Full Text of HB1786 95th General Assembly
HB1786 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008 HB1786
Introduced 2/23/2007, by Rep. Robert F. Flider SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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625 ILCS 5/11-601 |
from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-601 |
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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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A BILL FOR
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| AN ACT concerning vehicles.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | 3 |
| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by changing
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| Section 11-601 as follows:
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| (625 ILCS 5/11-601) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-601)
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| Sec. 11-601. General speed restrictions.
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| (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,
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| 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
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| care.
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| (b) No person may drive a vehicle upon any highway of this |
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| 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.
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| (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:
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| 1. 30 miles per hour; and
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| 2. 15 miles per hour in an alley.
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| (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
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| 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.
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| (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
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| miles per hour .
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| (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:
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| 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
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| 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
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| 55 miles per hour .
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| (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
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| vehicle towing any other vehicle is 55 miles per hour or the | 23 |
| posted
speed
limit, whichever is less .
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| (Source: P.A. 89-444, eff. 1-25-96; 89-551, eff. 1-1-97.)
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January | 26 |
| 1, 2008. |
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