95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
SB0540

 

Introduced 2/8/2007, by Sen. John M. Sullivan

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
625 ILCS 5/11-601   from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-601

    Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that, unless some other speed restriction has been established under the Code, the maximum speed limit outside an urban district for any vehicle is 65 miles per hour. Effective January 1, 2008.


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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

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1     AN ACT concerning vehicles.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by changing
5 Section 11-601 as follows:
 
6     (625 ILCS 5/11-601)  (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-601)
7     Sec. 11-601. General speed restrictions.
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,
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
22 care.
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.
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:
8         1. 30 miles per hour; and
9         2. 15 miles per hour in an alley.
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
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.
22     (e) (Blank) Unless some lesser speed restriction is
23 established under this Chapter, the maximum speed limit outside
24 an urban district for a second division vehicle designed or
25 used for the carrying of a gross weight of 8,001 pounds or more
26 (including the weight of the vehicle and maximum load) is 55

 

 

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1 miles per hour.
2     (f) Unless some other speed restriction is established
3 under this Chapter, the maximum speed limit outside an urban
4 district for a bus is:
5         1. 65 miles per hour upon any highway which has at
6     least 4 lanes of traffic and of which the roadways for
7     traffic moving in opposite directions are separated by a
8     strip of ground which is not surfaced or suitable for
9     vehicular traffic, except that the maximum speed limit for
10     a bus on all highways, roads, or streets not under the
11     jurisdiction of the Department or the Illinois State Toll
12     Highway Authority is 55 miles per hour; and
13         2. 55 60 miles per hour on any other highway, except
14     that the maximum speed limit for a bus on all highways,
15     roads, or streets not under the jurisdiction of the
16     Department or the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority is
17     55 miles per hour.
18     (g) (Blank) Unless some other speed restriction is
19 established under this Chapter, the maximum speed limit outside
20 an urban district for a house car, camper, private living
21 coach, vehicles licensed as recreational vehicles, and any
22 vehicle towing any other vehicle is 55 miles per hour or the
23 posted speed limit, whichever is less.
24 (Source: P.A. 89-444, eff. 1-25-96; 89-551, eff. 1-1-97.)
 
25     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January
26 1, 2008.