100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2017 and 2018
HB5143

 

Introduced , by Rep. Theresa Mah

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
625 ILCS 5/2-112  from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 2-112
625 ILCS 5/6-109

    Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that 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. Provides that the Secretary of State shall include a test question concerning bicycle safety, of which one may be concerning the Dutch Reach method, in the question pool used for the written portion of the drivers license examination.


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A BILL FOR

 

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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
5Sections 2-112 and 6-109 as follows:
 
6    (625 ILCS 5/2-112)  (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 2-112)
7    Sec. 2-112. Distribution of synopsis laws.
8    (a) The Secretary of State may publish a synopsis or
9summary of the laws of this State regulating the operation of
10vehicles and may deliver a copy thereof without charge with
11each original vehicle registration and with each original
12driver's license.
13    (b) The Secretary of State shall make any necessary
14revisions in its publications including, but not limited to,
15the Illinois Rules of the Road, to accurately conform its
16publications to the provisions of the Pedestrians with
17Disabilities Safety Act.
18    (c) The Secretary of State shall include, in the Illinois
19Rules of the Road publication, information advising drivers to
20use the Dutch Reach method when opening a vehicle door
21(checking the rear-view mirror, checking the side-view mirror,
22then opening the door with the right hand, thereby reducing the
23risk of injuring a bicyclist or opening the door in the path of

 

 

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1an oncoming vehicle).
2(Source: P.A. 96-1167, eff. 7-22-10.)
 
3    (625 ILCS 5/6-109)
4    Sec. 6-109. Examination of Applicants.
5    (a) The Secretary of State shall examine every applicant
6for a driver's license or permit who has not been previously
7licensed as a driver under the laws of this State or any other
8state or country, or any applicant for renewal of such driver's
9license or permit when such license or permit has been expired
10for more than one year. The Secretary of State shall, subject
11to the provisions of paragraph (c), examine every licensed
12driver at least every 8 years, and may examine or re-examine
13any other applicant or licensed driver, provided that during
14the years 1984 through 1991 those drivers issued a license for
153 years may be re-examined not less than every 7 years or more
16than every 10 years.
17    The Secretary of State shall require the testing of the
18eyesight of any driver's license or permit applicant who has
19not been previously licensed as a driver under the laws of this
20State and shall promulgate rules and regulations to provide for
21the orderly administration of all the provisions of this
22Section.
23    The Secretary of State shall include at least one test
24question that concerns the provisions of the Pedestrians with
25Disabilities Safety Act in the question pool used for the

 

 

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1written portion of the drivers license examination within one
2year after July 22, 2010 (the effective date of Public Act
396-1167).
4    The Secretary of State shall include, in the question pool
5used for the written portion of the drivers license
6examination, a test question concerning bicycle safety, of
7which one may be concerning the Dutch Reach method as described
8in Section 2-112.
9    (b) Except as provided for those applicants in paragraph
10(c), such examination shall include a test of the applicant's
11eyesight, his ability to read and understand official traffic
12control devices, his knowledge of safe driving practices and
13the traffic laws of this State, and may include an actual
14demonstration of the applicant's ability to exercise ordinary
15and reasonable control of the operation of a motor vehicle, and
16such further physical and mental examination as the Secretary
17of State finds necessary to determine the applicant's fitness
18to operate a motor vehicle safely on the highways, except the
19examination of an applicant 75 years of age or older shall
20include an actual demonstration of the applicant's ability to
21exercise ordinary and reasonable control of the operation of a
22motor vehicle. All portions of written and verbal examinations
23under this Section, excepting where the English language
24appears on facsimiles of road signs, may be given in the
25Spanish language and, at the discretion of the Secretary of
26State, in any other language as well as in English upon request

 

 

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1of the examinee. Deaf persons who are otherwise qualified are
2not prohibited from being issued a license, other than a
3commercial driver's license, under this Code.
4    (c) Re-examination for those applicants who at the time of
5renewing their driver's license possess a driving record devoid
6of any convictions of traffic violations or evidence of
7committing an offense for which mandatory revocation would be
8required upon conviction pursuant to Section 6-205 at the time
9of renewal shall be in a manner prescribed by the Secretary in
10order to determine an applicant's ability to safely operate a
11motor vehicle, except that every applicant for the renewal of a
12driver's license who is 75 years of age or older must prove, by
13an actual demonstration, the applicant's ability to exercise
14reasonable care in the safe operation of a motor vehicle.
15    (d) In the event the applicant is not ineligible under the
16provisions of Section 6-103 to receive a driver's license, the
17Secretary of State shall make provision for giving an
18examination, either in the county where the applicant resides
19or at a place adjacent thereto reasonably convenient to the
20applicant, within not more than 30 days from the date said
21application is received.
22    (e) The Secretary of State may adopt rules regarding the
23use of foreign language interpreters during the application and
24examination process.
25(Source: P.A. 96-1167, eff. 7-22-10; 96-1231, eff. 7-23-10;
2697-333, eff. 8-12-11.)