Full Text of HB1784 100th General Assembly
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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 | | Sections 11-703, 11-707, 11-709.1, and 11-1507 as follows: | 6 | | (625 ILCS 5/11-703) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-703) | 7 | | Sec. 11-703. Overtaking a vehicle on the left. The | 8 | | following rules govern the overtaking and passing of vehicles
| 9 | | proceeding in the same direction, subject to those limitations, | 10 | | exceptions,
and special rules otherwise stated in this Chapter: | 11 | | (a) The driver of a vehicle overtaking another vehicle | 12 | | proceeding in the
same direction shall pass to the left | 13 | | thereof at a safe distance and shall
not again drive to the | 14 | | right side of the roadway until safely clear of the
| 15 | | overtaken vehicle. In no event shall such movement be made | 16 | | by driving off
the pavement or the main traveled portion of | 17 | | the roadway. | 18 | | (b) Except when overtaking and passing on the right is | 19 | | permitted, the
driver of an overtaken vehicle shall give | 20 | | way to the right in favor of the
overtaking vehicle on | 21 | | audible signal and shall not increase the speed of
his | 22 | | vehicle until completely passed by the overtaking vehicle. | 23 | | (c) The driver of a 2 wheeled vehicle may not, in |
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| 1 | | passing upon the left
of any vehicle proceeding in the same | 2 | | direction, pass upon the right of any
vehicle proceeding in | 3 | | the same direction unless there is an unobstructed
lane of | 4 | | traffic available to permit such passing maneuver safely. | 5 | | (d) The operator of a motor vehicle overtaking a | 6 | | bicycle or individual proceeding in the same direction on a | 7 | | highway shall leave a safe distance, but not less than 3 | 8 | | feet, when passing the bicycle or individual and shall | 9 | | maintain that distance until safely past the overtaken | 10 | | bicycle or individual. | 11 | | (d-5) A driver of a motor vehicle overtaking a bicycle | 12 | | proceeding in the same direction on a highway may, subject | 13 | | to the provisions in paragraph (d) of this Section and | 14 | | Section 11-706 of this Code, pass to the left of the | 15 | | bicycle on a portion of the highway designated as a | 16 | | no-passing zone under Section 11-707 of this Code if the | 17 | | driver is able to overtake and pass the bicycle when: | 18 | | (1) the bicycle is traveling at a speed of less | 19 | | than half of the posted speed limit of the highway; | 20 | | (2) the driver is able to overtake and pass the | 21 | | bicycle without exceeding the posted speed limit of the | 22 | | highway; and | 23 | | (3) there is sufficient distance to the left of the | 24 | | centerline of the highway for the motor vehicle to meet | 25 | | the overtaking and passing requirements under this | 26 | | Section.
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| 1 | | (e) A person driving a motor vehicle shall not, in a | 2 | | reckless manner, drive the motor vehicle unnecessarily | 3 | | close to, toward, or near a bicyclist, pedestrian, or a | 4 | | person riding a horse or driving an animal drawn vehicle. | 5 | | (f) Every person convicted of paragraph (e) of this | 6 | | Section shall be guilty of a
Class A misdemeanor if the | 7 | | violation does not result in great
bodily harm or permanent | 8 | | disability or disfigurement to another. If the violation | 9 | | results in great
bodily harm or permanent disability or | 10 | | disfigurement to another, the person
shall
be guilty of a | 11 | | Class 3 felony. | 12 | | (Source: P.A. 95-231, eff. 1-1-08; 96-1007, eff. 1-1-11.)
| 13 | | (625 ILCS 5/11-707) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-707)
| 14 | | Sec. 11-707. No-passing zones. | 15 | | (a) The Department and local authorities
are authorized to | 16 | | determine those portions of any highway under their
respective | 17 | | jurisdictions where overtaking and passing or driving on the
| 18 | | left of the roadway would be especially hazardous and may by | 19 | | appropriate
signs or markings on the roadway indicate the | 20 | | beginning and end of such
zones. Upon request of a local school | 21 | | board, the Department or local
authority which has jurisdiction | 22 | | over the roadway in question, shall
determine whether a | 23 | | hazardous situation exists at a particular location and
| 24 | | warrants a no-passing zone. If the Department or local | 25 | | authority
determines that a no-passing zone is warranted, the |
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| 1 | | school board and the
Department or local authority shall share | 2 | | equally the cost of designating
the no-passing zone by signs | 3 | | and markings. When such signs or markings are
in place and | 4 | | clearly visible to an ordinarily observant person every driver
| 5 | | of a vehicle shall obey the directions thereof.
| 6 | | (b) Where signs or markings are in place to define a | 7 | | no-passing zone as
set forth in paragraph (a) no driver may at | 8 | | any time drive on the left side
of the roadway within the | 9 | | no-passing zone or on the left side of any pavement
striping | 10 | | designed to mark such no-passing zone throughout its length.
| 11 | | (c) This Section does not apply under the conditions | 12 | | described in
Section 11-701 (a) 2, subsection (d-5) of Section | 13 | | 11-703, nor to the driver of a vehicle turning left into or | 14 | | from
an alley, private road or driveway. The pavement striping | 15 | | designed to mark
the no-passing zone may be crossed from the | 16 | | left hand lane for the
purpose of completing a pass that was | 17 | | begun prior to the beginning of the
zone in the driver's | 18 | | direction of travel.
| 19 | | (d) Special speed limit areas required under Section 11-605 | 20 | | of this Code
in unincorporated areas only shall also be | 21 | | no-passing zones.
| 22 | | (Source: P.A. 86-471.)
| 23 | | (625 ILCS 5/11-709.1) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-709.1)
| 24 | | Sec. 11-709.1. Driving on the shoulder. | 25 | | (a) Vehicles shall be driven on a roadway, and shall only
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| 1 | | be driven on the shoulder for the purpose of stopping or | 2 | | accelerating from
a stop while merging into traffic. It shall | 3 | | be a violation of this Section
if while merging into traffic | 4 | | and while on the shoulder, the vehicle passes
any other vehicle | 5 | | on the roadway adjacent to it.
| 6 | | (b) This Section shall not apply to any authorized | 7 | | emergency vehicle, to any authorized transit bus, to any | 8 | | bicycle, to any farm tractor or implement of husbandry,
to any | 9 | | service vehicle while engaged in maintenance of the highway or
| 10 | | related work, or to any authorized vehicle within a designated | 11 | | construction zone.
| 12 | | (Source: P.A. 97-292, eff. 8-11-11.)
| 13 | | (625 ILCS 5/11-1507) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-1507)
| 14 | | Sec. 11-1507. Lamps and other equipment on bicycles. | 15 | | (a) Every bicycle
when in use at nighttime shall be | 16 | | equipped with a
lamp on the front which shall emit a white | 17 | | light visible from a distance
of at least 500 feet to the front | 18 | | and with a red reflector on the rear
of a type approved by the | 19 | | Department which shall be visible from all
distances from 100 | 20 | | feet to 600 feet to the rear when directly in front
of lawful | 21 | | lower beams of headlamps on a motor vehicle , except that a . A | 22 | | lamp emitting
a steady or flashing red light visible from a | 23 | | distance of 500 feet to the rear may be used
in addition to or | 24 | | instead of the red reflector.
| 25 | | (b) A bicycle shall not be equipped with nor shall any |
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| 1 | | person use
upon a bicycle any siren. This subsection (b) does | 2 | | not apply to a bicycle that is a police vehicle or fire | 3 | | department vehicle.
| 4 | | (c) Every bicycle shall be equipped with a brake which will
| 5 | | adequately control movement of and stop and hold such bicycle.
| 6 | | (d) No person shall sell a new bicycle or pedal for use on | 7 | | a bicycle
that is not equipped with a reflex reflector | 8 | | conforming to
specifications prescribed by the Department, on | 9 | | each pedal, visible from
the front and rear of the bicycle | 10 | | during darkness from a distance of 200
feet.
| 11 | | (e) No person shall sell or offer for sale a new bicycle | 12 | | that is not
equipped with side reflectors. Such reflectors | 13 | | shall be visible from
each side of the bicycle from a distance | 14 | | of 500 feet and shall be essentially
colorless or red to
the | 15 | | rear of the center of the bicycle and essentially colorless or | 16 | | amber
to the front of the
center of the bicycle provided. The | 17 | | requirements of this paragraph may
be met by reflective | 18 | | materials which shall be at least 3/16 of an inch
wide on each | 19 | | side of each tire or rim to indicate as clearly as possible
the | 20 | | continuous circular shape and size of the tires or rims of such
| 21 | | bicycle and which reflective materials may be of the same color | 22 | | on both
the front and rear tire or rim. Such reflectors shall | 23 | | conform to
specifications prescribed by the Department.
| 24 | | (f) No person shall sell or offer for sale a new bicycle | 25 | | that is not
equipped with an essentially colorless front-facing | 26 | | reflector.
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| 1 | | (Source: P.A. 95-28, eff. 8-7-07.)
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