Full Text of SB0080 95th General Assembly
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| AN ACT concerning transportation.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by changing | 5 |
| Sections 11-703, 11-806, and 11-1505 as follows:
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| (625 ILCS 5/11-703) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-703)
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| Sec. 11-703. Overtaking a vehicle on the left.
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| The following rules govern the overtaking and passing of | 9 |
| vehicles
proceeding in the same direction, subject to those | 10 |
| limitations, exceptions,
and special rules otherwise stated in | 11 |
| this Chapter:
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| (a) The driver of a vehicle overtaking another vehicle | 13 |
| proceeding in the
same direction shall pass to the left thereof | 14 |
| at a safe distance and shall
not again drive to the right side | 15 |
| of the roadway until safely clear of the
overtaken vehicle. In | 16 |
| no event shall such movement be made by driving off
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| pavement or the main traveled portion of the roadway.
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| (b) Except when overtaking and passing on the right is | 19 |
| permitted, the
driver of an overtaken vehicle shall give way to | 20 |
| the right in favor of the
overtaking vehicle on audible signal | 21 |
| and shall not increase the speed of
his vehicle until | 22 |
| completely passed by the overtaking vehicle.
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| (c) The driver of a 2 wheeled vehicle may not, in passing |
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| upon the left
of any vehicle proceeding in the same direction, | 2 |
| pass upon the right of any
vehicle proceeding in the same | 3 |
| direction unless there is an unobstructed
lane of traffic | 4 |
| available to permit such passing maneuver safely.
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| (d) The operator of a motor vehicle overtaking a bicycle or | 6 |
| individual proceeding in the same direction on a highway shall | 7 |
| leave a safe distance, but not less than 3 feet, when passing | 8 |
| the bicycle or individual and shall maintain that distance | 9 |
| until safely past the overtaken bicycle or individual.
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| (Source: P.A. 76-1586.)
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| (625 ILCS 5/11-806) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-806)
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| Sec. 11-806. Method of giving hand and arm signals.
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| All signals herein required given by hand and arm shall be | 14 |
| given from
the left side of the vehicle in the following manner | 15 |
| and such signals shall
indicate as follows:
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| 1. Left turn - Hand and arm extended horizontally.
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| 2. Right turn - Hand and arm extended upward , except that a | 18 |
| person operating a bicycle may extend the right hand and arm | 19 |
| horizontally and to the right side of the bicycle .
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| 3. Stop or decrease of speed - Hand and arm extended | 21 |
| downward.
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| (Source: P.A. 76-1586.)
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| (625 ILCS 5/11-1505) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-1505)
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| Sec. 11-1505. Position of bicycles and motorized pedal |
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| cycles on
roadways -Riding on roadways and bicycle paths.
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| Any person operating a bicycle or motorized
pedal cycle upon a
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| roadway at less than the normal speed of traffic at the time | 4 |
| and place and
under the conditions
then existing
shall ride as | 5 |
| close as practicable and safe to the right-hand curb or edge of | 6 |
| the
roadway except under the following situations:
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| 1. When overtaking and passing another bicycle, motorized | 8 |
| pedal
cycle or vehicle proceeding in
the same direction; or
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| 2. When preparing for a left turn at an intersection or | 10 |
| into
a private road or driveway; or
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| 3. When reasonably necessary to avoid conditions | 12 |
| including,
but not limited to, fixed or moving objects, parked | 13 |
| or moving vehicles,
bicycles, motorized pedal cycles, | 14 |
| pedestrians,
animals, surface hazards, or substandard width | 15 |
| lanes that make it unsafe
to continue along the right-hand curb | 16 |
| or edge. For purposes of this subsection,
a "substandard width | 17 |
| lane" means a lane that is too narrow for a bicycle
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| motorized pedal cycle
and a vehicle to travel safely side by | 19 |
| side within the lane.
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| 4. When approaching a place where a right turn is | 21 |
| authorized.
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| (b) Any person operating a bicycle or motorized pedal cycle | 23 |
| upon a one-way
highway with two or
more marked traffic lanes | 24 |
| may ride as near the left-hand curb or edge of
such roadway as | 25 |
| practicable.
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| (Source: P.A. 83-549.)
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