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90_HB0996
625 ILCS 5/11-601 from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-601
Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code to provide that the
maximum speed limit outside an urban district for a house
car, camper, private living coach, and vehicles licensed as
recreational vehicles is 65 (instead of 55) miles per hour.
Provides that the maximum speed limit outside an urban
district for a motor home, mini-motor home, and van camper is
65 miles per hour.
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1 AN ACT to amend the Illinois Vehicle Code by changing
2 Section 11-601.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by
6 changing Section 11-601 as follows:
7 (625 ILCS 5/11-601) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-601)
8 Sec. 11-601. General speed restrictions.
9 (a) No vehicle may be driven upon any highway of this
10 State at a speed which is greater than is reasonable and
11 proper with regard to traffic conditions and the use of the
12 highway, or endangers the safety of any person or property.
13 The fact that the speed of a vehicle does not exceed the
14 applicable maximum speed limit does not relieve the driver
15 from the duty to decrease speed when approaching and crossing
16 an intersection, approaching and going around a curve, when
17 approaching a hill crest, when traveling upon any narrow or
18 winding roadway, or when special hazard exists with respect
19 to pedestrians or other traffic or by reason of weather or
20 highway conditions. Speed must be decreased as may be
21 necessary to avoid colliding with any person or vehicle on or
22 entering the highway in compliance with legal requirements
23 and the duty of all persons to use due care.
24 (b) No person may drive a vehicle upon any highway of
25 this State at a speed which is greater than the applicable
26 statutory maximum speed limit established by paragraphs (c),
27 (d), (e), (f) or (g) of this Section, by Section 11-605 or
28 by a regulation or ordinance made under this Chapter.
29 (c) Unless some other speed restriction is established
30 under this Chapter, the maximum speed limit in an urban
31 district for all vehicles is:
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1 1. 30 miles per hour; and
2 2. 15 miles per hour in an alley.
3 (d) Unless some other speed restriction is established
4 under this Chapter, the maximum speed limit outside an urban
5 district for any vehicle of the first division or a second
6 division vehicle designed or used for the carrying of a gross
7 weight of 8,000 pounds or less (including the weight of the
8 vehicle and maximum load) is (1) 65 miles per hour (i) for
9 all highways under the jurisdiction of the Illinois State
10 Toll Highway Authority and (ii) for all or part of highways
11 that are designated by the Department, have at least 4 lanes
12 of traffic, and have a separation between the roadways moving
13 in opposite directions and (2) 55 miles per hour for all
14 other highways, roads, and streets.
15 (e) Unless some lesser speed restriction is established
16 under this Chapter, the maximum speed limit outside an urban
17 district for a second division vehicle designed or used for
18 the carrying of a gross weight of 8,001 pounds or more
19 (including the weight of the vehicle and maximum load) is 55
20 miles per hour.
21 (f) Unless some other speed restriction is established
22 under this Chapter, the maximum speed limit outside an urban
23 district for a bus is:
24 1. 65 miles per hour upon any highway which has at
25 least 4 lanes of traffic and of which the roadways for
26 traffic moving in opposite directions are separated by a
27 strip of ground which is not surfaced or suitable for
28 vehicular traffic, except that the maximum speed limit
29 for a bus on all highways, roads, or streets not under
30 the jurisdiction of the Department or the Illinois State
31 Toll Highway Authority is 55 miles per hour; and
32 2. 60 miles per hour on any other highway, except
33 that the maximum speed limit for a bus on all highways,
34 roads, or streets not under the jurisdiction of the
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1 Department or the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority
2 is 55 miles per hour.
3 (g) Unless some other speed restriction is established
4 under this Chapter, the maximum speed limit outside an urban
5 district (i) for a house car, camper, private living coach,
6 motor home, mini-motor home, and van camper and vehicles
7 licensed as recreational vehicles, is 65 miles per hour or
8 the posted speed limit, whichever is less, and (ii) for any
9 vehicle towing any other vehicle is 55 miles per hour or the
10 posted speed limit, whichever is less.
11 (Source: P.A. 89-444, eff. 1-25-96; 89-551, eff. 1-1-97.)