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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 | Section 11-306 as follows:
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6 | (625 ILCS 5/11-306)
(from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-306)
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7 | Sec. 11-306. Traffic-control signal legend. Whenever | ||||||
8 | traffic is controlled
by traffic-control signals exhibiting | ||||||
9 | different colored lights or color
lighted arrows, successively | ||||||
10 | one at a time or in combination, only the
colors green, red and | ||||||
11 | yellow shall be used, except for special pedestrian
signals | ||||||
12 | carrying a word legend, and the lights shall indicate and apply | ||||||
13 | to
drivers of vehicles and pedestrians as follows:
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14 | (a) Green indication.
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15 | 1. Vehicular traffic facing a circular green signal may
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16 | proceed
straight through or turn right or left unless a | ||||||
17 | sign at such place
prohibits either such turn. Vehicular | ||||||
18 | traffic, including vehicles turning
right or left, shall | ||||||
19 | yield the right of way to other vehicles and to
pedestrians | ||||||
20 | lawfully within the intersection or an adjacent crosswalk | ||||||
21 | at
the time such signal is exhibited.
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22 | 2. Vehicular traffic facing a green arrow signal, shown | ||||||
23 | alone or in
combination with another indication, may |
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1 | cautiously enter the intersection
only to make the movement | ||||||
2 | indicated by such arrow, or such other movement
as is | ||||||
3 | permitted by other indications shown at the same time. Such
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4 | vehicular traffic shall yield the right of way to | ||||||
5 | pedestrians lawfully
within an adjacent crosswalk and to | ||||||
6 | other traffic lawfully using the
intersection.
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7 | 3. Unless otherwise directed by a pedestrian-control | ||||||
8 | signal, as provided
in Section 11-307, pedestrians facing | ||||||
9 | any green signal, except when the
sole green signal is a | ||||||
10 | turn arrow, may proceed across the roadway within
any | ||||||
11 | marked or unmarked crosswalk.
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12 | (b) Steady yellow indication.
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13 | 1. Vehicular traffic facing a steady circular yellow or | ||||||
14 | yellow arrow
signal is thereby warned that the related | ||||||
15 | green movement is being
terminated or that a red indication | ||||||
16 | will be exhibited immediately thereafter.
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17 | 2. Pedestrians facing a steady circular yellow or | ||||||
18 | yellow arrow signal,
unless otherwise directed by a | ||||||
19 | pedestrian-control signal as provided in
Section 11-307, | ||||||
20 | are thereby advised that there is insufficient time to
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21 | cross the roadway before a red indication is shown and no | ||||||
22 | pedestrian shall
then start to cross the roadway.
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23 | (c) Steady red indication.
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24 | 1. Except as provided in paragraphs paragraph 3 and 3.5 | ||||||
25 | of this subsection (c),
vehicular traffic facing a steady | ||||||
26 | circular red signal alone shall stop at a
clearly marked |
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1 | stop line, but if there is no such stop line, before
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2 | entering the crosswalk on the near side of the | ||||||
3 | intersection, or if there is
no such crosswalk, then before | ||||||
4 | entering the intersection, and shall remain
standing until | ||||||
5 | an indication to proceed is shown.
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6 | 2. Except as provided in paragraphs paragraph 3 and 3.5 | ||||||
7 | of this subsection (c),
vehicular traffic facing a steady | ||||||
8 | red arrow signal shall not enter the
intersection to make | ||||||
9 | the movement indicated by the arrow and, unless
entering | ||||||
10 | the intersection to make a movement permitted by another | ||||||
11 | signal,
shall stop at a clearly marked stop line, but if | ||||||
12 | there is no such stop line,
before entering the crosswalk | ||||||
13 | on the near side of the intersection, or if
there is no | ||||||
14 | such crosswalk, then before entering the intersection, and
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15 | shall remain standing until an indication permitting the | ||||||
16 | movement indicated
by such red arrow is shown.
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17 | 3. Except when a sign is in place prohibiting a turn | ||||||
18 | and local
authorities by ordinance or State authorities by | ||||||
19 | rule or regulation
prohibit any such turn, vehicular | ||||||
20 | traffic facing any steady red signal may
cautiously enter | ||||||
21 | the intersection to turn right, or to turn left from a
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22 | one-way street into a one-way street, after stopping as | ||||||
23 | required by
paragraph 1 or paragraph 2 of this subsection.
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24 | After
stopping, the driver shall yield the right of way to | ||||||
25 | any vehicle in the
intersection or approaching on another | ||||||
26 | roadway so closely as to constitute
an immediate hazard |
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1 | during the time such driver is moving across or within
the | ||||||
2 | intersection or junction or roadways. Such driver shall | ||||||
3 | yield the
right of way to pedestrians within the | ||||||
4 | intersection or an adjacent crosswalk.
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5 | 3.5. After stopping as required by paragraph 1 or 2 of | ||||||
6 | this subsection, the driver of a motorcycle or bicycle, | ||||||
7 | facing a steady red signal which fails to change to a green | ||||||
8 | signal within a reasonable period of time because of a | ||||||
9 | signal malfunction or because the signal has failed to | ||||||
10 | detect the arrival of the motorcycle or bicycle due to the | ||||||
11 | vehicle's size or weight, shall have the right to proceed | ||||||
12 | subject to the rules applicable after making a stop at a | ||||||
13 | stop sign as required by Section 11-1204 of this Code.
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14 | 4. Unless otherwise directed by a pedestrian-control | ||||||
15 | signal as provided
in Section 11-307, pedestrians facing a | ||||||
16 | steady circular red or red arrow
signal alone shall not | ||||||
17 | enter the roadway.
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18 | (d) In the event an official traffic control signal is
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19 | erected and maintained
at a place other than an intersection, | ||||||
20 | the provisions of this Section shall
be applicable except as to | ||||||
21 | provisions which by their nature can have no
application. Any | ||||||
22 | stop required shall be at a traffic sign or a marking
on the | ||||||
23 | pavement indicating where the stop shall be made or, in the | ||||||
24 | absence
of such sign or marking, the stop shall be made at the | ||||||
25 | signal.
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26 | (e) The motorman of any streetcar shall obey the above |
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1 | signals as applicable
to vehicles.
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2 | (Source: P.A. 94-795, eff. 5-22-06.)
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