SB3336 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
SB3336

Introduced 2/7/2012, by Sen. Don Harmon

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

625 ILCS 5/1-131.5 new
625 ILCS 5/Ch. 11 Art. XV heading
625 ILCS 5/11-1502	from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-1502
625 ILCS 5/11-1504	from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-1504
625 ILCS 5/11-1505	from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-1505
625 ILCS 5/11-1505.1	from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-1505.1
625 ILCS 5/11-1510	from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-1510
625 ILCS 5/11-1511	from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-1511
625 ILCS 5/11-1514	from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-1514

Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Defines "in-line speed skates". Provides that traffic laws apply to persons using in-line speed skates and that persons using in-line speed skates shall be granted all of the rights and subjected to all of the duties applicable to drivers of vehicles under the Code, with certain exceptions. Provides that in-line speed skaters may not attach themselves to any vehicle upon a roadway. Contains provisions concerning the position of in-line skaters on highways, left-turn protocol, turn and stop signals, and racing.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning transportation.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by changing the heading of Article XV of Chapter 11 and Sections 11-1502, 11-1504, 11-1505, 11-1505.1, 11-1510, 11-1511, and 11-1514 and by adding Section 1-131.5 as follows:

(625 ILCS 5/1-131.5 new)

Sec. 1-131.5. In-line speed skates. Roller skates (1) that are equipped with wheels arranged in a straight line and (2) on which the top of the boot affixed to the frame holding the wheels does not extend more than one inch above the wearer's ankle joint.

(625 ILCS 5/Ch. 11 Art. XV heading)

ARTICLE XV. BICYCLES AND IN-LINE SPEED SKATES

(625 ILCS 5/11-1502) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-1502)

Sec. 11-1502. Traffic laws apply to persons riding bicycles or using in-line speed skates. Every person riding a bicycle or using in-line speed skates upon a highway shall be granted all of the rights and shall be subject to all of the duties applicable to the driver of a vehicle by this Code, except as to special regulations in this Article XV and except as to those provisions of this Code which by their nature can have no application.

(Source: P.A. 82-132.)

(625 ILCS 5/11-1504) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-1504)

Sec. 11-1504. Clinging to vehicles. No person riding upon any bicycle, coaster, roller skates, sled, or toy vehicle, or using in-line speed skates shall attach the same or himself to any vehicle upon a roadway.

(Source: P.A. 82-132.)

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

Sec. 11-1505. Position of bicycles, and motorized pedal cycles, and in-line speed skates on roadways - Riding and skating on roadways and bicycle paths.

(a) Any person operating a bicycle or motorized pedal cycle or using in-line speed skates upon a roadway at less than the normal speed of traffic at the time and place and under the conditions then existing shall ride as close as practicable and safe to the right-hand curb or edge of the roadway except under the following situations:

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

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

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

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

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

(Source: P.A. 95-231, eff. 1-1-08; revised 11-21-11.)

(625 ILCS 5/11-1505.1) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-1505.1)

Sec. 11-1505.1. Persons riding bicycles or motorized pedal cycles or using in-line speed skates upon a roadway shall not ride or skate more than 2 abreast, except on paths or parts of roadways set aside for their exclusive use. Persons riding or skating 2 abreast shall not impede the normal and reasonable movement of traffic and, on a laned roadway, shall ride or skate within a single lane subject to the provisions of Section 11-1505.

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

(625 ILCS 5/11-1510) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-1510)

Sec. 11-1510. Left Turns.

(a) A person riding a bicycle or moped or using in-line speed skates intending to turn left shall follow a course described in Section 11-801 or in paragraph (b) of this Section.

(b) A person riding a bicycle or moped or using in-line speed skates intending to turn left shall approach the turn as close as practicable to the right curb or edge of the roadway. After proceeding across the intersecting roadway to the far corner of the curb or intersection of the roadway edges, the bicyclist, skater, or moped driver shall stop, as much as practicable out of the way of traffic. After stopping the person shall yield to any traffic proceeding in either direction along the roadway such person had been using. After yielding, the bicyclist, skater, bicycle or moped driver shall comply with any official traffic control device or police officer regulating traffic on the highway along which he intends to proceed, and the bicyclist, skater, or moped driver may proceed in the new direction.

(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions, the Department and local authorities in their respective jurisdictions may cause official traffic-control devices to be placed and thereby require and direct that a specific course be traveled by turning bicyclists, skaters, and moped drivers, bicycles and moped, and when such devices are so placed, no person shall turn a bicycle or moped other than as directed and required by such devices.

(Source: P.A. 96-554, eff. 1-1-10.)

(625 ILCS 5/11-1511) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-1511)

Sec. 11-1511. Turn and stop signals. (a) Except as provided in this Section, a person riding a bicycle or using in-line speed skates shall comply with Section 11-804.

(b) A signal of intention to turn right or left when required shall be given during not less than the last 100 feet traveled by the bicycle or skater before turning, and shall be given while the bicycle or skater is stopped waiting to turn. A signal by hand and arm need not be given continuously if the hand is needed in the control or operation of the bicycle.

(Source: P.A. 82-132.)

(625 ILCS 5/11-1514) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-1514)

Sec. 11-1514. Bicycle or in-line speed skate racing. (a) Bicycle or in-line speed skate racing on a highway shall not be unlawful when a racing event has been approved by State or local authorities on any highway under their respective jurisdictions. Approval of bicycle or in-line speed skate highway racing events shall be granted only under conditions which assure reasonable safety for all race participants, spectators and other highways users, and which prevent unreasonable interference with traffic flow which would seriously inconvenience other highway users.

(b) By agreement with the approving authority, participants in an approved bicycle or in-line speed skate highway racing event may be exempted from compliance with any traffic laws otherwise applicable thereto, provided that traffic control is adequate to assure the safety of all highway users.

(Source: P.A. 82-132.)