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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 1-158 and 11-1007 and by adding Section 1-131.5 as |
| 6 | | follows:
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| 7 | | (625 ILCS 5/1-131.5 new) |
| 8 | | Sec. 1-131.5. In-line speed skates. A manufactured or |
| 9 | | assembled device consisting of an upper portion that is |
| 10 | | intended to be secured to a human foot, with a frame or chassis |
| 11 | | attached along the length of the bottom of the upper portion, |
| 12 | | with the frame or chassis holding 2 or more wheels that are |
| 13 | | longitudinally aligned and used to skate or glide by means of |
| 14 | | human foot and leg power while having the device attached to |
| 15 | | each foot or leg. The upper portion may not extend more than 2 |
| 16 | | inches above the wearer's ankle joint.
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| 17 | | (625 ILCS 5/1-158) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 1-158)
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| 18 | | Sec. 1-158. Pedestrian. Any person afoot or wearing in-line |
| 19 | | speed skates, including a person with a
physical, hearing, or |
| 20 | | visual disability.
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| 21 | | (Source: P.A. 88-685, eff. 1-24-95.)
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| 1 | | (625 ILCS 5/11-1007) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-1007)
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| 2 | | Sec. 11-1007. Pedestrians walking on highways. (a) Except |
| 3 | | as provided in subsection (e), where Where a sidewalk is
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| 4 | | provided and its use is practicable, it shall be unlawful for |
| 5 | | any pedestrian to walk
along and upon an adjacent roadway.
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| 6 | | (b) Except as provided in subsection (e), where Where a |
| 7 | | sidewalk is not available, any pedestrian walking along and |
| 8 | | upon
a highway shall walk only on a shoulder, as far as |
| 9 | | practicable from the edge of
the roadway.
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| 10 | | (c) Except as provided in subsection (e), where Where |
| 11 | | neither a sidewalk nor a shoulder is available, any pedestrian
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| 12 | | walking along and upon a highway shall walk as near as |
| 13 | | practicable to an outside
edge of a roadway, and, if on a |
| 14 | | two-way roadway, shall walk only on the left side
of the |
| 15 | | roadway.
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| 16 | | (d) Except as otherwise provided in this Chapter, any |
| 17 | | pedestrian upon
a roadway shall yield the right-of-way to all |
| 18 | | vehicles upon the roadway. |
| 19 | | (e) In municipalities with a population of under 2,000,000 |
| 20 | | inhabitants, upon highways where the maximum posted speed limit |
| 21 | | is 45 miles per hour or less, and during the period from |
| 22 | | sunrise to sunset, a pedestrian who is 18 years of age or older |
| 23 | | and wearing in-line speed skates may travel upon the roadway as |
| 24 | | near as practicable to an outside edge of the roadway. |
| 25 | | Pedestrians wearing in-line speed skates upon a roadway may not |
| 26 | | impede or obstruct other vehicular traffic. Pedestrians |