Public Act 098-0798
 
SB1381 EnrolledLRB098 02611 MLW 32616 b


  
    AN ACT concerning transportation.
  
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
represented in the General Assembly:
  
 
 
    Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by changing 
Section 11-306 as follows:
 



    (625 ILCS 5/11-306)
  (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-306)



    Sec. 11-306. Traffic-control signal legend. Whenever 
traffic is controlled
by traffic-control signals exhibiting 
different colored lights or color
lighted arrows, successively 
one at a time or in combination, only the
colors green, red and 
yellow shall be used, except for special pedestrian
signals 
carrying a word legend, and the lights shall indicate and apply 
to
drivers of vehicles and pedestrians as follows:

    (a) Green indication.


        1. Vehicular traffic facing a circular green signal may

    proceed
straight through or turn right or left unless a 
    sign at such place
prohibits either such turn.  Vehicular 
    traffic, including vehicles turning
right or left, shall 
    yield the right of way to other vehicles and to
pedestrians 
    lawfully within the intersection or an adjacent crosswalk 
    at
the time such signal is exhibited.


        2. Vehicular traffic facing a green arrow signal, shown 
    alone or in
combination with another indication, may 
    cautiously enter the intersection
only to make the movement 
    indicated by such arrow, or such other movement
as is 
    permitted by other indications shown at the same time.  Such

    vehicular traffic shall yield the right of way to 
    pedestrians lawfully
within an adjacent crosswalk and to 
    other traffic lawfully using the
intersection.


        3. Unless otherwise directed by a pedestrian-control 
    signal, as provided
in Section 11-307, pedestrians facing 
    any green signal, except when the
sole green signal is a 
    turn arrow, may proceed across the roadway within
any 
    marked or unmarked crosswalk.

    (b) Steady yellow indication.


        1. Vehicular traffic facing a steady circular yellow or 
    yellow arrow
signal is thereby warned that the related 
    green movement is being
terminated or that a red indication 
    will be exhibited immediately thereafter.


        2. Pedestrians facing a steady circular yellow or 
    yellow arrow signal,
unless otherwise directed by a 
    pedestrian-control signal as provided in
Section 11-307, 
    are thereby advised that there is insufficient time to

    cross the roadway before a red indication is shown and no 
    pedestrian shall
then start to cross the roadway.

    (b-5) Flashing yellow arrow indication. 
        1. Vehicular traffic facing a flashing yellow arrow 
    indication may cautiously enter the intersection only to 
    make the movement indicated by the arrow and shall yield 
    the right-of-way to other vehicles and pedestrians 
    lawfully within the intersection or an adjacent crosswalk 
    at the time the signal is exhibited. 
        2. Pedestrians facing a flashing yellow arrow 
    indication, unless otherwise directed by a 
    pedestrian-control signal as provided in Section 11-307, 
    may proceed across the roadway within any marked or 
    unmarked crosswalk that crosses the lane or lanes used to 
    depart the intersection by traffic controlled by the 
    flashing yellow arrow indication. Pedestrians shall yield 
    the right-of-way to vehicles lawfully within the 
    intersection at the time that the flashing yellow signal 
    indication is first displayed. 
    (c) Steady red indication.


        1. Except as provided in paragraphs 3 and 3.5 of this 
    subsection (c),
vehicular traffic facing a steady circular 
    red signal alone shall stop at a
clearly marked stop line, 
    but if there is no such stop line, before
entering the 
    crosswalk on the near side of the intersection, or if there 
    is
no such crosswalk, then before entering the 
    intersection, and shall remain
standing until an 
    indication to proceed is shown.


        2. Except as provided in paragraphs 3 and 3.5 of this 
    subsection (c),
vehicular traffic facing a steady red arrow 
    signal shall not enter the
intersection to make the 
    movement indicated by the arrow and, unless
entering the 
    intersection to make a movement permitted by another 
    signal,
shall stop at a clearly marked stop line, but if 
    there is no such stop line,
before entering the crosswalk 
    on the near side of the intersection, or if
there is no 
    such crosswalk, then before entering the intersection, and

    shall remain standing until an indication permitting the 
    movement indicated
by such red arrow is shown.


        3. Except when a sign is in place prohibiting a turn 
    and local
authorities by ordinance or State authorities by 
    rule or regulation
prohibit any such turn, vehicular 
    traffic facing any steady red signal may
cautiously enter 
    the intersection to turn right, or to turn left from a

    one-way street into a one-way street, after stopping as 
    required by
paragraph 1 or paragraph 2 of this subsection.

    After
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 or junction or roadways.  Such driver shall 
    yield the
right of way to pedestrians within the 
    intersection or an adjacent crosswalk.

        3.5. In municipalities with less than 2,000,000 
    inhabitants, after stopping as required by paragraph 1 or 2 
    of this subsection, the driver of a motorcycle or bicycle, 
    facing a steady red signal which fails to change to a green 
    signal within a reasonable period of time not less than 120 
    seconds because of a signal malfunction or because the 
    signal has failed to detect the arrival of the motorcycle 
    or bicycle due to the vehicle's size or weight, shall have 
    the right to proceed, after yielding the right of way to 
    oncoming traffic facing a green signal, subject to the 
    rules applicable after making a stop at a stop sign as 
    required by Section 11-1204 of this Code. 

        4. Unless otherwise directed by a pedestrian-control 
    signal as provided
in Section 11-307, pedestrians facing a 
    steady circular red or red arrow
signal alone shall not 
    enter the roadway.



    (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. 97-627, eff. 1-1-12; 97-762, eff. 7-6-12.)

 
 
    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
becoming law.