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1    AN ACT concerning transportation.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by changing
5Section 12-201 as follows:
 
6    (625 ILCS 5/12-201)  (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 12-201)
7    Sec. 12-201. When lighted lamps are required.
8    (a) When operated upon any highway in this State, every
9motorcycle shall at all times exhibit at least one lighted
10lamp, showing a white light visible for at least 500 feet in
11the direction the motorcycle is proceeding. However, in lieu of
12such lighted lamp, a motorcycle may be equipped with and use a
13means of modulating the upper beam of the head lamp between
14high and a lower brightness. No such head lamp shall be
15modulated, except to otherwise comply with this Code, during
16times when lighted lamps are required for other motor vehicles.
17    (b) All other motor vehicles shall exhibit at least 2
18lighted head lamps, with at least one on each side of the front
19of the vehicle, which satisfy United States Department of
20Transportation requirements, showing white lights, including
21that emitted by high intensity discharge (HID) lamps, or lights
22of a yellow or amber tint, during the period from sunset to
23sunrise, at times when rain, snow, fog, or other atmospheric

 

 

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1conditions require the use of windshield wipers, and at any
2other times when, due to insufficient light or unfavorable
3atmospheric conditions, persons and vehicles on the highway are
4not clearly discernible at a distance of 1000 feet. Parking
5lamps may be used in addition to but not in lieu of such head
6lamps. Every motor vehicle, trailer, or semi-trailer shall also
7exhibit at least 2 lighted lamps, commonly known as tail lamps,
8which shall be mounted on the left rear and right rear of the
9vehicle so as to throw a red light visible for at least 500
10feet in the reverse direction, except that a truck tractor or
11road tractor manufactured before January 1, 1968 and all
12motorcycles need be equipped with only one such tail lamp.
13    (b-5) During all other times not specified under subsection
14(b) of this Section, when operated upon a Class II or Class III
15highway with 2 lanes of traffic outside the corporate limits of
16a municipality, every motor vehicle of the first division or
17motor vehicle of the second division weighing no more than
188,000 pounds shall at all times exhibit: (1) daytime running
19lights; or (2) at least 2 lighted head lamps, with at least one
20on each side of the front of the vehicle, and which satisfy
21United States Department of Transportation requirements,
22showing white lights, including those emitted by high intensity
23discharge (HID) lamps or lights of a yellow or amber tint. A
24violation of this subsection (b-5) is a business offense
25punishable by a fine of $100.
26    For purposes of this subsection (b-5), "daytime running

 

 

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1lights" means an automotive lighting device on the front of a
2motor vehicle that is automatically switched on when the
3vehicle is moving forward and emits a white, yellow, or amber
4light.
5    (c) Either a tail lamp or a separate lamp shall be so
6constructed and placed as to illuminate with a white light a
7rear registration plate when required and render it clearly
8legible from a distance of 50 feet to the rear. Any tail lamp
9or tail lamps, together with any separate lamp or lamps for
10illuminating a rear registration plate, shall be so wired as to
11be lighted whenever the head lamps or auxiliary driving lamps
12are lighted.
13    (d) A person shall install only head lamps that satisfy
14United States Department of Transportation regulations and
15show white light, including that emitted by HID lamps, or light
16of a yellow or amber tint for use by a motor vehicle.
17    (e) (Blank).
18(Source: P.A. 96-487, eff. 1-1-10.)