(625 ILCS 5/11-605.2)
Sec. 11-605.2. Delegation of authority to set a special speed limit while traveling
through highway
construction or maintenance zones. (a) A local agency may delegate to its superintendent of highways the authority to set and post a reduced speed limit for a construction or maintenance zone, as defined in Section 11-605.1, under subsection (c) of that Section. (b) If a superintendent of highways sets a reduced speed limit for a construction or maintenance zone in accordance with this Section, the local agency must maintain a record that indicates: (1) the location of the construction or maintenance | ||
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(2) the reduced speed limit set and posted for the | ||
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(3) the dates during which the reduced speed limit | ||
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(Source: P.A. 96-1000, eff. 7-2-10.) |
(625 ILCS 5/11-605.3) Sec. 11-605.3. Special traffic protections while passing parks and recreation facilities and areas. (a) As used in this Section:
(1) "Park district" means the following entities:
(A) any park district organized under the Park | ||
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(B) any park district organized under the Chicago | ||
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(C) any municipality, county, forest district, | ||
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(2) "Park zone" means the recreation facilities and | ||
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(3) "Park zone street" means that portion of any | ||
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(4) "Safety purposes" means the costs associated | ||
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(b) On any day when children are present and within 50 feet of motorized traffic, a person may not drive a motor vehicle at a speed in excess of 20 miles per hour or any lower posted speed while traveling on a park zone street that has been designated for the posted reduced speed.
(c) On any day when children are present and within 50 feet of motorized traffic, any driver traveling on a park zone street who fails to come to a complete stop at a stop sign or red light, including a driver who fails to come to a complete stop at a red light before turning right onto a park zone street, is in violation of this Section.
(d) This Section does not apply unless appropriate signs are posted upon park zone streets maintained by the Department or by the unit of local government in which the park zone is located. With regard to the special speed limit on park zone streets, the signs must give proper due warning that a park zone is being approached and must indicate the maximum speed limit on the park zone street.
(e) A first violation of this Section is a petty offense with a minimum fine of $250. A second or subsequent violation of this Section is a petty offense with a minimum fine of $500.
(f) (Blank).
(g) The Department shall, within 6 months of the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly, design a set of standardized traffic signs for park zones and park zone streets, including but not limited to: "park zone", "park zone speed limit", and "warning: approaching a park zone". The design of these signs shall be made available to all units of local government or manufacturers at no charge, except for reproduction and postage.
(Source: P.A. 102-978, eff. 1-1-23 .) |
(625 ILCS 5/11-606) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-606)
Sec. 11-606.
Minimum speed regulation.
(a) No person shall drive a motor vehicle at such a slow speed as to impede
or block the normal and reasonable movement of traffic except when reduced
speed is necessary for safe operation of his vehicle or in compliance with law.
(b) Whenever the Department, The Illinois State Toll Highway Authority,
or a local authority described in Section 11-604 of this Chapter determines,
upon the basis of an engineering and traffic investigation concerning a
highway or street under its jurisdiction that slow vehicle speeds along
any part or zone of such highway or street consistently impede the normal
and reasonable movement of traffic, the Department, the Toll Highway Authority,
or local authority (as appropriate) may determine and declare by proper
regulation or ordinance a minimum speed
limit below which no person shall drive except when necessary for safe operation
of his vehicle or in compliance with law. A limit so determined and declared
becomes effective when appropriate signs giving notice of the limit are
erected along such part or zone of the highway or street.
(Source: P.A. 81-840.)
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(625 ILCS 5/11-608) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-608)
Sec. 11-608.
Special speed limitation on elevated structures.
(a) No person shall drive a vehicle over any bridge or other
elevated structure constituting a part of a highway at a speed which is
greater than the maximum speed which can be maintained with safety to
such bridge or structure, when such structure is sign posted as provided
in this Section.
(b) The Department upon request from any local authority shall, or
upon its own initiative may, conduct an investigation of any bridge or
other elevated structure constituting a part of a highway, and if it
shall thereupon find that such structure cannot with safety to itself
withstand vehicles traveling at the speed otherwise permissible under
this Chapter, the Department shall determine and declare the maximum
speed of vehicles which such structure can safely withstand, and shall
cause or permit suitable signs stating such maximum speed to be erected
and maintained before each end of such structure.
(c) Upon the trial of any person charged with a violation of this
Section proof of the determination of the maximum speed by the
Department and the existence of such signs is conclusive evidence of the
maximum speed which can be maintained with safety to such bridge or
structure.
(Source: P.A. 76-1586.)
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(625 ILCS 5/11-610) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-610)
Sec. 11-610. Charging violations and rule in civil actions. (a) In every charge of violation of
any speed regulation in this Article the complaint, and
also the summons or notice to appear, shall specify the
speed at which the defendant is alleged to have driven and
the maximum speed applicable within the district or at the location.
(b) The provision of this Article
declaring maximum speed limitations
shall not be construed to relieve the plaintiff in any
action from the burden of proving negligence on the
part of the defendant as the proximate cause of a crash.
(Source: P.A. 102-982, eff. 7-1-23 .)
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(625 ILCS 5/11-611) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-611)
Sec. 11-611.
No person shall drive or operate any motor
vehicle on any street or highway in this State where the minimum
allowable speed on that street or highway, as posted, is greater
than the maximum attainable operating speed of the vehicle. Maximum
attainable operating speed shall be determined by the
manufacturer of the vehicle and clearly published in the manual of
specifications and operation, or it shall be determined by applicable rule
and regulation
promulgated by the Secretary of State.
(Source: P.A. 79-700.)
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(625 ILCS 5/11-612) Sec. 11-612. Certain systems to record vehicle speeds prohibited. Except as authorized in the Automated Traffic Control Systems in Highway Construction or Maintenance Zones Act and Section 11-208.8 of this Code, no photographic, video, or other imaging system may be used in this State to record vehicle speeds for the purpose of enforcing any law or ordinance regarding a maximum or minimum speed limit unless a law enforcement officer is present at the scene and witnesses the event. No State or local governmental entity, including a home rule county or municipality, may use such a system in a way that is prohibited by this Section. The regulation of the use of such systems is an exclusive power and function of the State. This Section is a denial and limitation of home rule powers and functions under subsection (h) of Section 6 of Article VII of the Illinois Constitution.
(Source: P.A. 97-672, eff. 7-1-12 .) |