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| Public Act 102-0508 | ||||
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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 Sections 11-804, 12-208, and 12-212 as follows:
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(625 ILCS 5/11-804) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-804)
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Sec. 11-804. When signal required.
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(a) No person may turn a vehicle at an intersection unless | ||||
the vehicle
is in proper position upon the highway roadway as | ||||
required in Section 11-801 or
turn a vehicle to enter a private | ||||
road or driveway, or otherwise turn a
vehicle from a direct | ||||
course or move right or left upon a roadway unless
and until | ||||
such movement can be made with reasonable safety. No person | ||||
may
so turn any vehicle without giving an appropriate signal | ||||
in the manner
hereinafter provided.
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(b) A signal of intention to turn right or left, change | ||||
lanes, otherwise turn a vehicle from a direct course, move | ||||
right or left upon a highway, or when required must be
given | ||||
continuously during not less than the last 100 feet traveled | ||||
by the
vehicle before turning within a business or residence | ||||
district, and such
signal must be given continuously during | ||||
not less than the last 200 feet
traveled by the vehicle before | ||||
turning outside a business or residence
district.
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(c) No person may stop or suddenly decrease the speed of a | ||
vehicle
without first giving an appropriate signal in the | ||
manner provided in this
Chapter to the driver of any vehicle | ||
immediately to the rear when there is
opportunity to give such | ||
a signal.
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(d) The electric turn signal device required in Section | ||
12-208 of this
Act must be used and operated as prescribed in | ||
subsection (b) of this Section to indicate an intention to | ||
turn, change lanes, turn a vehicle from a direct course, move | ||
right or left upon a highway, or start
from a parallel parked | ||
position. Unless the conditions of subsection (b) of this | ||
Section are met, an electric turn signal device required in | ||
Section 12-208 shall not be left in the on position and but | ||
must not be flashed on one side only on
a parked or disabled | ||
vehicle or flashed as a courtesy or "do pass" signal
to | ||
operators of other vehicles approaching from the rear. | ||
However, such
signal devices may be flashed simultaneously on | ||
both sides of a motor
vehicle to indicate the presence of a | ||
vehicular traffic hazard requiring
unusual care in | ||
approaching, overtaking and passing.
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(Source: P.A. 78-1297.)
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(625 ILCS 5/12-208) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 12-208)
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Sec. 12-208. Signal lamps and signal devices.
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(a) Every vehicle other than an antique vehicle displaying | ||
an antique
plate or an expanded-use antique vehicle displaying | ||
expanded-use antique vehicle plates operated in this State | ||
shall be equipped with a stop lamp or lamps on
the rear of the | ||
vehicle which shall display a red or amber light visible
from a | ||
distance of not less than 500 feet to the rear in normal | ||
sunlight
and which shall be actuated upon application of the | ||
service (foot) brake,
and which may but need not be | ||
incorporated with other rear lamps. During
times when lighted | ||
lamps are not required, an antique vehicle or an expanded-use | ||
antique vehicle may be
equipped with a stop lamp or lamps on | ||
the rear of such vehicle of the same
type originally installed | ||
by the manufacturer as original equipment and in
working | ||
order. However, at all other times, except as provided in | ||
subsection
(a-1), such antique vehicle or expanded-use antique | ||
vehicle must be
equipped with stop lamps meeting the | ||
requirements of Section 12-208 of this
Act.
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(a-1) A motorcycle or an antique vehicle or an | ||
expanded-use antique vehicle, including an antique motorcycle, | ||
may display a blue light or lights of up to one
inch in | ||
diameter as part of the vehicle's rear stop lamp or lamps.
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(b) Every motor vehicle other than an antique vehicle | ||
displaying an
antique plate or an expanded-use antique vehicle | ||
displaying expanded-use antique vehicle plates shall be | ||
equipped with an electric turn signal device which
shall | ||
indicate the intention of the driver to turn to the right or to | ||
the
left, change lanes, turn a vehicle, or otherwise turn or | ||
maneuver a vehicle from a direct course of travel in the form | ||
of flashing lights located at and showing to the front and
rear | ||
of the vehicle on the side of the vehicle toward which the turn | ||
is to
be made. The lamps showing to the front shall be mounted | ||
on the same level
and as widely spaced laterally as | ||
practicable and, when signaling, shall
emit a white or amber | ||
light, or any shade of light between white and amber.
The lamps | ||
showing to the rear shall be mounted on the same level and as
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widely spaced laterally as practicable and, when signaling, | ||
shall emit a
red or amber light. An antique vehicle or | ||
expanded-use antique vehicle shall be equipped with a turn | ||
signal
device of the same type originally installed by the | ||
manufacturer as
original equipment and in working order.
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(c) Every trailer and semitrailer shall be equipped with | ||
an electric
turn signal device which indicates the intention | ||
of the driver in the power
unit to turn to the right or to the | ||
left in the form of flashing red or
amber lights located at the | ||
rear of the vehicle on the side toward which
the turn is to be | ||
made and mounted on the same level and as widely spaced
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laterally as practicable.
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(d) Turn signal lamps must be visible from a distance of | ||
not less than
300 feet in normal sunlight.
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(e) Motorcycles and motor-driven cycles need not be | ||
equipped with
electric turn signals. Antique vehicles and | ||
expanded-use antique vehicles need not be equipped with turn
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signals unless such were installed by the manufacturer as | ||
original
equipment.
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(f) (Blank).
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(g) Motorcycles and motor-driven cycles may be equipped | ||
with a stop lamp or lamps on the rear of the vehicle that | ||
display a red or amber light, visible from a distance of not | ||
less than 500 feet to the rear in normal sunlight, that flashes | ||
and becomes steady only when the brake is actuated. | ||
(h) Electric turn signal lamps shall not be flashed or | ||
left in the on position other than to indicate the intention of | ||
a driver to turn a vehicle left or right, change lanes, or | ||
otherwise turn or maneuver a vehicle from a direct course of | ||
travel. | ||
(Source: P.A. 99-598, eff. 1-1-17.)
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(625 ILCS 5/12-212) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 12-212)
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Sec. 12-212. Special restrictions on lamps. | ||
(a) No person shall drive or
move any vehicle or equipment | ||
upon any highway with any lamp or device on
the vehicle or | ||
equipment displaying a red light visible from directly in
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front of the vehicle or equipment except as otherwise provided | ||
in this Act.
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(b) Subject to the restrictions of this Act, flashing | ||
lights are
prohibited on motor vehicles except as expressly | ||
authorized in this Chapter or as a means for indicating a right | ||
or
left turn, lane change, or a maneuver of a vehicle from a | ||
direct course of travel as provided in Section 12-208 or the | ||
presence of a vehicular
traffic hazard requiring unusual care | ||
as expressly provided in Sections 11-804 or 12-215.
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(c) Unless otherwise expressly authorized by this Code, | ||
all other
lighting or combination of lighting on any vehicle | ||
shall be prohibited.
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(d) No person shall drive or move any motor vehicle or | ||
equipment upon any highway with any lighting or combination of | ||
lighting with a smoked or tinted lens or cover. | ||
(Source: P.A. 101-189, eff. 1-1-20.)
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Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||
becoming law.
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