Full Text of HB5632 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 2-112, 6-109, and 11-1421 as follows:
| 6 | | (625 ILCS 5/2-112) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 2-112)
| 7 | | Sec. 2-112. Distribution of synopsis laws.
| 8 | | (a) The Secretary of State may publish a synopsis or | 9 | | summary of the laws of
this State regulating the operation of | 10 | | vehicles and may deliver a copy
thereof without charge with | 11 | | each original vehicle registration and with
each original | 12 | | driver's license.
| 13 | | (b) The Secretary of State shall make any necessary | 14 | | revisions in its publications including, but not limited to, | 15 | | the Illinois Rules of the Road, to accurately conform its | 16 | | publications to the provisions of the Pedestrians with | 17 | | Disabilities Safety Act. | 18 | | (c) The Secretary of State shall include, in the Illinois | 19 | | Rules of the Road publication, information advising drivers to | 20 | | use the Dutch Reach method when opening a vehicle door after | 21 | | parallel parking on a street (checking the rear-view mirror, | 22 | | checking the side-view mirror, then opening the door with the | 23 | | right hand, thereby reducing the risk of injuring a bicyclist |
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| 1 | | or opening the door in the path a vehicle approaching from | 2 | | behind). | 3 | | (Source: P.A. 96-1167, eff. 7-22-10.)
| 4 | | (625 ILCS 5/6-109)
| 5 | | Sec. 6-109. Examination of Applicants. | 6 | | (a) The Secretary of State shall examine every applicant | 7 | | for a driver's
license or permit who has not been previously | 8 | | licensed as a driver under the
laws of this State or any other | 9 | | state or country, or any applicant for renewal
of such driver's | 10 | | license or permit when such license or permit has been expired
| 11 | | for more than one year. The Secretary of State shall, subject | 12 | | to the
provisions of paragraph (c), examine every licensed | 13 | | driver at least every 8
years, and may examine or re-examine | 14 | | any other applicant or licensed driver,
provided that during | 15 | | the years 1984 through 1991 those drivers issued a license
for | 16 | | 3 years may be re-examined not less than every 7 years or more | 17 | | than every
10 years. | 18 | | The Secretary of State shall require the testing of the | 19 | | eyesight of any
driver's license or permit applicant who has | 20 | | not been previously licensed
as a driver under the laws of this | 21 | | State and shall promulgate rules and
regulations to provide for | 22 | | the orderly administration of all the provisions of
this | 23 | | Section. | 24 | | The Secretary of State shall include at least one test | 25 | | question that concerns the provisions of the Pedestrians with |
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| 1 | | Disabilities Safety Act in the question pool used for the | 2 | | written portion of the drivers license examination within one | 3 | | year after July 22, 2010 (the effective date of Public Act | 4 | | 96-1167). | 5 | | The Secretary of State shall include, in the question pool | 6 | | used for the written portion of the driver's license | 7 | | examination, test questions concerning safe driving in the | 8 | | presence of bicycles, of which one may be concerning the Dutch | 9 | | Reach method as described in Section 2-112. | 10 | | (b) Except as provided for those applicants in paragraph | 11 | | (c), such
examination shall include a test of the applicant's
| 12 | | eyesight, his ability to read and understand official traffic | 13 | | control devices,
his knowledge of safe driving practices and | 14 | | the traffic laws of this State,
and may include an actual | 15 | | demonstration of the applicant's ability to exercise
ordinary | 16 | | and reasonable control of the operation of a motor vehicle, and
| 17 | | such further physical and mental examination as the Secretary | 18 | | of State finds
necessary to determine the applicant's fitness | 19 | | to operate a motor vehicle
safely on the highways, except the | 20 | | examination of an applicant 75 years
of age or older shall | 21 | | include an actual demonstration of the applicant's
ability to | 22 | | exercise ordinary and reasonable control of the operation of
a | 23 | | motor vehicle. All portions of written and verbal examinations | 24 | | under
this Section, excepting where the English language | 25 | | appears on facsimiles
of road signs, may be given in the | 26 | | Spanish language and, at the discretion
of the Secretary of |
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| 1 | | State, in any other language as well as in English upon
request | 2 | | of the examinee. Deaf persons who are otherwise qualified are | 3 | | not
prohibited from being issued a license, other than a | 4 | | commercial driver's
license, under this Code. | 5 | | (c) Re-examination for those applicants who at the time of | 6 | | renewing their
driver's license possess a driving record devoid | 7 | | of any convictions of traffic
violations or evidence of | 8 | | committing an offense
for which mandatory revocation
would be | 9 | | required upon conviction pursuant to Section 6-205 at the time
| 10 | | of renewal shall be in a manner prescribed by the Secretary
in | 11 | | order to determine an applicant's ability to safely operate a | 12 | | motor
vehicle,
except that every applicant for the renewal of a | 13 | | driver's license who is
75 years of age or older must prove, by | 14 | | an actual demonstration,
the applicant's ability to exercise | 15 | | reasonable care in the safe operation
of a motor vehicle. | 16 | | (d) In the event the applicant is not ineligible under the | 17 | | provisions of
Section 6-103 to receive a driver's license, the | 18 | | Secretary of State
shall make provision for giving an | 19 | | examination, either in the county where
the applicant resides | 20 | | or at a place adjacent thereto reasonably convenient
to the | 21 | | applicant, within not more than 30 days from the date said
| 22 | | application is received. | 23 | | (e) The Secretary of State may adopt rules regarding the | 24 | | use of foreign language interpreters during the application and | 25 | | examination process. | 26 | | (Source: P.A. 96-1167, eff. 7-22-10; 96-1231, eff. 7-23-10; |
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| 1 | | 97-333, eff. 8-12-11.)
| 2 | | (625 ILCS 5/11-1421) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-1421)
| 3 | | Sec. 11-1421. Conditions for operating ambulances and | 4 | | rescue vehicles.
| 5 | | (a) No person shall operate an ambulance or rescue vehicle
| 6 | | in a manner not conforming to the motor vehicle laws
and | 7 | | regulations of this State or of any political subdivision of | 8 | | this State
as such laws and regulations apply to motor vehicles | 9 | | in
general, unless in compliance with the following conditions:
| 10 | | 1. The person operating the ambulance shall be either | 11 | | responding to a
bona fide emergency call or specifically | 12 | | directed by a licensed physician
to disregard traffic laws | 13 | | in operating the ambulance during and for the
purpose of | 14 | | the specific trip or journey that is involved;
| 15 | | 2. The ambulance or rescue vehicle shall be equipped | 16 | | with a siren
producing
an audible signal of an intensity of | 17 | | 100 decibels at a distance of 50 feet
from the siren, and | 18 | | with a lamp or lamps emitting an oscillating, rotating
or | 19 | | flashing red beam directed in part toward the front of the | 20 | | vehicle, and
these lamps shall have sufficient intensity to | 21 | | be visible at 500 feet in
normal sunlight, and in addition | 22 | | to other lighting requirements, excluding
those vehicles | 23 | | operated in counties with a population in excess of | 24 | | 2,000,000,
may also operate with a lamp or lamps emitting | 25 | | an oscillating, rotating, or
flashing
green light;
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| 1 | | 3. The aforesaid siren and lamp or lamps shall be in | 2 | | operation at all
times when it is reasonably necessary to | 3 | | warn pedestrians and other drivers
of the approach thereof | 4 | | during such trip or journey , except that in a municipality | 5 | | with a population over 1,000,000, the siren and lamp or | 6 | | lamps shall be in operation only when it is reasonably | 7 | | necessary to warn pedestrians and other drivers
of the | 8 | | approach thereof while responding to an emergency call or | 9 | | transporting a patient who presents a combination of | 10 | | circumstances resulting in a need for immediate medical | 11 | | intervention ;
| 12 | | 4. Whenever the ambulance or rescue vehicle is operated | 13 | | at a speed in
excess of 40 miles per hour, the ambulance or | 14 | | rescue vehicle shall be operated
in complete conformance | 15 | | with every other motor vehicle law and regulation
of this | 16 | | State and of the political subdivision in which the | 17 | | ambulance or
rescue vehicle is operated, relating to the | 18 | | operation of motor vehicles,
as such provision applies to | 19 | | motor vehicles in
general, except laws and regulations | 20 | | pertaining to compliance with official
traffic-control | 21 | | devices or to vehicular operation upon the right half of
| 22 | | the roadway; and
| 23 | | 5. The ambulance shall display registration plates | 24 | | identifying the vehicle
as an ambulance.
| 25 | | (b) The foregoing provisions do not relieve the driver of | 26 | | an ambulance
or rescue vehicle from the duty of driving with |
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| 1 | | due regard for the safety
of all persons, nor do such | 2 | | provisions protect the driver from the consequences
resulting | 3 | | from the reckless disregard for the safety of others.
| 4 | | (Source: P.A. 88-517.)
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