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Public Act 100-0962

 

Public Act 0962 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

  
  
  
 

 
Public Act 100-0962
 
HB5632 EnrolledLRB100 20888 LNS 36393 b


  
    AN ACT concerning transportation.
  
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
represented in the General Assembly:
  




 
 
    Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended  by changing 
Sections 2-112, 6-109, and 11-1421 as follows:
 



    (625 ILCS 5/2-112)  (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 2-112)



    Sec. 2-112. Distribution of synopsis laws. 

    (a) The Secretary of State may publish a synopsis or 
summary of the laws of
this State regulating the operation of 
vehicles and may deliver a copy
thereof without charge with 
each original vehicle registration and with
each original 
driver's license.

    (b) The Secretary of State shall make any necessary 
revisions in its publications including, but not limited to, 
the Illinois Rules of the Road, to accurately conform its 
publications to the provisions of the Pedestrians with 
Disabilities Safety Act. 
    (c) The Secretary of State shall include, in the Illinois 
Rules of the Road publication, information advising drivers to 
use the Dutch Reach method when opening a vehicle door after 
parallel parking on a street (checking the rear-view mirror, 
checking the side-view mirror, then opening  the door with the 
right  hand, thereby reducing the risk of injuring a bicyclist 
or opening the door in the path a vehicle approaching from 
behind). 
(Source: P.A. 96-1167, eff. 7-22-10.)

 
 

    (625 ILCS 5/6-109)

 
    Sec. 6-109. Examination of Applicants. 
    (a) The Secretary of State shall examine every applicant 
for a driver's
license or permit who has not been previously 
licensed as a driver under the
laws of this State or any other 
state or country, or any applicant for renewal
of such driver's 
license or permit when such license or permit has been expired

for more than one year.  The Secretary of State shall, subject 
to the
provisions of paragraph (c), examine every licensed 
driver at least every 8
years, and may examine or re-examine 
any other applicant or licensed driver,
provided that during 
the years 1984 through 1991 those drivers issued a license
for 
3 years may be re-examined not less than every 7 years or more 
than every
10 years.
    The Secretary of State shall require the testing of the 
eyesight of any
driver's license or permit applicant who has 
not been previously licensed
as a driver under the laws of this 
State and shall promulgate rules and
regulations to provide for 
the orderly administration of all the provisions of
this 
Section.
    The Secretary of State shall include at least one test 
question that concerns the provisions of the Pedestrians with 
Disabilities Safety Act in the question pool used for the 
written portion of the drivers license examination within one 
year after July 22, 2010 (the effective date of Public Act 
96-1167). 
    The Secretary of State shall include, in the question pool 
used for the written portion of the driver's license 
examination,  test questions concerning safe driving in the 
presence of bicycles, of which one may  be concerning the Dutch 
Reach method as described in Section 2-112. 
    (b) Except as provided for those applicants in paragraph 
(c), such
examination shall include a test of the applicant's

eyesight, his ability to read and understand official traffic 
control devices,
his knowledge of safe driving practices and 
the traffic laws of this State,
and may include an actual 
demonstration of the applicant's ability to exercise
ordinary 
and reasonable control of the operation of a motor vehicle, and

such further physical and mental examination as the Secretary 
of State finds
necessary to determine the applicant's fitness 
to operate a motor vehicle
safely on the highways, except the 
examination of an applicant 75 years
of age or older shall 
include an actual demonstration of the applicant's
ability to 
exercise ordinary and reasonable control of the operation of
a 
motor vehicle.  All portions of written and verbal examinations 
under
this Section, excepting where the English language 
appears on facsimiles
of road signs, may be given in the 
Spanish language and, at the discretion
of the Secretary of 
State, in any other language as well as in English upon
request 
of the examinee.  Deaf persons who are otherwise qualified are 
not
prohibited from being issued a license, other than a 
commercial driver's
license, under this Code.
    (c) Re-examination for those applicants who at the time of 
renewing their
driver's license possess a driving record devoid 
of any convictions of traffic
violations or evidence of 
committing an offense
for which mandatory revocation
would be 
required upon conviction pursuant to Section 6-205 at the time

of renewal shall be in a manner prescribed by the Secretary
in 
order to determine an applicant's ability to safely operate a 
motor
vehicle,
except that every applicant for the renewal of a 
driver's license who is
75 years of age or older must prove, by 
an actual demonstration,
the applicant's ability to exercise 
reasonable care in the safe operation
of a motor vehicle.
    (d) In the event the applicant is not ineligible under the 
provisions of
Section 6-103 to receive a driver's license, the 
Secretary of State
shall make provision for giving an 
examination, either in the county where
the applicant resides 
or at a place adjacent thereto reasonably convenient
to the 
applicant, within not more than 30 days from the date said

application is received.
    (e) The Secretary of State may adopt rules regarding the 
use of foreign language interpreters during the application and 
examination process. 
(Source: P.A. 96-1167, eff. 7-22-10; 96-1231, eff. 7-23-10; 
97-333, eff. 8-12-11.)
  
 



    (625 ILCS 5/11-1421)  (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-1421)



    Sec. 11-1421. Conditions for operating ambulances and 
rescue vehicles. 

    (a) No person shall operate an ambulance or rescue vehicle

in a manner not conforming to the motor vehicle laws
and 
regulations of this State or of any political subdivision of 
this State
as such laws and regulations apply to motor vehicles 
in
general, unless in compliance with the following conditions:


        1.  The person operating the ambulance shall be either 
    responding to a
bona fide emergency call or specifically 
    directed by a licensed physician
to disregard traffic laws 
    in operating the ambulance during and for the
purpose of 
    the specific trip or journey that is involved;


        2.  The ambulance or rescue vehicle shall be equipped 
    with a siren
producing
an audible signal of an intensity of 
    100 decibels at a distance of 50 feet
from the siren, and 
    with a lamp or lamps emitting an oscillating, rotating
or 
    flashing red beam directed in part toward the front of the 
    vehicle, and
these lamps shall have sufficient intensity to 
    be visible at 500 feet in
normal sunlight, and in addition 
    to other lighting requirements, excluding
those vehicles 
    operated in counties with a population in excess of 
    2,000,000,
may also operate with a lamp or lamps emitting 
    an oscillating, rotating, or
flashing
green light;


        3. The aforesaid siren and lamp or lamps shall be in 
    operation at all
times when it is reasonably necessary to 
    warn pedestrians and other drivers
of the approach thereof 
    during such trip or journey, except that in a municipality 
    with a population over 1,000,000, the siren and lamp or 
    lamps shall be in operation only when it is reasonably 
    necessary to warn pedestrians and other drivers
of the 
    approach thereof while responding to an emergency call or 
    transporting a patient who presents a combination of 
    circumstances resulting in a need for immediate medical 
    intervention;


        4. Whenever the ambulance or rescue vehicle is operated 
    at a speed in
excess of 40 miles per hour, the ambulance or 
    rescue vehicle shall be operated
in complete conformance 
    with every other motor vehicle law and regulation
of this 
    State and of the political subdivision in which the 
    ambulance or
rescue vehicle is operated, relating to the 
    operation of motor vehicles,
as such provision applies to 
    motor vehicles in
general, except laws and regulations 
    pertaining to compliance with official
traffic-control 
    devices or to vehicular operation upon the right half of

    the roadway; and


        5. The ambulance shall display registration plates 
    identifying the vehicle
as an ambulance.

    (b) The foregoing provisions do not relieve the driver of 
an ambulance
or rescue vehicle from the duty of driving with 
due regard for the safety
of all persons, nor do such 
provisions protect the driver from the consequences
resulting 
from the reckless disregard for the safety of others.

(Source: P.A. 88-517.)





Effective Date:  1/1/2019











  

    

      

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