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Public Act 099-0598 |
HB4105 Enrolled | LRB099 08149 RJF 28299 b |
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AN ACT concerning transportation.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by changing |
Section 12-208 as follows: |
(625 ILCS 5/12-208) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 12-208)
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Sec. 12-208. Signal lamps and signal devices.
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(a) Every vehicle other than an antique vehicle displaying |
an antique
plate or an expanded-use antique vehicle displaying |
expanded-use antique vehicle plates operated in this State |
shall be equipped with a stop lamp or lamps on
the rear of the |
vehicle which shall display a red or amber light visible
from a |
distance of not less than 500 feet to the rear in normal |
sunlight
and which shall be actuated upon application of the |
service (foot) brake,
and which may but need not be |
incorporated with other rear lamps. During
times when lighted |
lamps are not required, an antique vehicle or an expanded-use |
antique vehicle may be
equipped with a stop lamp or lamps on |
the rear of such vehicle of the same
type originally installed |
by the manufacturer as original equipment and in
working order. |
However, at all other times, except as provided in subsection
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(a-1), such antique vehicle or expanded-use antique vehicle |
must be
equipped with stop lamps meeting the requirements of |
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Section 12-208 of this
Act.
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(a-1) A motorcycle or an An antique vehicle or an |
expanded-use antique vehicle, including an antique motorcycle, |
may display a blue light or lights of up to one
inch in |
diameter as part of the vehicle's rear stop lamp or lamps.
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(b) Every motor vehicle other than an antique vehicle |
displaying an
antique plate or an expanded-use antique vehicle |
displaying expanded-use antique vehicle plates shall be |
equipped with an electric turn signal device which
shall |
indicate the intention of the driver to turn to the right or to |
the
left in the form of flashing lights located at and showing |
to the front and
rear of the vehicle on the side of the vehicle |
toward which the turn is to
be made. The lamps showing to the |
front shall be mounted on the same level
and as widely spaced |
laterally as practicable and, when signaling, shall
emit a |
white or amber light, or any shade of light between white and |
amber.
The lamps showing to the rear shall be mounted on the |
same level and as
widely spaced laterally as practicable and, |
when signaling, shall emit a
red or amber light. An antique |
vehicle or expanded-use antique vehicle shall be equipped with |
a turn signal
device of the same type originally installed by |
the manufacturer as
original equipment and in working order.
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(c) Every trailer and semitrailer shall be equipped with an |
electric
turn signal device which indicates the intention of |
the driver in the power
unit to turn to the right or to the left |
in the form of flashing red or
amber lights located at the rear |
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of the vehicle on the side toward which
the turn is to be made |
and mounted on the same level and as widely spaced
laterally as |
practicable.
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(d) Turn signal lamps must be visible from a distance of |
not less than
300 feet in normal sunlight.
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(e) Motorcycles and motor-driven cycles need not be |
equipped with
electric turn signals. Antique vehicles and |
expanded-use antique vehicles need not be equipped with turn
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signals unless such were installed by the manufacturer as |
original
equipment.
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(f) (Blank).
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(g) Motorcycles and motor-driven cycles may be equipped |
with a stop lamp or lamps on the rear of the vehicle that |
display a red or amber light, visible from a distance of not |
less than 500 feet to the rear in normal sunlight, that flashes |
and becomes steady only when the brake is actuated. |
(Source: P.A. 96-487, eff. 1-1-10; 97-412, eff. 1-1-12; 97-743, |
eff. 1-1-13.)
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