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625 ILCS 5/11-1204

(625 ILCS 5/11-1204) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-1204)

Sec. 11-1204.

Stop and yield signs.

(a) Preferential right-of-way at an intersection may be indicated by
stop signs or yield signs as authorized in Section 11-302 of this Act.

(b) Except when directed to proceed by a police officer or traffic
control signal, every driver of a vehicle and every motorman of a streetcar
approaching a stop intersection indicated by a stop sign shall stop before
entering the crosswalk on the near side of the intersection or, in the
event there is no crosswalk, shall stop at a clearly marked stop line, but
if none, then at the point nearest the intersection roadway where the
driver has a view of approaching traffic on the intersecting roadway before
entering the intersection.

(c) The driver of a vehicle approaching a yield sign if required for
safety to stop shall stop before entering the crosswalk on the near side of
the intersection or, in the event there is no crosswalk, at a clearly
marked stop line, but if none, then at the point nearest the intersecting
roadway where the driver has a view of approaching traffic on the
intersecting roadway.

(Source: P.A. 76-1586.)