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 1        AN ACT concerning vehicles.

 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
 5    changing Section 11-601 as follows:

 6        (625 ILCS 5/11-601) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-601)
 7        Sec. 11-601.  General speed restrictions.
 8        (a)  No  vehicle  may  be driven upon any highway of this
 9    State at a speed which is  greater  than  is  reasonable  and
10    proper  with  regard to traffic conditions and the use of the
11    highway, or endangers the safety of any person  or  property.
12    The  fact  that  the  speed  of a vehicle does not exceed the
13    applicable maximum speed limit does not  relieve  the  driver
14    from the duty to decrease speed when approaching and crossing
15    an  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
18    to pedestrians or other traffic or by reason  of  weather  or
19    highway  conditions.   Speed  must  be  decreased  as  may be
20    necessary to avoid colliding with any person or vehicle on or
21    entering the highway in compliance  with  legal  requirements
22    and the duty of all persons to use due care.
23        (b)  No  person  may  drive a vehicle upon any highway of
24    this State at a speed which is greater  than  the  applicable
25    statutory  maximum speed limit established by paragraphs (c),
26    (d), (e), (f) or (g) of this Section, by  Section  11-605  or
27    by a regulation or ordinance made under this Chapter.
28        (c)  Unless  some  other speed restriction is established
29    under this Chapter, the  maximum  speed  limit  in  an  urban
30    district for all vehicles is:
31             1.  30 miles per hour; and
 
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 1             2.  15 miles per hour in an alley.
 2        (d)  Unless  some  other speed restriction is established
 3    under this Chapter, the maximum speed limit outside an  urban
 4    district  for  any  vehicle of the first division or a second
 5    division vehicle designed or used for the carrying of a gross
 6    weight of 8,000 pounds or less (including the weight  of  the
 7    vehicle  and  maximum  load) is (1) 65 miles per hour (i) for
 8    all highways under the jurisdiction  of  the  Illinois  State
 9    Toll  Highway  Authority and (ii) for all or part of highways
10    that are designated by the Department, have at least 4  lanes
11    of traffic, and have a separation between the roadways moving
12    in  opposite  directions  and  (2)  55 miles per hour for all
13    other highways, roads, and streets.
14        (e)  (Blank)  Unless some  lesser  speed  restriction  is
15    established  under  this  Chapter,  the  maximum  speed limit
16    outside an urban  district  for  a  second  division  vehicle
17    designed  or used for the carrying of a gross weight of 8,001
18    pounds or more (including  the  weight  of  the  vehicle  and
19    maximum load) is 55 miles per hour.
20        (f)  Unless  some  other speed restriction is established
21    under this Chapter, the maximum speed limit outside an  urban
22    district for a bus is:
23             1.  65  miles per hour upon any highway which has at
24        least 4 lanes of traffic and of which  the  roadways  for
25        traffic  moving in opposite directions are separated by a
26        strip of ground which is not  surfaced  or  suitable  for
27        vehicular  traffic,  except  that the maximum speed limit
28        for a bus on all highways, roads, or  streets  not  under
29        the  jurisdiction of the Department or the Illinois State
30        Toll Highway Authority is 55 miles per hour; and
31             2.  55 60 miles  per  hour  on  any  other  highway,
32        except  that  the  maximum  speed  limit for a bus on all
33        highways, roads, or streets not under the jurisdiction of
34        the  Department  or  the  Illinois  State  Toll   Highway
 
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 1        Authority is 55 miles per hour.
 2        (g)  (Blank)  Unless  some  other  speed  restriction  is
 3    established  under  this  Chapter,  the  maximum  speed limit
 4    outside an urban district for a house  car,  camper,  private
 5    living coach, vehicles licensed as recreational vehicles, and
 6    any  vehicle towing any other vehicle is 55 miles per hour or
 7    the posted speed limit, whichever is less.
 8    (Source: P.A. 89-444, eff. 1-25-96; 89-551, eff. 1-1-97.)

 9        Section 99.  Effective date.  This Act  takes  effect  on
10    January 1, 2004.