Rep. Christian L. Mitchell
Filed: 4/27/2017
 
 

 

 

 
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1
AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 2402




2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 2402, AS AMENDED, by 
3replacing everything after the enacting clause with the 
4following:


 
 
5    "Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended  by 
6changing Section 11-1421 as follows:
 



7    (625 ILCS 5/11-1421)  (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-1421)



8    Sec. 11-1421. Conditions for operating ambulances and 
9rescue vehicles. 

10    (a) No person shall operate an ambulance or rescue vehicle

11in a manner not conforming to the motor vehicle laws
and 
12regulations of this State or of any political subdivision of 
13this State
as such laws and regulations apply to motor vehicles 
14in
general, unless in compliance with the following conditions:


15        1.  The person operating the ambulance shall be either 
16    responding to a
bona fide emergency call or specifically 
 
 
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1    directed by a licensed physician
to disregard traffic laws 
2    in operating the ambulance during and for the
purpose of 
3    the specific trip or journey that is involved;


4        2.  The ambulance or rescue vehicle shall be equipped 
5    with a siren
producing
an audible signal of an intensity of 
6    100 decibels at a distance of 50 feet
from the siren; 
7    except that, beginning July 1, 2018, in a municipality with 
8    1,000,000 or more inhabitants, an ambulance or rescue 
9    vehicle owned by the municipality's fire department shall 
10    be equipped with a siren producing an audible signal of an 
11    intensity of at least 100 decibels, but not to exceed 101 
12    decibels at a distance of 50 feet from the siren. The 
13    ambulance or rescue vehicle shall also be equipped , and 
14    with a lamp or lamps emitting an oscillating, rotating
or 
15    flashing red beam directed in part toward the front of the 
16    vehicle, and
these lamps shall have sufficient intensity to 
17    be visible at 500 feet in
normal sunlight, and in addition 
18    to other lighting requirements, excluding
those vehicles 
19    operated in counties with a population in excess of 
20    2,000,000,
may also operate with a lamp or lamps emitting 
21    an oscillating, rotating, or
flashing
green light;


22        3. The aforesaid siren and lamp or lamps shall be in 
23    operation at all
times when it is reasonably necessary to 
24    warn pedestrians and other drivers
of the approach thereof 
25    during such trip or journey;


26        4. Whenever the ambulance or rescue vehicle is operated 
 
 
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1    at a speed in
excess of 40 miles per hour, the ambulance or 
2    rescue vehicle shall be operated
in complete conformance 
3    with every other motor vehicle law and regulation
of this 
4    State and of the political subdivision in which the 
5    ambulance or
rescue vehicle is operated, relating to the 
6    operation of motor vehicles,
as such provision applies to 
7    motor vehicles in
general, except laws and regulations 
8    pertaining to compliance with official
traffic-control 
9    devices or to vehicular operation upon the right half of

10    the roadway; and


11        5. The ambulance shall display registration plates 
12    identifying the vehicle
as an ambulance.

13    (b) The foregoing provisions do not relieve the driver of 
14an ambulance
or rescue vehicle from the duty of driving with 
15due regard for the safety
of all persons, nor do such 
16provisions protect the driver from the consequences
resulting 
17from the reckless disregard for the safety of others.

18(Source: P.A. 88-517.)".