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92_HB2270

 
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 1        AN ACT in regard to 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 12-208 as follows:

 6        (625 ILCS 5/12-208) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 12-208)
 7        Sec. 12-208. Signal lamps and signal devices.
 8        (a)  Every   vehicle   other   than  an  antique  vehicle
 9    displaying an antique plate operated in this State  shall  be
10    equipped with a stop lamp or lamps on the rear of the vehicle
11    which  shall  display  a  red  or  amber light visible from a
12    distance of not less than 500 feet  to  the  rear  in  normal
13    sunlight  and which shall be actuated upon application of the
14    service  (foot)  brake,  and  which  may  but  need  not   be
15    incorporated with other rear lamps. During times when lighted
16    lamps  are  not  required, an antique vehicle may be equipped
17    with a stop lamp or lamps on the rear of such vehicle of  the
18    same   type  originally  installed  by  the  manufacturer  as
19    original equipment and in  working  order.  However,  at  all
20    other  times,  except  as  provided in subsection (a-1), such
21    antique vehicle must be equipped with stop lamps meeting  the
22    requirements of Section 12-208 of this Act.
23        (a-1)  An  antique  vehicle  may  display a blue light or
24    lights of up to one inch in diameter as part of the vehicle's
25    rear stop lamp or lamps.
26        (b)  Every motor vehicle other than  an  antique  vehicle
27    displaying  an  antique  plate  shall  be  equipped  with  an
28    electric   turn   signal  device  which  shall  indicate  the
29    intention of the driver to turn to the right or to  the  left
30    in  the form of flashing lights located at and showing to the
31    front and rear of the vehicle on  the  side  of  the  vehicle
 
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 1    toward which the turn is to be made. The lamps showing to the
 2    front shall be mounted on the same level and as widely spaced
 3    laterally  as  practicable  and, when signaling, shall emit a
 4    white or amber light, or any shade of light between white and
 5    amber. The lamps showing to the rear shall be mounted on  the
 6    same level and as widely spaced laterally as practicable and,
 7    when  signaling,  shall emit a red or amber light. An antique
 8    vehicle shall be equipped with a turn signal  device  of  the
 9    same   type  originally  installed  by  the  manufacturer  as
10    original equipment and in working order.
11        (c)  Every trailer and semitrailer shall be equipped with
12    an electric turn signal device which indicates the  intention
13    of  the  driver  in the power unit to turn to the right or to
14    the left in the form of flashing red or amber lights  located
15    at  the rear of the vehicle on the side toward which the turn
16    is to be made and mounted on the same  level  and  as  widely
17    spaced laterally as practicable.
18        (d)  Turn signal lamps must be visible from a distance of
19    not less than 300 feet in normal sunlight.
20        (e)  Motorcycles  and  motor-driven  cycles  need  not be
21    equipped with electric turn signals.  Antique  vehicles  need
22    not  be equipped with turn signals unless such were installed
23    by the manufacturer as original equipment.
24    (Source: P.A. 77-37.)

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