Sen. Ira I. Silverstein
Filed: 2/11/2010
 
 

 




 

 		












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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 2951 




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    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 2951 by replacing 
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everything after the enacting clause with the following:

 
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    "Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended  by 
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changing Section 11-703 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. The 
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following rules govern the overtaking and passing of vehicles

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proceeding in the same direction, subject to those limitations, 
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exceptions,
and special rules otherwise stated in 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 
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    thereof at a safe distance and shall
not again drive to the 
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    right side of the roadway until safely clear of the

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    overtaken vehicle. In no event shall such movement be made 
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    by driving off
the pavement or the main traveled portion of 
 


 






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    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 
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    way to the right in favor of the
overtaking vehicle on 
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    audible signal and shall not increase the speed of
his 
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    vehicle until completely passed by the overtaking vehicle.
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        (c) The driver of a 2 wheeled vehicle may not, in 
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    passing upon the left
of any vehicle proceeding in the same 
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    direction, pass upon the right of any
vehicle proceeding in 
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    the same direction unless there is an unobstructed
lane of 
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    traffic available to permit such passing maneuver safely.
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        (d) The operator of a motor vehicle overtaking a 
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    bicycle or individual proceeding in the same direction on a 
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    highway shall leave a safe distance, but not less than 3 
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    feet, when passing the bicycle or individual and shall 
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    maintain that distance until safely past the overtaken 
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    bicycle or individual.

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        (e) A person driving a motor vehicle shall not, in a 
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    reckless manner, drive the motor vehicle unnecessarily 
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    close to, toward, or near a bicyclist.
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        (f) Every person convicted of paragraph (e) of this 
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    Section shall be guilty of a
Class A misdemeanor if the 
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    violation does not result in great
bodily harm or permanent 
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    disability or disfigurement to another. If the violation 
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    results in great
bodily harm or permanent disability or 
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    disfigurement to another, the person
shall
be guilty of a 
 


 






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    Class 4 felony. 
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(Source: P.A. 95-231, eff. 1-1-08.)
 
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    Section 10. The Criminal Code of 1961 is amended  by adding 
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Section 12-2.3 as follows:
 
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    (720 ILCS 5/12-2.3 new)
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    Sec. 12-2.3. Projecting or throwing missiles at 
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bicyclists.
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    (a) As used in this Section, "missile" means any object or 
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substance. 
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    (b) A person may not knowingly project or throw any missile 
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at or against a bicyclist.
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    (c) A person who violates subsection (b) of this Section 
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shall be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.".