Full Text of SB0070 99th General Assembly
SB0070 99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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State of Illinois
2015 and 2016 SB0070 Introduced 1/28/2015, by Sen. Wm. Sam McCann SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
| 625 ILCS 5/11-1507 | from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-1507 | 625 ILCS 5/11-1507.1 | from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-1507.1 | 625 ILCS 5/12-201 | from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 12-201 |
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Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Requires every low-speed electric bicycle to at all times be equipped with a lamp visible from the front. Requires every moped to be equipped with a lamp. Requires every motorcycle, motor-driven cycle, moped, and low-speed electric bicycle to at all times have at least one lighted lamp when operating on a highway in this State.
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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 11-1507, 11-1507.1, and 12-201 as follows:
| 6 | | (625 ILCS 5/11-1507) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-1507)
| 7 | | Sec. 11-1507. Lamps and other equipment on bicycles. | 8 | | (a) Every bicycle
when in use at nighttime and every | 9 | | low-speed bicycle at all times, shall be equipped with a
lamp | 10 | | on the front which shall emit a white light visible from a | 11 | | distance
of at least 500 feet to the front and with a red | 12 | | reflector on the rear
of a type approved by the Department | 13 | | which shall be visible from all
distances from 100 feet to 600 | 14 | | feet to the rear when directly in front
of lawful lower beams | 15 | | of headlamps on a motor vehicle. A lamp emitting
a red light | 16 | | visible from a distance of 500 feet to the rear may be used
in | 17 | | addition to the red reflector.
| 18 | | (b) A bicycle shall not be equipped with nor shall any | 19 | | person use
upon a bicycle any siren. This subsection (b) does | 20 | | not apply to a bicycle that is a police vehicle or fire | 21 | | department vehicle.
| 22 | | (c) Every bicycle shall be equipped with a brake which will
| 23 | | adequately control movement of and stop and hold such bicycle.
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| 1 | | (d) No person shall sell a new bicycle or pedal for use on | 2 | | a bicycle
that is not equipped with a reflex reflector | 3 | | conforming to
specifications prescribed by the Department, on | 4 | | each pedal, visible from
the front and rear of the bicycle | 5 | | during darkness from a distance of 200
feet.
| 6 | | (e) No person shall sell or offer for sale a new bicycle | 7 | | that is not
equipped with side reflectors. Such reflectors | 8 | | shall be visible from
each side of the bicycle from a distance | 9 | | of 500 feet and shall be essentially
colorless or red to
the | 10 | | rear of the center of the bicycle and essentially colorless or | 11 | | amber
to the front of the
center of the bicycle provided. The | 12 | | requirements of this paragraph may
be met by reflective | 13 | | materials which shall be at least 3/16 of an inch
wide on each | 14 | | side of each tire or rim to indicate as clearly as possible
the | 15 | | continuous circular shape and size of the tires or rims of such
| 16 | | bicycle and which reflective materials may be of the same color | 17 | | on both
the front and rear tire or rim. Such reflectors shall | 18 | | conform to
specifications prescribed by the Department.
| 19 | | (f) No person shall sell or offer for sale a new bicycle | 20 | | that is not
equipped with an essentially colorless front-facing | 21 | | reflector.
| 22 | | (Source: P.A. 95-28, eff. 8-7-07.)
| 23 | | (625 ILCS 5/11-1507.1) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-1507.1)
| 24 | | Sec. 11-1507.1. Lamps on mopeds. Every moped , when in use | 25 | | at nighttime, shall be equipped with a lamp on
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| 1 | | shall emit a white light visible from a distance of at
least | 2 | | 500 feet to the front, and with a red reflector on the rear of a
| 3 | | type approved by the Department which shall be visible from all
| 4 | | distances from 100 feet to 600 feet to the rear when in front | 5 | | of lawful,
low-powered beams of head lamps on a motor vehicle. | 6 | | A lamp emitting a
red light visible from a distance of 500 feet | 7 | | to the rear may be used in
addition to the red reflector.
| 8 | | (Source: P.A. 96-554, eff. 1-1-10.)
| 9 | | (625 ILCS 5/12-201) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 12-201)
| 10 | | Sec. 12-201. When lighted lamps are required.
| 11 | | (a) When operated upon any highway in this State, every | 12 | | motorcycle , motor-driven cycle, moped, and low-speed electric | 13 | | bicycle shall at
all times exhibit at least one lighted lamp, | 14 | | showing a white light visible
for at least 500 feet in the
| 15 | | direction the motorcycle , motor-driven cycle, moped, or | 16 | | low-speed electric bicycle is proceeding. However, in lieu of | 17 | | the such lighted
lamp, a motorcycle , motor-driven cycle, moped, | 18 | | or low-speed electric bicycle may be equipped with and use a | 19 | | means of modulating the
upper beam of the head lamp between | 20 | | high and a lower brightness. No such
head lamp shall be | 21 | | modulated, except to otherwise comply with this Code,
during | 22 | | times when lighted lamps are required for other motor vehicles.
| 23 | | (b) All other motor vehicles shall
exhibit at least 2 | 24 | | lighted head lamps, with at least one on each side
of the front | 25 | | of the vehicle, which satisfy United States Department of
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| 1 | | Transportation requirements, showing white lights, including | 2 | | that emitted
by high intensity discharge (HID) lamps, or lights | 3 | | of a yellow or amber tint,
during the period from sunset to | 4 | | sunrise, at times when rain, snow, fog, or
other atmospheric | 5 | | conditions require the use of windshield wipers, and at
any | 6 | | other times when, due to insufficient light or unfavorable | 7 | | atmospheric
conditions, persons and vehicles on the highway are | 8 | | not clearly discernible at
a distance of 1000 feet. Parking | 9 | | lamps may be used in addition to but not in
lieu of such head | 10 | | lamps. Every motor vehicle, trailer, or semi-trailer shall
also | 11 | | exhibit at least 2 lighted lamps, commonly known as tail lamps, | 12 | | which
shall be mounted on the left rear and right rear of the | 13 | | vehicle so as to throw
a red light visible for at least 500 | 14 | | feet in the reverse direction, except that
a truck tractor or | 15 | | road tractor manufactured before January 1, 1968 and all
| 16 | | motorcycles need be equipped with only one such tail lamp.
| 17 | | (c) Either a tail lamp or a separate lamp shall be so | 18 | | constructed
and placed as to illuminate with a white light a | 19 | | rear registration plate
when required and render it clearly | 20 | | legible from a distance of 50 feet
to the rear. Any tail lamp | 21 | | or tail lamps, together with any separate
lamp or lamps for | 22 | | illuminating a rear registration plate, shall be so
wired as to | 23 | | be lighted whenever the head lamps or auxiliary driving lamps
| 24 | | are lighted.
| 25 | | (d) A person shall install only head lamps that satisfy | 26 | | United States
Department of Transportation regulations and |
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| 1 | | show white light, including that
emitted by HID lamps, or light | 2 | | of a yellow or amber tint for use by a motor
vehicle.
| 3 | | (e) (Blank).
| 4 | | (Source: P.A. 96-487, eff. 1-1-10.)
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