and determine whether non‑highway vehicles may safely travel on or cross the roadway. Upon determining that non‑highway vehicles may safely operate on a roadway and the adoption of an ordinance or resolution by a municipality, township, county, or other unit of local government, or authorization by the Department, appropriate signs shall be posted. If a roadway is under the jurisdiction of more than one unit of government, non‑highway vehicles may not be operated on the roadway unless each unit of government agrees and takes action as provided in this subsection. (e) No non‑highway vehicle may be operated on a roadway unless, at a minimum, it has the following: brakes, a steering apparatus, tires, a rearview mirror, red reflectorized warning devices in the front and rear, a slow moving emblem (as required of other vehicles in Section 12‑709 of this Code) on the rear of the non‑highway vehicle, a headlight that emits a white light visible from a distance of 500 feet to the front, a tail lamp that emits a red light visible from at least 100 feet from the rear, brake lights, and turn signals. When operated on a roadway, a non‑highway vehicle shall have its headlight and tail lamps lighted as required by Section 12‑201 of this Code. (f) A person who drives or is in actual physical control of a non‑highway vehicle on a roadway while under the influence is subject to Sections 11‑500 through 11‑502 of this Code. (g) Any person who operates a non‑highway vehicle on a street, highway, or roadway shall be subject to the mandatory insurance requirements under Article VI of Chapter 7 of this Code. (h) It shall not be unlawful for any person to drive or operate a non‑highway vehicle, as defined in paragraphs (1) and (5) of subsection (a) of this Section, on a county roadway or township roadway for the purpose of conducting farming operations to and from the home, farm, farm buildings, and any adjacent or nearby farm land. Non‑highway vehicles, as used in this subsection (h), shall not be subject to subsections (e) and (g) of this Section. However, if the non‑highway vehicle, as used in this Section, is not covered under a motor vehicle insurance policy pursuant to subsection (g) of this Section, the vehicle must be covered under a farm, home, or non‑highway vehicle insurance policy issued with coverage amounts no less than the minimum amounts set for bodily injury or death and for destruction of property under Section 7‑203 of this Code. Non‑highway vehicles operated on a county or township roadway at any time between one‑half hour before sunset and one‑half hour after sunrise must be equipped with head lamps and tail lamps, and the head lamps and tail lamps must be lighted. Non‑highway vehicles, as used in this subsection (h), shall not make a direct crossing upon or across any tollroad, interstate highway, or controlled access highway in this State. Non‑highway vehicles, as used in this subsection (h), shall be allowed to cross a State highway, municipal street, county highway, or road district highway if the operator of the non‑highway vehicle makes a direct crossing provided: (1) the crossing is made at an angle of approximately | ||
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(i) No action taken by a unit of local government under this Section designates the operation of a non‑highway vehicle as an intended or permitted use of property with respect to Section 3‑102 of the Local Governmental and Governmental Employees Tort Immunity Act. (Source: P.A. 95‑150, 8‑14‑07; 95‑414, eff. 8‑24‑07; 95‑575, eff. 8‑31‑07; 95‑876, eff. 8‑21‑08; 96‑279, eff. 1‑1‑10; 96‑1434, eff. 8‑11‑10.) |
(625 ILCS 5/11‑1427) Sec. 11‑1427. Illegal operation of an all‑terrain vehicle or off‑highway motorcycle. It is unlawful for any person to drive or operate any all‑terrain vehicle or off‑highway motorcycle in the following ways: (a) Careless Operation. No person shall operate any all‑terrain vehicle or off‑highway motorcycle in a careless or heedless manner so as to be grossly indifferent to the person or property of other persons, or at a rate of speed greater than will permit him in the exercise of reasonable care to bring the all‑terrain vehicle or off‑highway motorcycle to a stop within the assured clear distance ahead. (b) Reckless Operation. No person shall operate any all‑terrain vehicle or off‑highway motorcycle in such a manner as to endanger the life, limb or property of any person. (c) Within any nature preserve as defined in Section 3.11 of the Illinois Natural Areas Preservation Act. (d) On the tracks or right of way of an operating railroad. (e) In any tree nursery or planting in a manner which damages or destroys growing stock, or creates a substantial risk thereto. (f) On private property, without the written or verbal consent of the owner or lessee thereof. Any person operating an all‑terrain vehicle or off‑highway motorcycle upon lands of another shall stop and identify himself upon the request of the landowner or his duly authorized representative, and, if requested to do so by the landowner shall promptly remove the all‑terrain vehicle or off‑highway motorcycle from the premises. (g) Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, an owner, lessee, or occupant of premises owes no duty of care to keep the premises safe for entry or use by others for use by an all‑terrain vehicle or off‑highway motorcycle, or to give warning of any condition, use, structure or activity on such premises. This subsection does not apply where permission to drive or operate an all‑terrain vehicle or off‑highway motorcycle is given for a valuable consideration other than to this State, any political subdivision or municipality of this State, or any landowner who is paid with funds from the Off‑Highway Vehicle Trails Fund. In the case of land leased to the State or a subdivision of the State, any consideration received is not valuable consideration within the meaning of this Section. Nothing in this subsection limits in any way liability which otherwise exists for willful or malicious failure to guard or warn against a dangerous condition, use, structure, or activity. (h) On publicly owned lands unless such lands are designated for use by all‑terrain vehicles or off‑highway motorcycles. For publicly owned lands to be designated for use by all‑terrain vehicles or off‑highway motorcycles a public hearing shall be conducted by the governmental entity that has jurisdiction over the proposed land prior to the designation. Nothing in this subsection limits in any way liability which otherwise exists for willful or malicious failure to guard or warn against a dangerous condition, use, structure, or activity. (h‑1) At a rate of speed too fast for conditions, and the fact that the speed of the all‑terrain vehicle or off‑highway motorcycle does not exceed the applicable maximum speed limit allowed does not relieve the driver from the duty to decrease speed as may be necessary to avoid colliding with any person, vehicle, or object within legal requirements and the duty of all persons to use due care. (h‑2) On the frozen surface of public waters of this State within 100 feet of a person, including a skater, not in or upon an all‑terrain vehicle or off‑highway motorcycle; within 100 feet of a person engaged in fishing, except at the minimum speed required to maintain forward movement of the all‑terrain vehicle or off‑highway motorcycle; on an area which has been cleared of snow for skating purposes unless the area is necessary for access to the frozen waters of this State. (h‑3) Within 100 feet of a dwelling between midnight and 6 a.m. at a speed greater than the minimum required to maintain forward movement of the all‑terrain vehicle or off‑highway motorcycle. This subdivision (h‑5) does not apply on private property where verbal or written consent of the owner or lessee has been granted to drive or operate an all‑terrain vehicle or off‑highway motorcycle upon the private property or frozen waters of this State. (i) Other Prohibitions. (1) No person, except persons permitted by law, | ||
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(Source: P.A. 90‑14, eff. 9‑1‑97; 90‑287, eff. 1‑1‑98.) |
(625 ILCS 5/11‑1427.1) Sec. 11‑1427.1. Operation of an all‑terrain vehicle or off‑highway motorcycle on ice. All‑terrain vehicles and off‑highway motorcycles may be operated on the frozen waters of this State subject to the provisions of this Section and the rules of the Department of Natural Resources. (Source: P.A. 90‑287, eff. 1‑1‑98.) |
(625 ILCS 5/11‑1427.4) Sec. 11‑1427.4. Signal from officer to stop. An all‑terrain vehicle or off‑highway motorcycle operator, after having received a visual or audible signal from a law enforcement officer to come to a stop, may not: (1) operate an all‑terrain vehicle or off‑highway motorcycle in willful or wanton disregard of the signal to stop; (2) interfere with or endanger the law enforcement officer or another person or vehicle; or (3) increase speed or attempt to flee or elude the officer. (Source: P.A. 90‑287, eff. 1‑1‑98.) |
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(e) This Section does not prohibit the operation of an auxiliary power unit or generator set as an alternative to idling the main engine of a motor vehicle operating on diesel fuel. (f) This Section does not apply to the owner of a motor vehicle rented or leased to another entity or person operating the vehicle. (g) Any person convicted of any violation of this Section is guilty of a petty offense and shall be fined $90 for the first conviction and $500 for a second or subsequent conviction within any 12 month period. (h) Fines; distribution. All fines and all penalties collected under this Section shall be deposited in the State Treasury and shall be distributed as follows: (i) $50 for the first conviction and $150 for a second or subsequent conviction within any 12 month period under this Section shall be deposited into the State's General Revenue Fund; (ii) $20 for the first conviction and $262.50 for a second or subsequent conviction within any 12 month period under this Section shall be distributed to the law enforcement agency that issued the citation; and (iii) $20 for the first conviction and $87.50 for a second or subsequent conviction within any 12 month period under this Section shall be deposited into the Trucking Environmental and Education Fund. (i) The Trucking Environmental and Education Fund is created as a special fund in the State Treasury. All money deposited into the Trucking Environmental and Education Fund shall be paid, subject to appropriation by the General Assembly, to the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency for the purpose of educating the trucking industry on air pollution and preventative measures specifically related to idling. Any interest earned on deposits into the Fund shall remain in the Fund and be used for the purposes set forth in this subsection. Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, the Fund is not subject to administrative charges or charge‑backs that would in any way transfer moneys from the Fund into any other fund of the State. (Source: P.A. 96‑576, eff. 8‑18‑09.) |
(625 ILCS 5/11‑1501) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11‑1501) Sec. 11‑1501. Application of rules. (a) It is unlawful for any person to do any act forbidden or fail to perform any act required in Article XV of Chapter 11 of this Code. (b) The parent of any child and the guardian of any ward shall not authorize or knowingly permit any such child or ward to violate any of the provisions of this Code. (Source: P.A. 82‑132.) |
(625 ILCS 5/11‑1502) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11‑1502) Sec. 11‑1502. Traffic laws apply to persons riding bicycles. Every person riding a bicycle upon a highway shall be granted all of the rights and shall be subject to all of the duties applicable to the driver of a vehicle by this Code, except as to special regulations in this Article XV and except as to those provisions of this Code which by their nature can have no application. (Source: P.A. 82‑132.) |
(625 ILCS 5/11‑1503) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11‑1503) Sec. 11‑1503. Riding on bicycles. (a) A person propelling a bicycle shall not ride other than upon or astride a permanent and regular seat attached thereto. (b) No bicycle shall be used to carry more persons at one time than the number for which it is designed and equipped, except that an adult rider may carry a child securely attached to his person in a back pack or sling. (Source: P.A. 82‑132.) |
(625 ILCS 5/11‑1504) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11‑1504) Sec. 11‑1504. Clinging to vehicles. No person riding upon any bicycle, coaster, roller skates, sled or toy vehicle shall attach the same or himself to any vehicle upon a roadway. (Source: P.A. 82‑132.) |
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(b) Any person operating a bicycle or motorized pedal cycle upon a one‑way highway with two or more marked traffic lanes may ride as near the left‑hand curb or edge of such roadway as practicable. (Source: P.A. 95‑231, eff. 1‑1‑08.) |
(625 ILCS 5/11‑1505.1) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11‑1505.1) Sec. 11‑1505.1. Persons riding bicycles or motorized pedal cycles upon a roadway shall not ride more than 2 abreast, except on paths or parts of roadways set aside for their exclusive use. Persons riding 2 abreast shall not impede the normal and reasonable movement of traffic and, on a laned roadway, shall ride within a single lane subject to the provisions of Section 11‑1505. (Source: P.A. 83‑549.) |
(625 ILCS 5/11‑1506) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11‑1506) Sec. 11‑1506. Carrying articles. No person operating a bicycle shall carry any package, bundle or article which prevents the use of both hands in the control and operation of the bicycle. A person operating a bicycle shall keep at least one hand on the handlebars at all times. (Source: P.A. 82‑132.) |
(625 ILCS 5/11‑1508) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11‑1508) Sec. 11‑1508. Bicycle identifying number. A person engaged in the business of selling bicycles at retail shall not sell any bicycle unless the bicycle has an identifying number permanently stamped or cast on its frame. (Source: P.A. 82‑132.) |
(625 ILCS 5/11‑1509) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11‑1509) Sec. 11‑1509. Inspecting bicycles. A uniformed police officer may at any time upon reasonable cause to believe that a bicycle is unsafe or not equipped as required by law, or that its equipment is not in proper adjustment or repair, require the person riding the bicycle to stop and submit the bicycle to an inspection and such test with reference thereto as may be appropriate. (Source: P.A. 82‑132.) |
(625 ILCS 5/11‑1511) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11‑1511) Sec. 11‑1511. Turn and stop signals. (a) Except as provided in this Section, a person riding a bicycle shall comply with Section 11‑804. (b) A signal of intention to turn right or left when required shall be given during not less than the last 100 feet traveled by the bicycle before turning, and shall be given while the bicycle is stopped waiting to turn. A signal by hand and arm need not be given continuously if the hand is needed in the control or operation of the bicycle. (Source: P.A. 82‑132.) |
(625 ILCS 5/11‑1512) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11‑1512) Sec. 11‑1512. Bicycles on sidewalks. (a) A person propelling a bicycle upon and along a sidewalk, or across a roadway upon and along a crosswalk, shall yield the right of way to any pedestrian and shall give audible signal before overtaking and passing such pedestrian. (b) A person shall not ride a bicycle upon and along a sidewalk, or across a roadway upon and along a crosswalk, where such use of bicycles is prohibited by official traffic‑control devices. (c) A person propelling a bicycle upon and along a sidewalk, or across a roadway upon and along a crosswalk, shall have all the rights and duties applicable to a pedestrian under the same circumstances. (Source: P.A. 82‑132.) |
(625 ILCS 5/11‑1513) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11‑1513) Sec. 11‑1513. Bicycle parking. (a) A person may park a bicycle on a sidewalk unless prohibited or restricted by an official traffic‑control device. (b) A bicycle parked on a sidewalk shall not impede the normal and reasonable movement of pedestrian or other traffic. (c) A bicycle may be parked on the roadway at any angle to the curb or edge of the roadway at any location where parking is allowed. (d) A bicycle may be parked on the roadway abreast of another bicycle or bicycles near the side of the roadway at any location where parking is allowed. (e) A person shall not park a bicycle on a roadway in such a manner as to obstruct the movement of a legally parked motor vehicle. (f) In all other respects, bicycles parked anywhere on a highway shall conform with the provisions of this Code regulating the parking of vehicles. (Source: P.A. 82‑132.) |
(625 ILCS 5/11‑1514) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11‑1514) Sec. 11‑1514. Bicycle racing. (a) Bicycle racing on a highway shall not be unlawful when a racing event has been approved by State or local authorities on any highway under their respective jurisdictions. Approval of bicycle highway racing events shall be granted only under conditions which assure reasonable safety for all race participants, spectators and other highways users, and which prevent unreasonable interference with traffic flow which would seriously inconvenience other highway users. (b) By agreement with the approving authority, participants in an approved bicycle highway racing event may be exempted from compliance with any traffic laws otherwise applicable thereto, provided that traffic control is adequate to assure the safety of all highway users. (Source: P.A. 82‑132.) |
(625 ILCS 5/11‑1515) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11‑1515) Sec. 11‑1515. No person, firm, or corporation shall operate a commercial bicycle messenger service in a city with a population of more than 2,000,000 unless the bicycles used are covered by a liability insurance policy at the expense of the person, firm, or corporation. The insurance policy shall be issued in amounts no less than the minimum amounts set for bodily injury or death and for destruction of property under Section 7‑203 of this Code. No insurer other than an insurer authorized to do business in this State shall issue a policy under this Section. (Source: P.A. 87‑1203.) |
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