Full Text of HB5843 95th General Assembly
HB5843 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008 HB5843
Introduced , by Rep. Tom Cross 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. Makes a technical change in a Section
concerning speed restrictions.
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A BILL FOR
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HB5843 |
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| AN ACT concerning transportation.
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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 | 5 |
| 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
and proper | 10 |
| with regard to traffic
conditions and the use of the highway, | 11 |
| or endangers the safety of any
person or property. The fact | 12 |
| that the speed of a vehicle does not exceed
the applicable | 13 |
| maximum speed limit does not relieve the driver from the
duty | 14 |
| to decrease speed when approaching and crossing an | 15 |
| intersection,
approaching and going around a curve, when | 16 |
| approaching a hill crest, when
traveling upon any narrow or | 17 |
| winding roadway, or when special hazard exists
with respect to | 18 |
| pedestrians or other traffic or by reason of weather or
highway | 19 |
| conditions. Speed must be decreased as may be necessary to | 20 |
| avoid
colliding with any person or vehicle on or entering the | 21 |
| highway in
compliance with legal requirements and the duty of | 22 |
| all persons to use due
care. | 23 |
| (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) Unless some lesser speed restriction is established | 23 |
| under
this
Chapter, the maximum speed limit outside an urban | 24 |
| district for a second
division vehicle designed or used for the | 25 |
| carrying of a gross weight of
8,001 pounds or more (including | 26 |
| the weight of the vehicle and
maximum load) is
55 miles per |
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| 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. 60 miles per hour on any other highway, except that
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| the maximum speed limit for a bus on all highways, roads, | 15 |
| or streets not under
the jurisdiction of the Department or | 16 |
| the Illinois State Toll Highway
Authority
is 55 miles per | 17 |
| hour.
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| (g) Unless some other speed restriction is established | 19 |
| under this Chapter,
the maximum speed limit outside an urban | 20 |
| district for a house car, camper,
private living coach, | 21 |
| vehicles licensed as recreational vehicles, and any
vehicle | 22 |
| towing any other vehicle is 55 miles per hour or the posted | 23 |
| 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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