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1    AN ACT concerning transportation.
  
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
3represented in the General Assembly:
  


 
 
4    Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended  by changing 
5Section 12-601 as follows:
 



6    (625 ILCS 5/12-601)  (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 12-601)



7    Sec. 12-601. Horns and warning devices. 

8    (a) Every motor vehicle when
operated upon a highway shall 
9be equipped with a horn in good working order
and capable of 
10emitting sound audible under normal conditions from a distance

11of not less than 200 feet, but no horn or other warning device 
12shall emit an
unreasonable loud or harsh sound or a whistle.  
13The driver of a motor vehicle
shall when reasonably necessary 
14to insure safe operation give audible warning
with his horn but 
15shall not otherwise use such horn when upon a highway.

16    (b) No vehicle shall be equipped with nor shall any person 
17use upon a
vehicle
any siren, whistle, or bell, except as 
18otherwise permitted in this section.
Any authorized emergency 
19vehicle or organ transport vehicle as defined in
Chapter 1 of 
20this Code or a vehicle operated by a fire chief or the Director 
21or Coordinator of a municipal or county emergency services and 
22disaster agency, Act may be
equipped with a siren, whistle, or 
23bell, capable of emitting sound audible
under normal conditions 
 
 
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1from a distance of not less than 500 feet, but such
siren, 
2whistle or bell, shall not be used except when such vehicle is 
3operated
in response to an emergency call or in the immediate 
4pursuit
of an actual or
suspected violator of the law in either 
5of which events the driver of such
vehicle shall sound such 
6siren, whistle or bell, when necessary to warn
pedestrians and 
7other drivers of the approach thereof.

8    (c) Trackless trolley coaches, as defined by Section 1-206 
9of this Code,
and replica trolleys, as defined by Section 
101-171.04 of this Code, may
be equipped with a bell or bells in 
11lieu of a horn, and may, in addition to
the requirements of 
12paragraph (a) of this Section, use a bell or bells for the

13purpose of indicating arrival or departure at designated stops 
14during the hours
of scheduled operation.

15(Source: P.A. 89-345, eff. 1-1-96; 89-687, eff. 6-1-97; 90-347, 
16eff.
1-1-98; 90-655, eff. 7-30-98.)