Full Text of SB1913 97th General Assembly
SB1913 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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State of Illinois
2011 and 2012 SB1913 Introduced 2/10/2011, by Sen. John M. Sullivan SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
| 625 ILCS 5/11-601 | from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-601 |
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Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that speed limits for first and second division vehicles on 4-lane highways outside the counties of Cook, DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry, and Will shall be uniform. Effective January 1, 2012.
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning transportation.
| 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 | | the heading of Article Ch. 11 VI and 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) In the counties of Cook, DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry, | 23 | | and Will, unless some lesser speed restriction is established | 24 | | under
this
Chapter, the maximum speed limit outside an urban | 25 | | district for a second
division vehicle designed or used for the | 26 | | carrying of a gross weight of
8,001 pounds or more (including |
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| 1 | | the weight of the vehicle and
maximum load) is
55 miles per | 2 | | hour.
| 3 | | (e-1) (Blank). Outside the counties of Cook, DuPage, Kane, | 4 | | Lake, McHenry, and Will, unless some lesser speed restriction | 5 | | is established under this Chapter, the maximum speed limit | 6 | | outside an urban district for a second division vehicle | 7 | | designed or used for the carrying of a gross weight of 8,001 | 8 | | pounds or more (including the weight of the vehicle and maximum | 9 | | load) is (1) 65 miles per hour on any interstate highway as | 10 | | defined by Section 1-133.1 of this Code, and (2) 55 miles per | 11 | | hour for all other highways, roads, and streets . | 12 | | (f) Unless some other speed restriction is established | 13 | | under this Chapter,
the maximum speed limit outside an urban | 14 | | district for a bus is:
| 15 | | 1. 65 miles per hour upon any highway which has at | 16 | | least 4 lanes of
traffic
and of which the roadways for | 17 | | traffic moving in opposite directions are
separated by a | 18 | | strip of ground which is not surfaced or suitable for | 19 | | vehicular
traffic, except that the maximum speed limit for | 20 | | a bus on all highways,
roads, or streets not under the | 21 | | jurisdiction of the Department or the Illinois
State Toll | 22 | | Highway Authority
is 55 miles per hour; and
| 23 | | 2. 55 miles per hour on any other highway.
| 24 | | (g) (Blank).
| 25 | | (Source: P.A. 96-524, eff. 1-1-10.)
| 26 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January |
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| 1 | | 1, 2012.
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