625 ILCS 5/ Illinois Vehicle Code.

(625 ILCS 5/11‑1414.1) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11‑1414.1)

(Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 96‑410)

Sec. 11‑1414.1. School transportation of students.

(a) Every student enrolled in grade 12 or below in any entity listed in paragraph (a) of Section 1‑182 of this Code who is transported in a second division motor vehicle owned or operated by or for that entity, in connection with any official activity of such entity, must be transported in a school bus or a bus described in subparagraph (1) of paragraph (b) of Section 1‑182.

(b) This Section shall not apply to any second division vehicle being used by such entity in a parade, homecoming or similar school activity, nor to a motor vehicle designed for the transportation of not less than 7 nor more than 16 persons while that vehicle is being operated by or for a public or private primary or secondary school, including any primary or secondary school operated by a religious institution, for the purpose of transporting not more than 15 students to and from interscholastic athletic or other interscholastic or school sponsored activities.

(Source: P.A. 89‑132, eff. 7‑14‑95.)

(Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 96‑410)

Sec. 11‑1414.1. School transportation of students.

(a) Every student enrolled in grade 12 or below in any entity listed in subsection (a) of Section 1‑182 of this Code must be transported in a school bus or a vehicle described in subdivision (1) or (2) of subsection (b) of Section 1‑182 of this Code for any curriculum‑related school activity. "Curriculum‑related school activity" as used in this subsection (a) includes transportation from home to school or from school to home, tripper or shuttle service between school attendance centers, transportation to a vocational or career center or other trade‑skill development site or a regional safe school or other school‑sponsored alternative learning program, or a trip that is directly related to the regular curriculum of a student for which he or she earns credit.

(b) Every student enrolled in grade 12 or below in any entity listed in subsection (a) of Section 1‑182 of this Code who is transported in a vehicle that is being operated by or for a public or private primary or secondary school, including any primary or secondary school operated by a religious institution, for an interscholastic, interscholastic‑athletic, or school‑sponsored, noncurriculum‑related activity that (i) does not require student participation as part of the educational services of the entity and (ii) is not associated with the students' regular class‑for‑credit schedule shall transport students only in a school bus or vehicle described in subsection (b) of Section 1‑182 of this Code. This subsection (b) does not apply to any second division vehicle used by an entity listed in subsection (a) of Section 1‑182 of this Code for a parade, homecoming, or a similar noncurriculum‑related school activity.

(Source: P.A. 96‑410, eff. 7‑1‑10.)

(625 ILCS 5/11‑1415) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11‑1415)

Sec. 11‑1415. School buses stopping, loading and discharging passengers on one‑way roadways on highways having 4 or more lanes. (a) A school bus traveling on a one‑way roadway or a highway having 4 or more lanes for vehicular traffic shall stop for the loading or discharging of passengers only on the right side of the highway. If the highway has 4 or more lanes and permits traffic to operate in both directions, the school bus shall load or discharge only those passengers whose residences are located to the right of the highway. The routes of school buses shall be so arranged that no child shall be required to cross a highway of 4 or more lanes to board a school bus or to reach such child's residence after leaving the school bus. A school child in an urban area shall cross a highway only at a crossing for pedestrians, except as provided in paragraph (b) of this Section.

(b) With respect to school children crossing a highway at other than a pedestrian crossing, this Section shall not apply when children are escorted or controlled by competent persons designated by the school authorities or by police officers.

(Source: P.A. 83‑905.)

(625 ILCS 5/11‑1416) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11‑1416)

Sec. 11‑1416. Obstructing person in highways. No person shall wilfully and unnecessarily hinder, obstruct or delay, or wilfully and unnecessarily attempt to delay, hinder or obstruct any other person in lawfully driving or traveling along or upon any highway within this State or offer for barter or sale merchandise on said highway so as to interfere with the effective movement of traffic.

(Source: P.A. 80‑911.)

(625 ILCS 5/11‑1417) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11‑1417)

Sec. 11‑1417. Travel regulated.

It shall be unlawful for any person to drive or cause to be driven a vehicle of any description in or upon any portion of the highway immediately after the same has been dragged and before such portion of the highway shall have partially dried out or frozen; provided, that nothing in this Section shall apply in those instances where it is impossible to drive with safety at one side of said dragged portion of the road, or where a vehicle does not make a rut on such dragged portion of the road, injurious to the work accomplished by use of the road drag or where a vehicle does not make a rut nearer than nine (9) feet from the center of the dragged portion of the road.

(Source: P.A. 76‑1586.)

(625 ILCS 5/11‑1418) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11‑1418)

Sec. 11‑1418. Farm tractor operation regulated.

No person shall operate a farm tractor on a highway unless the tractor is being used as an implement of husbandry in connection with farming operations.

For the purpose of this Section, use of a farm tractor as an implement of husbandry in connection with farming operations shall be deemed to include use of the tractor in connection with the transportation of agricultural products and of farm machinery, equipment and supplies as well as transportation of the implement of husbandry from its place of purchase to its place of storage, in connection with the obtaining of repairs of the implement of husbandry, and the towing of a registered truck not more than 8,000 pounds for use as return transportation after the tractor is left at the place of work or repair.

(Source: P.A. 87‑1028.)

(625 ILCS 5/11‑1419) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11‑1419)

Sec. 11‑1419. Operation of motor vehicles ‑ Duration ‑ Exceptions. It is unlawful for any owner to require, permit or allow any operator of any of his motor vehicles of the second division to operate any such motor vehicle for a longer period than 10 hours following 8 consecutive hours off‑duty or drive for any period after having been on duty 15 hours following 8 consecutive hours off‑duty, or to be or remain on duty more than 60 hours in any 7 consecutive days, and whenever any such operator has operated such motor vehicle for 10 hours following 8 consecutive hours off‑duty or has been on duty 15 hours following 8 consecutive hours off‑duty, he or she shall be relieved and not required, permitted or allowed again to operate any such motor vehicle until he or she has had at least 8 consecutive hours off‑duty. The Department of State Police shall fix by general rule or temporary order the circumstances and regulations under which in case of emergency or unusual temporary demands for transportation any such operator may be permitted to operate any such motor vehicle or to stay on duty for longer periods of time than set by this Section.

The provisions of this Section shall not apply to any public utility in the operation of any motor vehicle not for hire in case of emergency or in case of unusual temporary necessity for transportation of persons or property or safeguarding of vehicles and their loads, nor shall such provisions apply to operation of any motor vehicle as a part of the agricultural operations of canning, packing or freezing establishments engaged in the growing and processing of perishable fruits and vegetables, including the hauling of such products between fields and such canning, packing or freezing establishments and between such establishments, nor shall such provisions apply to operation of any motor vehicle being used for transportation of construction materials or equipment to, on or from construction sites within a radius of 50 miles of such construction sites, nor to driver sales persons operating within a radius of 50 miles of their principal place of business.

(Source: P.A. 84‑1308.)

(625 ILCS 5/11‑1419.01) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11‑1419.01)

Sec. 11‑1419.01. Operating without a valid single trip permit. If a single trip permit is required by Section 13a.5 of the Motor Fuel Tax Law, a motor carrier shall not operate in Illinois without a single trip permit issued by the Department of Revenue or its agents.

If a commercial motor vehicle is found operating in Illinois without displaying a required valid single trip permit, the operator is guilty of a petty offense as provided in Section 13a.6 of the Motor Fuel Tax Law.

(Source: P.A. 94‑1074, eff. 12‑26‑06.)

(625 ILCS 5/11‑1419.02) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11‑1419.02)

Sec. 11‑1419.02. Failure to display a valid motor fuel use tax license.

(a) If required by Section 13a.4 of the Motor Fuel Tax Law, every valid motor fuel use tax license, or an authorized reproduction, shall at all times be carried in the cab of the vehicle. The operator shall display the license or reproduction upon demand of a police officer or agent of the Department of Revenue. An operator who fails to display a valid motor fuel use tax license is guilty of a petty offense as provided in Section 13a.6 of the Motor Fuel Tax Law.

(b) As used in this Section:

"Display" means the manual surrender of the motor fuel use tax license into the hands of the demanding officer or agent for inspection.

"Motor fuel use tax license" means a motor fuel use tax license issued by the Department of Revenue or by any member jurisdiction under the International Fuel Tax Agreement, or a valid 30 day International Fuel Tax Agreement temporary permit.

(Source: P.A. 94‑1074, eff. 12‑26‑06.)

(625 ILCS 5/11‑1419.03)

Sec. 11‑1419.03. Failure to Display Valid External Motor Fuel Use Tax Decals.

(a) Except as provided in the Motor Fuel Tax Law, a motor carrier shall not operate or cause to be operated a commercial motor vehicle upon the highways of this State unless there is properly affixed to that commercial vehicle 2 valid external motor use tax decals required by Section 13a.4 of the Motor Fuel Tax Law. An operator who operates a commercial motor vehicle without 2 properly displayed valid external motor fuel use tax decals is guilty of a petty offense as provided in Section 13a.6 of the Motor Fuel Tax Law. A valid 30‑day International Fuel Tax Agreement temporary permit may be displayed instead of decals during the temporary period specified on the permit.

(b) As used in this Section:

"Properly displayed" means 2 motor fuel use tax decals, one placed on each side of the exterior of the cab. In the case of transporters, manufacturers, dealers, or driveaway operations, the decals need not be permanently affixed but may be temporarily displayed in a visible manner on the exterior sides of the cab.

"Commercial motor vehicle" means a motor vehicle used, designed, or maintained for the transportation of people or property and either having 2 axles and a gross vehicle weight or registered gross vehicle weight exceeding 26,000 pounds or 11,793 kilograms, or having 3 or more axles regardless of weight, or that is used in combination, when the weight of the combination exceeds 26,000 pounds or 11,793 kilograms gross vehicle weight or registered gross vehicle weight except for motor vehicles operated by this State or the United States, recreational vehicles, school buses, and commercial motor vehicles operated solely within this State for which all motor fuel is purchased within this State.

"Motor carrier" means any person who operates or causes to be operated any commercial motor vehicle on any highway within this State.

(Source: P.A. 94‑1074, eff. 12‑26‑06.)

(625 ILCS 5/11‑1419.04)

Sec. 11‑1419.04. Failure to carry a manifest. Any person who acts as a motor carrier and who fails to carry a manifest as provided in Section 5.5 of the Motor Fuel Tax Law is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor. For each subsequent offense, the person is guilty of a Class 4 felony.

(Source: P.A. 89‑399, eff. 8‑20‑95.)

(625 ILCS 5/11‑1419.05)

Sec. 11‑1419.05. A motor carrier shall not operate or cause to be operated a commercial motor vehicle upon the highways of this State with a revoked motor fuel use tax license. Any person who operates a commercial motor vehicle with a revoked motor fuel use tax license is guilty of a petty offense as provided in Section 13a.6 of the Motor Fuel Tax Law. When a commercial motor vehicle is found to be operating in Illinois with a revoked motor fuel use tax license, the vehicle shall be placed out of service and not allowed to operate in Illinois until the motor fuel use tax license is reinstated.

(Source: P.A. 91‑173, eff. 1‑1‑00.)

(625 ILCS 5/11‑1420) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11‑1420)

Sec. 11‑1420. Funeral processions.

(a) Funeral processions have the right‑of‑way at intersections when vehicles comprising such procession have their headlights and hazard lights lighted, subject to the following conditions and exceptions:

1. Operators of vehicles in a funeral procession shall yield the right‑of‑way upon the approach of an authorized emergency vehicle giving an audible or visible signal;

2. Operators of vehicles in a funeral procession shall yield the right‑of‑way when directed to do so by a traffic officer;

3. The operator of the leading vehicle in a funeral procession shall comply with stop signs and traffic control signals but when the leading vehicle has proceeded across an intersection in accordance with such signal or after stopping as required by the stop sign, all vehicles in such procession may proceed without stopping, regardless of the sign or signal and the leading vehicle and the vehicles in procession shall proceed with due caution.

(b) The operator of a vehicle not in the funeral procession shall not drive his vehicle in the funeral procession except when authorized to do so by a traffic officer or when such vehicle is an authorized emergency vehicle giving audible or visible signal.

(c) Operators of vehicles not a part of a funeral procession may not form a procession or convoy and have their headlights or hazard lights or both lighted for the purpose of securing the right‑of‑way granted by this Section to funeral processions.

(d) The operator of a vehicle not in a funeral procession may overtake and pass the vehicles in such procession if such overtaking and passing can be accomplished without causing a traffic hazard or interfering with such procession.

(e) The lead vehicle in the funeral procession may be equipped with a flashing amber light which may be used only when such vehicle is used as a lead vehicle in such procession. Vehicles comprising a funeral procession may utilize funeral pennants or flags or windshield stickers or flashing hazard warning signal flashers to identify the individual vehicles in such a procession.

(f) In the absence of law enforcement traffic control assistance for a funeral procession, a funeral director or his or her designee may direct traffic during a funeral procession.

(Source: P.A. 96‑859, eff. 1‑12‑10.)

(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;

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.)

(625 ILCS 5/11‑1422) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11‑1422)

Sec. 11‑1422. Illegal operation of an ambulance or rescue vehicle ‑ Penalty. A person who operates an ambulance or rescue vehicle in violation of Section 11‑1421 shall be subject to the penalty prescribed by the applicable law, regulation or ordinance of this State or any political subdivision thereof.

(Source: P.A. 83‑831.)

(625 ILCS 5/11‑1423) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11‑1423)

Sec. 11‑1423. Passengers boarding or exiting a school bus.

(a) At all pick‑up points where it is necessary for a school bus passenger to cross the roadway to board the bus, the school bus driver shall signal the awaiting passenger when it is safe to cross the roadway ahead of the bus.

(b) At all discharge points where it is necessary for a school bus passenger to cross the roadway, the school bus driver shall direct the passenger to a point approximately 10 feet in front of the bus on the shoulder and shall then signal the passenger when it is safe to cross the roadway.

(Source: P.A. 78‑1244.)

(625 ILCS 5/11‑1424) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11‑1424)

Sec. 11‑1424. Operation of a religious organization bus.

(a) No religious organization bus may be operated on any street or highway unless all passengers, except for supervisory personnel, are seated in seats permanently mounted to the vehicle, and the aisle of the bus is kept clean and open.

(b) No religious organization bus may be operated on any street or highway while carrying more than the manufacturer's rated passenger capacity for such bus, or at a gross weight in excess of the chassis manufacturer's gross vehicle weight rating (GVWR) or gross axle weight rating (GAWR), or in excess of the weight load ratings of the tires on such bus. For buses or tires on which the manufacturer has not shown such ratings, by a label, embossment, molding or equivalent means, the Department shall provide, or assist in obtaining, the necessary ratings and may publish such ratings.

(c) In loading or unloading passengers, the religious organization bus driver shall stop the bus out of the lane of moving traffic at any bus stop, officially designated as such by government authorities or in a parking lane on the pavement of the highway or on the shoulder off of the highway, if wide enough to permit the safe loading or unloading of passengers. If, however, there is no such bus stop, parking lane or shoulder within 50 feet of the residence or temporary residence of the passenger transported or to be transported by the bus or within 50 feet of the religious facility, the driver may stop the bus on the pavement of the highway after activating unison amber warning lights for not less than 200 feet before the bus is brought to a stop and while passengers are being loaded or unloaded, or if the bus is equipped as a school bus and meets the requirements of Article VIII of this Act, by complying with the subsections (b), (c) and (d) of Section 11‑1414.

(d) At all pickup points where it is necessary for a religious organization bus passenger under the age of 12 years to cross the roadway to board the bus, a responsible supervisor on the bus shall personally escort the awaiting passenger when it is safe to cross the roadway ahead of the bus.

(e) At all discharge points where it is necessary for a religious organization bus passenger under the age of 12 to cross the roadway, a responsible supervisor on the bus shall personally escort the passenger to a point approximately 10 feet in front of the bus on the shoulder and then, when it is safe to cross the roadway, across the roadway to a place of safety.

(f) If a school bus is used by a religious organization bus for the purposes specified in subsection (a) of Section 1‑111.1a and activates the visual signals as required by subsections (b), (c) and (d) of Section 11‑1414 when picking up or discharging passengers, compliance with subsections (d) and (e) of this Section is optional.

(Source: P.A. 90‑89, eff. 1‑1‑98.)

(625 ILCS 5/11‑1425) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11‑1425)

Sec. 11‑1425. Stop when traffic obstructed.

(a) No driver shall enter an intersection or a marked crosswalk or drive onto any railroad grade crossing unless there is sufficient space on the other side of the intersection, crosswalk or railroad grade crossing to accommodate the vehicle he is operating without obstructing the passage of other vehicles, pedestrians or railroad trains notwithstanding any traffic‑control signal indication to proceed.

(b) No driver shall enter a highway rail grade crossing unless there is sufficient space on the other side of the highway rail grade crossing to accommodate the vehicle being operated without obstructing the passage of a train or other railroad equipment using the rails, notwithstanding any traffic‑control signal indication to proceed.

(c) (Blank).

(d) Beginning with the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly, the Secretary of State shall suspend for a period of one month the driving privileges of any person convicted of a violation of subsection (b) of this Section or a similar provision of a local ordinance; the Secretary shall suspend for a period of 3 months the driving privileges of any person convicted of a second or subsequent violation of subsection (b) of this Section or a similar provision of a local ordinance if the second or subsequent violation occurs within 5 years of a prior conviction for the same offense. In addition to the suspensions authorized by this Section, any person convicted of violating subsection (b) of this Section or a similar provision of a local ordinance shall be subject to a mandatory fine of $500 or 50 hours of community service. Any person given a disposition of court supervision for violating subsection (b) of this Section or a similar provision of a local ordinance shall also be subject to a mandatory fine of $500 or 50 hours of community service. Upon a second or subsequent violation, in addition to the suspensions authorized by this Section, the person shall be subject to a mandatory fine of $500 and 50 hours community service. The Secretary may also grant, for the duration of any suspension issued under this subsection, a restricted driving permit granting the privilege of driving a motor vehicle between the driver's residence and place of employment or within other proper limits that the Secretary of State shall find necessary to avoid any undue hardship. A restricted driving permit issued hereunder shall be subject to cancellation, revocation and suspension by the Secretary of State in like manner and for like cause as a driver's license may be cancelled, revoked or suspended; except that a conviction upon one or more offenses against laws or ordinances regulating the movement of traffic shall be deemed sufficient cause for the revocation, suspension or cancellation of the restricted driving permit. The Secretary of State may, as a condition to the issuance of a restricted driving permit, require the applicant to participate in a designated driver remedial or rehabilitative program. Any conviction for a violation of this subsection shall be included as an offense for the purposes of determining suspension action under any other provision of this Code, provided however, that the penalties provided under this subsection shall be imposed unless those penalties imposed under other applicable provisions are greater.

(Source: P.A. 95‑753, eff. 1‑1‑09.)

(625 ILCS 5/11‑1426)

Sec. 11‑1426. (Repealed).

(Source: P.A. 95‑575, eff. 8‑31‑07. Repealed by P.A. 96‑279, eff. 1‑1‑10.)