625 ILCS 5/ Illinois Vehicle Code.

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625 ILCS 5/11-1401

(625 ILCS 5/11-1401) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-1401)

Sec. 11-1401. Unattended motor vehicles.

Except for a law enforcement officer or an operator of an authorized emergency vehicle performing his or her official duties, no person driving or in charge of
a motor vehicle shall permit it to stand unattended without first stopping the
engine, locking the ignition, removing the key from the
ignition, effectively setting the brake thereon and, when standing upon any
perceptible grade, turning the front
wheels to the curb or side of the highway. An unattended motor vehicle shall not include an unattended locked motor vehicle with the engine running after being started by a remote starter system.

(Source: P.A. 100-435, eff. 8-25-17.)

625 ILCS 5/11-1402

(625 ILCS 5/11-1402) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-1402)

Sec. 11-1402.

Limitations on backing.


(a) The driver of a vehicle shall not back the same unless such movement
can be made with safety and without interfering with other traffic.

(b) The driver of a vehicle shall not back the same upon any shoulder
or roadway of any
controlled-access highway.

(Source: P.A. 79-1069.)

625 ILCS 5/11-1403

(625 ILCS 5/11-1403) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-1403)

Sec. 11-1403. Riding on motorcycles.

(a) A person operating a
motorcycle shall ride only upon the permanent and regular seat attached
thereto, and such operator shall not carry any other person nor shall any
other person ride on a motorcycle unless such motorcycle is designed to
carry more than one person, in which event a passenger may ride upon the
permanent and regular seat if designed for 2 persons, or upon another seat
firmly attached to the motorcycle at the rear or side of the operator.

(b) A person shall ride upon a motorcycle only while sitting astride the
seat, facing forward, with one leg on each side of the motorcycle.

(c) No person shall operate any motorcycle with handlebar grips higher than
the height of the head of the operator when the operator is seated in
the normal driving position astride that portion of the seat or saddle
occupied by the operator.

(d) The operator of any motorcycle shall keep at least one hand on a handlebar grip at all times the motorcycle is in motion.

(e) The operator of a motorcycle may not transport a passenger unless the passenger is capable of resting a foot on the footrest while the motorcycle is in motion.

(Source: P.A. 102-344, eff. 1-1-22.)