95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
SB0080


 
Introduced 1/31/2007, by Sen. Edward D. Maloney
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 		


















625 ILCS 5/11-703
  from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-703


625 ILCS 5/11-806
  from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-806


625 ILCS 5/11-1505
  from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-1505







    Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that the driver of a vehicle overtaking a bicycle or individual proceeding in the same direction  on a highway must maintain a distance of at least 3 feet between the vehicle and the bicycle or individual. Provides that a bicycle rider may signal a right turn by extending his or her right hand horizontally and to the right side of the bicycle. Provides that the rider of a bicycle or a motorized pedalcycle shall ride as close to the right-hand curb or edge as practicable and safe (rather than as close as practicable) in specified circumstances, including when the rider is approaching a place where a right turn is authorized.
















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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 
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Sections 11-703, 11-806, and 11-1505 as follows:
 



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    (625 ILCS 5/11-703)  (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-703)



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    Sec. 11-703. Overtaking a vehicle on the left. 

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    The following rules govern the overtaking and passing of 
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vehicles
proceeding in the same direction, subject to those 
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limitations, exceptions,
and special rules otherwise stated in 
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this Chapter:

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    (a) The driver of a vehicle overtaking another vehicle 
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proceeding in the
same direction shall pass to the left thereof 
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at a safe distance and shall
not again drive to the right side 
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of the roadway until safely clear of the
overtaken vehicle. In 
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no event shall such movement be made by driving off
the 
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pavement or the main traveled portion of the roadway.

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    (b) Except when overtaking and passing on the right is 
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permitted, the
driver of an overtaken vehicle shall give way to 
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the right in favor of the
overtaking vehicle on audible signal 
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and shall not increase the speed of
his vehicle until 
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completely passed by the overtaking vehicle.

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    (c) The driver of a 2 wheeled vehicle may not, in passing 
 


 






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upon the left
of any vehicle proceeding in the same direction, 
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pass upon the right of any
vehicle proceeding in the same 
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direction unless there is an unobstructed
lane of traffic 
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available to permit such passing maneuver safely.

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    (d) The operator of a motor vehicle overtaking a bicycle or 
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individual proceeding in the same direction on a highway shall 
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leave a safe distance, but not less than 3 feet, when passing 
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the bicycle or individual and shall maintain that distance 
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until safely past the overtaken bicycle or individual.

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(Source: P.A. 76-1586.)

 



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    (625 ILCS 5/11-806)  (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-806)



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    Sec. 11-806. Method of giving hand and arm signals. 

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    All signals herein required given by hand and arm shall be 
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given from
the left side of the vehicle in the following manner 
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and such signals shall
indicate as follows:

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    1.  Left turn - Hand and arm extended horizontally.

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    2.  Right turn - Hand and arm extended upward, except that a 
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person operating a bicycle may extend the right hand and arm 
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horizontally and to the right side of the bicycle.

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    3.  Stop or decrease of speed - Hand and arm extended 
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downward.

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(Source: P.A. 76-1586.)

 



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    (625 ILCS 5/11-1505)  (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-1505)



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    Sec. 11-1505. Position of bicycles and motorized pedal 
 


 






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cycles on
roadways -Riding on roadways and bicycle paths.
(a) 
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Any person operating a bicycle or motorized
pedal cycle upon a

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roadway at less than the normal speed of traffic at the time 
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and place and
under the conditions
then existing
shall ride as 
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close as practicable and safe to the right-hand curb or edge of 
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the
roadway except under the following situations:

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    1.  When overtaking and passing another bicycle, motorized 
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pedal
cycle or vehicle proceeding in
the same direction; or

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    2.  When preparing for a left turn at an intersection or 
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into
a private road or driveway; or

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    3. When reasonably necessary to avoid conditions 
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including,
but not limited to, fixed or moving objects, parked 
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or moving vehicles,
bicycles, motorized pedal cycles, 
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pedestrians,
animals, surface hazards, or substandard width 
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lanes that make it unsafe
to continue along the right-hand curb 
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or edge. For purposes of this subsection,
a "substandard width 
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lane" means a lane that is too narrow for a bicycle
or 
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motorized pedal cycle
and a vehicle to travel safely side by 
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side within the lane.

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    4. When approaching a place where a right turn is 
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authorized.

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    (b) Any person operating a bicycle or motorized pedal cycle 
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upon a one-way
highway with two or
more marked traffic lanes 
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may ride as near the left-hand curb or edge of
such roadway as 
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practicable.

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(Source: P.A. 83-549.)