Vehicles & Safety Committee
Filed: 4/22/2009
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1 | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1467
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2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 1467 by replacing | ||||||
3 | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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4 | "Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by | ||||||
5 | changing 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 |
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1 | when special hazard exists
with respect to pedestrians or other | ||||||
2 | traffic or by reason of weather or
highway conditions. Speed | ||||||
3 | must be decreased as may be necessary to avoid
colliding with | ||||||
4 | any person or vehicle on or entering the highway in
compliance | ||||||
5 | with legal requirements and the duty of all persons to use due
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6 | care.
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7 | (b) No person may drive a vehicle upon any highway of this | ||||||
8 | State at a
speed which is greater than the applicable statutory | ||||||
9 | maximum speed limit
established by paragraphs (c), (d), (e), | ||||||
10 | (f) or (g) of this Section, by
Section 11-605 or by a | ||||||
11 | regulation or ordinance made under this Chapter.
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12 | (c) Unless some other speed restriction is established | ||||||
13 | under this
Chapter, the maximum speed limit in an urban | ||||||
14 | district for all vehicles is:
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15 | 1. 30 miles per hour; and
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16 | 2. 15 miles per hour in an alley.
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17 | (d) Unless some other speed restriction is established | ||||||
18 | under this Chapter,
the maximum speed limit outside an urban | ||||||
19 | district for any vehicle of the
first division or a second | ||||||
20 | division vehicle
designed or used for
the carrying of a gross | ||||||
21 | weight of 8,000 pounds or less
(including the
weight of the | ||||||
22 | vehicle and maximum load) is (1) 65 miles per hour (i) for
all | ||||||
23 | highways under the jurisdiction of the Illinois State Toll
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24 | Highway Authority and (ii) for all or part of highways that are | ||||||
25 | designated by
the Department, have at least 4 lanes of traffic, | ||||||
26 | and have a separation between
the roadways moving in opposite |
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1 | directions and (2) 55 miles per hour for all
other highways, | ||||||
2 | roads, and streets.
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3 | (e) In the counties of Cook, DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry, | ||||||
4 | and Will, unless Unless some lesser speed restriction is | ||||||
5 | established under
this
Chapter, the maximum speed limit outside | ||||||
6 | an urban district for a second
division vehicle designed or | ||||||
7 | used for the carrying of a gross weight of
8,001 pounds or more | ||||||
8 | (including the weight of the vehicle and
maximum load) is
55 | ||||||
9 | miles per hour.
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10 | (e-1) Outside the counties of Cook, DuPage, Kane, Lake, | ||||||
11 | McHenry, and Will, unless some lesser speed restriction is | ||||||
12 | established under this Chapter, the maximum speed limit outside | ||||||
13 | an urban district for a second division vehicle designed or | ||||||
14 | used for the carrying of a gross weight of 8,001 pounds or more | ||||||
15 | (including the weight of the vehicle and maximum load) is (1) | ||||||
16 | 65 miles per hour on any interstate highway as defined by | ||||||
17 | Section 1-133.1 of this Code, and (2) 55 miles per hour for all | ||||||
18 | other highways, roads, and streets. | ||||||
19 | (f) Unless some other speed restriction is established | ||||||
20 | under this Chapter,
the maximum speed limit outside an urban | ||||||
21 | district for a bus is:
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22 | 1. 65 miles per hour upon any highway which has at | ||||||
23 | least 4 lanes of
traffic
and of which the roadways for | ||||||
24 | traffic moving in opposite directions are
separated by a | ||||||
25 | strip of ground which is not surfaced or suitable for | ||||||
26 | vehicular
traffic, except that the maximum speed limit for |
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1 | a bus on all highways,
roads, or streets not under the | ||||||
2 | jurisdiction of the Department or the Illinois
State Toll | ||||||
3 | Highway Authority
is 55 miles per hour; and
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4 | 2. 55 60 miles per hour on any other highway , except | ||||||
5 | that
the maximum speed limit for a bus on all highways, | ||||||
6 | roads, or streets not under
the jurisdiction of the | ||||||
7 | Department or the Illinois State Toll Highway
Authority
is | ||||||
8 | 55 miles per hour .
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9 | (g) (Blank). Unless some other speed restriction is | ||||||
10 | established under this Chapter,
the maximum speed limit outside | ||||||
11 | an urban district for a house car, camper,
private living | ||||||
12 | coach, vehicles licensed as recreational vehicles, and any
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13 | vehicle towing any other vehicle is 55 miles per hour or the | ||||||
14 | posted speed
limit, whichever is less.
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15 | (Source: P.A. 89-444, eff. 1-25-96; 89-551, eff. 1-1-97.)
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16 | (625 ILCS 5/11-602) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-602)
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17 | Sec. 11-602. Alteration of limits by Department. Whenever | ||||||
18 | the Department
determines,
upon the basis of an engineering and | ||||||
19 | traffic investigation concerning any
highway for which the | ||||||
20 | Department has maintenance responsibility, that a
maximum | ||||||
21 | speed limit prescribed in Section 11-601 of this Chapter is | ||||||
22 | greater
or less than is reasonable or safe with respect to the | ||||||
23 | conditions found
to exist at any intersection or other place on | ||||||
24 | such highway or along any
part or zone thereof, the Department | ||||||
25 | shall determine and declare a reasonable
and safe absolute |
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1 | maximum speed limit applicable to such intersection or
place, | ||||||
2 | or along such part or zone. However, such limit shall not | ||||||
3 | exceed
65 miles per hour , or 55 miles per hour for a second | ||||||
4 | division vehicle designed
or used for the carrying of a gross | ||||||
5 | weight of
8,001
pounds or more (including the weight of the | ||||||
6 | vehicle and maximum load), on a
highway or street which is | ||||||
7 | especially
designed for
through traffic and to, from, or over | ||||||
8 | which owners of or persons having
an interest in abutting | ||||||
9 | property or other persons have no right or easement,
or only a | ||||||
10 | limited right or easement, of access, crossing, light, air, or
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11 | view, and shall not exceed 55 miles per hour on any other | ||||||
12 | highway. Where
a highway under the Department's jurisdiction
is | ||||||
13 | contiguous to school property, the Department may, at the | ||||||
14 | school district's
request, set a
reduced maximum speed limit | ||||||
15 | for student safety purposes in the portion of the
highway that | ||||||
16 | faces the school property and in the portions of the highway | ||||||
17 | that
extend
one-quarter mile in each direction from the | ||||||
18 | opposite ends of the school
property. A limit determined and
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19 | declared as provided in this Section becomes effective, and | ||||||
20 | suspends the
applicability of the limit
prescribed
in Section | ||||||
21 | 11-601 of this Chapter, when appropriate signs giving notice
of | ||||||
22 | the limit are erected at such intersection or other
place, or | ||||||
23 | along such part or zone of the highway. Electronic
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24 | speed-detecting devices shall not be used within 500 feet | ||||||
25 | beyond any such
sign in the direction of travel; if so used in | ||||||
26 | violation hereof, evidence
obtained thereby shall be |
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1 | inadmissible in any prosecution for speeding.
However, nothing | ||||||
2 | in this Section prohibits the use of such electronic
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3 | speed-detecting devices within 500 feet of a sign within a | ||||||
4 | special
school speed zone indicating such zone, conforming to | ||||||
5 | the requirements of
Section 11-605 of this Act, nor shall | ||||||
6 | evidence obtained thereby be
inadmissible in any prosecution | ||||||
7 | for speeding provided the use of such
device shall apply only | ||||||
8 | to the enforcement of the speed limit in such
special school | ||||||
9 | speed zone.
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10 | (Source: P.A. 93-624, eff. 12-19-03.)
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11 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January | ||||||
12 | 1, 2010.".
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