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| 1 | AN ACT concerning transportation.
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| 2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by changing | |||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Section 11-908 as follows:
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| 6 | (625 ILCS 5/11-908) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-908)
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| 7 | Sec. 11-908. Vehicle approaching or entering a highway | |||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | construction or
maintenance
area or zone. | |||||||||||||||||||
| 9 | (a) The driver of a vehicle shall yield the right-of-way to | |||||||||||||||||||
| 10 | any
authorized vehicle or pedestrian actually engaged in work | |||||||||||||||||||
| 11 | upon a highway
within any highway construction or maintenance | |||||||||||||||||||
| 12 | area indicated by
official traffic-control devices.
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| 13 | (a-1) Upon entering a construction or maintenance zone
when | |||||||||||||||||||
| 14 | workers are present, a
person who drives a vehicle shall:
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| 15 | (1) proceeding with due caution, make a
lane change | |||||||||||||||||||
| 16 | into a lane not adjacent to that of the workers present,
if | |||||||||||||||||||
| 17 | possible with due regard to safety and traffic
conditions, | |||||||||||||||||||
| 18 | if on a highway having at least 4 lanes with not less
than | |||||||||||||||||||
| 19 | 2 lanes proceeding in the same direction as the approaching
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| 20 | vehicle; or
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| 21 | (2) proceeding with due caution, reduce the speed of | |||||||||||||||||||
| 22 | the vehicle,
maintaining a safe speed for road conditions, | |||||||||||||||||||
| 23 | if changing lanes
would be impossible or unsafe.
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| 1 | (a-2) A person who violates subsection (a-1) of this
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| 2 | Section commits a business
offense punishable by a fine of not | ||||||
| 3 | less than $100 and not more than $25,000 $10,000. It is a | ||||||
| 4 | factor in
aggravation if the person committed the offense while | ||||||
| 5 | in violation of Section
11-501 of this Code.
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| 6 | (a-3) If a violation of subsection (a-1) of this Section
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| 7 | results in damage to the property of another person, in | ||||||
| 8 | addition to any other
penalty imposed,
the person's driving | ||||||
| 9 | privileges shall be suspended for a fixed
period of not less | ||||||
| 10 | than 90 days and not more than one year.
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| 11 | (a-4) If a violation of subsection (a-1) of this Section
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| 12 | results in injury to another person, in addition to any other | ||||||
| 13 | penalty imposed,
the person's driving privileges shall be | ||||||
| 14 | suspended for a fixed period of not
less
than 180
days and not | ||||||
| 15 | more than 2 years.
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| 16 | (a-5) If a violation of subsection (a-1) of this Section
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| 17 | results in the death of
another person, in addition to any | ||||||
| 18 | other penalty imposed,
the person's driving privileges shall be | ||||||
| 19 | suspended for 2 years.
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| 20 | (a-6) The Secretary of State shall, upon receiving a record | ||||||
| 21 | of a judgment
entered against a person under subsection (a-1) | ||||||
| 22 | of this
Section:
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| 23 | (1) suspend the person's driving privileges for the | ||||||
| 24 | mandatory period; or
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| 25 | (2) extend the period of an existing suspension by the | ||||||
| 26 | appropriate
mandatory period.
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| 1 | (b) The driver of a vehicle shall yield the right-of-way to | ||||||
| 2 | any
authorized vehicle obviously and actually engaged in work | ||||||
| 3 | upon a highway
whenever the vehicle engaged in construction or | ||||||
| 4 | maintenance work
displays flashing lights as provided in | ||||||
| 5 | Section 12-215 of this Act.
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| 6 | (c) The driver of a vehicle shall stop if signaled to do so | ||||||
| 7 | by a
flagger or a traffic control signal and remain in such | ||||||
| 8 | position until
signaled to proceed. If a driver of a vehicle | ||||||
| 9 | fails to stop when signaled
to do so by a flagger, the flagger | ||||||
| 10 | is authorized to report such offense to
the State's Attorney or | ||||||
| 11 | authorized prosecutor.
The penalties imposed for a violation of | ||||||
| 12 | this subsection (c) shall be in
addition to any penalties | ||||||
| 13 | imposed for a violation of subsection (a-1).
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| 14 | (d) The driver of a vehicle shall avoid encroaching upon | ||||||
| 15 | any designated highway construction or maintenance zone. A | ||||||
| 16 | person who violates this subsection shall be fined no less than | ||||||
| 17 | $100 and no more than $1,000. | ||||||
| 18 | (Source: P.A. 100-201, eff. 8-18-17.)
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