TITLE 92: TRANSPORTATION
CHAPTER IV: ILLINOIS STATE TOLL HIGHWAY AUTHORITY
PART 2520 STATE TOLL HIGHWAY RULES
SECTION 2520.203 USE OF TOLLWAY PROHIBITED OR RESTRICTED


 

Section 2520.203  Use of Tollway Prohibited or Restricted

 

The following are prohibited on the Tollway or any part of its right-of-way:

 

a)         Pedestrians, except at authorized areas at oases, toll plazas and maintenance areas.

 

b)         Animals led, ridden or driven on the hoof.

 

c)         Bicycles or motor driven cycles.

 

d)         Vehicles transporting animals or poultry not properly secured or confined.

 

e)         Vehicles with deflated pneumatic tires, metal tires, caterpillar treads, studded tires or tires with chains.

 

f)         Vehicles with loads improperly secured or vehicles transporting gravel, sand, limestone or like materials capable of being windblown or escaping from the vehicles in any manner, unless such load is securely covered.

 

g)         Farm implements and machinery, whether self-propelled or towed, excluding those properly and safely loaded onto a vehicle.

 

h)         Vehicles exceeding the size, weight and load limitations set out in the Vehicle Code; however, subject to Tollway approval, oversized and overweight vehicles may be permitted on the Tollway pursuant to the terms and conditions contained in Appendix A.

 

i)         Vehicles incapable of maintaining a minimum speed of 45 miles per hour on a level grade.

 

j)         House trailers, during extreme wind, adverse weather or unusual traffic conditions.

 

k)        Convoys, processions or assemblages of more than 10 vehicles without the prior approval of District 15 of the State Police.

 

l)          Vehicles that are in such disrepair, are so poorly equipped or loaded, or are so lacking in equipment that they create a hazard to other vehicles.

 

m)        Vehicles equipped with tinted plastic or tinted glass registration plate covers or any covers, coating, wrappings, materials, streaking, distorting, holographic, reflective, or other devices that obstruct the visibility or electronic image recording of the plate. This prohibition shall not apply to automatic vehicle identification transponder devices, cards or chips issued by a governmental body or authorized by a governmental body for the purpose of electronic payment of tolls or other authorized payments.