99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2015 and 2016
HB5912

 

Introduced , by Rep. Anna Moeller

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
625 ILCS 5/11-903.5 new
625 ILCS 5/11-1502  from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-1502

    Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that every driver of a vehicle on a highway shall yield the right-of-way to any person operating a bicycle.


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A BILL FOR

 

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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 adding
5Section 11-903.5 and changing Section 11-1502 as follows:
 
6    (625 ILCS 5/11-903.5 new)
7    Sec. 11-903.5. Bicycles. A driver of a vehicle upon a
8highway shall yield the right-of-way to any person operating a
9bicycle.
 
10    (625 ILCS 5/11-1502)  (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-1502)
11    Sec. 11-1502. Traffic laws apply to persons riding
12bicycles. Every person riding a bicycle upon a highway shall be
13granted all of the rights and shall be subject to all of the
14duties applicable to the driver of a vehicle by this Code,
15except as to special regulations in this Article XV, Section
1611-909, and except as to those provisions of this Code which by
17their nature can have no application.
18(Source: P.A. 82-132.)