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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 | Sections 11-601 and 11-602 as follows:
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6 | (625 ILCS 5/11-601) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-601)
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7 | Sec. 11-601. General speed restrictions.
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8 | (a) No vehicle may be driven upon any highway of this State | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
9 | at a speed
which is greater than is reasonable and proper with | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
10 | regard to traffic
conditions and the use of the highway, or | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
11 | endangers the safety of any
person or property. The fact that | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
12 | the speed of a vehicle does not exceed
the applicable maximum | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
13 | speed limit does not relieve the driver from the
duty to | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
14 | decrease speed when approaching and crossing an intersection,
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15 | approaching and going around a curve, when approaching a hill | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
16 | crest, when
traveling upon any narrow or winding roadway, or | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
17 | when special hazard exists
with respect to pedestrians or other | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
18 | traffic or by reason of weather or
highway conditions. Speed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
19 | must be decreased as may be necessary to avoid
colliding with | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
20 | any person or vehicle on or entering the highway in
compliance | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
21 | with legal requirements and the duty of all persons to use due
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22 | care.
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23 | (b) No person may drive a vehicle upon any highway of this |
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1 | State at a
speed which is greater than the applicable statutory | ||||||
2 | maximum speed limit
established by paragraphs (c), (d), (e), | ||||||
3 | (f) or (g) of this Section, by
Section 11-605 or by a | ||||||
4 | regulation or ordinance made under this Chapter.
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5 | (c) Unless some other speed restriction is established | ||||||
6 | under this
Chapter, the maximum speed limit in an urban | ||||||
7 | district for all vehicles is:
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8 | 1. 30 miles per hour; and
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9 | 2. 15 miles per hour in an alley.
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10 | (d) Unless some other speed restriction is established | ||||||
11 | under this Chapter,
the maximum speed limit outside an urban | ||||||
12 | district for any vehicle of the
first division or a second | ||||||
13 | division vehicle
designed or used for
the carrying of a gross | ||||||
14 | weight of 8,000 pounds or less
(including the
weight of the | ||||||
15 | vehicle and maximum load) is (1) 65 miles per hour (i) for
all | ||||||
16 | highways under the jurisdiction of the Illinois State Toll
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17 | Highway Authority and (ii) for all or part of highways that are | ||||||
18 | designated by
the Department, have at least 4 lanes of traffic, | ||||||
19 | and have a separation between
the roadways moving in opposite | ||||||
20 | directions and (2) 55 miles per hour for all
other highways, | ||||||
21 | roads, and streets.
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22 | (e) In a populated area, unless Unless some lesser speed | ||||||
23 | restriction is established under
this
Chapter, the maximum | ||||||
24 | speed limit outside an urban district for a second
division | ||||||
25 | vehicle designed or used for the carrying of a gross weight of
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26 | 8,001 pounds or more (including the weight of the vehicle and
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1 | maximum load) is
55 miles per hour.
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2 | (e-5) In a non-populated area, unless some lesser speed | ||||||
3 | restriction is established under
this
Chapter, the maximum | ||||||
4 | speed limit outside an urban district for a second
division | ||||||
5 | vehicle designed or used for the carrying of a gross weight of
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6 | 8,001 pounds or more (including the weight of the vehicle and
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7 | maximum load) is
65 miles per hour. | ||||||
8 | (f) Unless some other speed restriction is established | ||||||
9 | under this Chapter,
the maximum speed limit outside an urban | ||||||
10 | district for a bus is:
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11 | 1. 65 miles per hour in a non-populated area upon any | ||||||
12 | highway which has at least 4 lanes of
traffic
and of which | ||||||
13 | the roadways for traffic moving in opposite directions are
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14 | separated by a strip of ground which is not surfaced or | ||||||
15 | suitable for vehicular
traffic, and except that the maximum | ||||||
16 | speed limit for a bus on all other highways,
roads, or | ||||||
17 | streets not under the jurisdiction of the Department or the | ||||||
18 | Illinois
State Toll Highway Authority
is 55 miles per hour . | ||||||
19 | ; and
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20 | 2. (Blank). 60 miles per hour on any other highway, | ||||||
21 | except that
the maximum speed limit for a bus on all | ||||||
22 | highways, roads, or streets not under
the jurisdiction of | ||||||
23 | the Department or the Illinois State Toll Highway
Authority
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24 | is 55 miles per hour.
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25 | (g) Unless some other speed restriction is established | ||||||
26 | under this Chapter,
the maximum speed limit outside an urban |
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1 | district for a house car, camper,
private living coach, | ||||||
2 | vehicles licensed as recreational vehicles, and any
vehicle | ||||||
3 | towing any other vehicle is 55 miles per hour or the posted | ||||||
4 | speed
limit, whichever is less.
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5 | (h) As used in this Section: | ||||||
6 | "Populated area" means all territory inside the boundaries | ||||||
7 | and all territory that is 5 miles outside the boundaries, in | ||||||
8 | any direction, of a city, village, or incorporated town with a | ||||||
9 | population of 50,000 or more. | ||||||
10 | "Non-populated area" means all territory not included in a | ||||||
11 | populated area, as defined by this Section. | ||||||
12 | (Source: P.A. 89-444, eff. 1-25-96; 89-551, eff. 1-1-97.)
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13 | (625 ILCS 5/11-602) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-602)
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14 | Sec. 11-602. Alteration of limits by Department. | ||||||
15 | (a) Whenever the Department
determines,
upon the basis of | ||||||
16 | an engineering and traffic investigation concerning any
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17 | highway for which the Department has maintenance | ||||||
18 | responsibility, that a
maximum speed limit prescribed in | ||||||
19 | Section 11-601 of this Chapter is greater
or less than is | ||||||
20 | reasonable or safe with respect to the conditions found
to | ||||||
21 | exist at any intersection or other place on such highway or | ||||||
22 | along any
part or zone thereof, the Department shall determine | ||||||
23 | and declare a reasonable
and safe absolute maximum speed limit | ||||||
24 | applicable to such intersection or
place, or along such part or | ||||||
25 | zone. However, such limit shall not : |
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1 | (1) in a populated area, as defined by subsection (h) | ||||||
2 | of Section 11-601 of this Code, exceed
65 miles per hour, | ||||||
3 | or 55 miles per hour for a second division vehicle designed
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4 | or used for the carrying of a gross weight of
8,001
pounds | ||||||
5 | or more (including the weight of the vehicle and maximum | ||||||
6 | load), on a
highway or street which is especially
designed | ||||||
7 | for
through traffic and to, from, or over which owners of | ||||||
8 | or persons having
an interest in abutting property or other | ||||||
9 | persons have no right or easement,
or only a limited right | ||||||
10 | or easement, of access, crossing, light, air, or
view, and | ||||||
11 | shall not exceed 55 miles per hour on any other highway ; | ||||||
12 | or . | ||||||
13 | (2) in a non-populated area, as defined by subsection | ||||||
14 | (h) of Section 11-601 of this Code, exceed
65 miles per | ||||||
15 | hour on a
highway or street which is especially
designed | ||||||
16 | for
through traffic and to, from, or over which owners of | ||||||
17 | or persons having
an interest in abutting property or other | ||||||
18 | persons have no right or easement,
or only a limited right | ||||||
19 | or easement, of access, crossing, light, air, or
view, and | ||||||
20 | shall not exceed 55 miles per hour on any other highway. | ||||||
21 | (b) Where
a highway under the Department's jurisdiction
is | ||||||
22 | contiguous to school property, the Department may, at the | ||||||
23 | school district's
request, set a
reduced maximum speed limit | ||||||
24 | for student safety purposes in the portion of the
highway that | ||||||
25 | faces the school property and in the portions of the highway | ||||||
26 | that
extend
one-quarter mile in each direction from the |
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1 | opposite ends of the school
property. A limit determined and
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2 | declared as provided in this Section becomes effective, and | ||||||
3 | suspends the
applicability of the limit
prescribed
in Section | ||||||
4 | 11-601 of this Chapter, when appropriate signs giving notice
of | ||||||
5 | the limit are erected at such intersection or other
place, or | ||||||
6 | along such part or zone of the highway. Electronic
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7 | speed-detecting devices shall not be used within 500 feet | ||||||
8 | beyond any such
sign in the direction of travel; if so used in | ||||||
9 | violation hereof, evidence
obtained thereby shall be | ||||||
10 | inadmissible in any prosecution for speeding.
However, nothing | ||||||
11 | in this Section prohibits the use of such electronic
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12 | speed-detecting devices within 500 feet of a sign within a | ||||||
13 | special
school speed zone indicating such zone, conforming to | ||||||
14 | the requirements of
Section 11-605 of this Act, nor shall | ||||||
15 | evidence obtained thereby be
inadmissible in any prosecution | ||||||
16 | for speeding provided the use of such
device shall apply only | ||||||
17 | to the enforcement of the speed limit in such
special school | ||||||
18 | speed zone.
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19 | (Source: P.A. 93-624, eff. 12-19-03.)
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20 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January | ||||||
21 | 1, 2010.
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