625 ILCS 5/ Illinois Vehicle Code.

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625 ILCS 5/12-701

(625 ILCS 5/12-701) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 12-701)

Sec. 12-701.

Tractors, traction engines and motor trucks-Operation
on highways-Turning on highways during farming operations-Violations.
No tractor, traction engine, motor truck or other similar vehicle
shall be operated across, over or along any public highway of this State
which has been oil-treated, if any such vehicle has on the periphery of
any of the road wheels any block, stud, flange, cleat, ridge, lug, or
any projection of metal or wood which projects radially beyond the tread
or traffic surface of the tire; except that this prohibition shall not
apply to tractors or traction engines equipped with what is known as
crawler type tractors, when the same does not contain any projections of
any kind likely to injure the surface of the road, nor to tractors,
traction engines and similar vehicles which have upon their road wheels
V-shaped, diagonal or other cleats arranged in such a manner as to be
continuously in contact with the road surface. In no event shall the oil
mat surface of any oil-treated public road be used as an area or space
for turning any tractor or other farm machinery in carrying on or
performing any farming operations upon the adjacent land. Provided, that
nothing in this Section contained shall prohibit the operation of
tractors, traction engines or motor trucks across any oil-treated road
in order to reach adjacent lands or the operation of any such vehicles
upon the treated portion of such oil-treated roads if there is no
untreated portion thereof over which they may be operated or the
operation of any such vehicles on oil-treated roads if in passing along
said road they travel over the portion of said road which does not
constitute the oil mat surface created by said oil treatment or the use
of flexible tire chains on any tractor, traction engine, motor truck or
other similar vehicle being operated upon any such oil-treated road.

It is unlawful for any person to operate any tractor, traction engine, motor truck or
other similar vehicle over and along any public highway of this State,
which has been oil-treated, in violation of the provisions of this
Section.

(Source: P.A. 80-911.)

625 ILCS 5/12-702

(625 ILCS 5/12-702) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 12-702)

Sec. 12-702.

Certain vehicles to carry flares or other warning devices.

(a) No person shall operate any motor vehicle of the second division
weighing more than 8,000 pounds or any vehicle of the second division
weighing 8,000 pounds or less towing a trailer or
any motor vehicle towing a house trailer upon any highway outside an urban
district at any time unless there is carried in such vehicle the following
equipment, except as provided in paragraph (b) of this Section:

1. At least 3 liquid-burning flares, or 3 red

electric lanterns or 3 portable red emergency reflectors, each of which is capable of being seen and distinguished at a distance of not less than 500 feet when lighted lamps are required, provided that emergency reflectors meeting the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard No. 125 shall be deemed acceptable as regards visibility and color; and

2. At least 3 red-burning 15-minute fusees unless red

electric lanterns or portable red emergency reflectors are carried; and

3. At least 2 red-cloth flags, not less than 12

inches square, with standards to support flags or in lieu thereof, 2 portable emergency reflectors meeting the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard No. 125.

(b) No person shall operate at the time and under the conditions stated
in paragraph (a) of this Section any motor vehicle used for the
transportation of explosives, any cargo tank truck used for the
transportation of flammable liquids or compressed gases or any motor
vehicle using compressed gas as a fuel unless there is carried in such
vehicle 3 red electric lanterns or 3 portable red emergency reflectors
meeting the requirements of paragraph (a) of this Section, and such vehicle
shall not carry any flares, fusees or signals produced by flame.

(c) Whenever any motor vehicle of the second division weighing more than
8,000 pounds or any vehicle of the second division weighing 8,000 pounds or
less towing a trailer or any motor
vehicle towing a house trailer is disabled upon the roadway of any highway
or the shoulder thereof outside an urban district or on any controlled
access highway within an urban district at any time when lighted lamps are
required, the driver of such vehicle shall display the following warning
devices upon the highway during the time the vehicle is so disabled, except
as provided in paragraph (d) of this Section:

1. A lighted fusee, a lighted red electric lantern or

a portable red emergency reflector shall be immediately placed at the traffic side of the vehicle in the direction of the nearest approaching traffic. However, the driver of such vehicle upon learning of the disability may simultaneously flash the 2 front and 2 rear turn signals as a vehicular traffic warning and continue such flashing until the portable signals have been placed as required by this Section and during the time such portable emergency signals are being picked up for storage prior to the movement of the vehicle.

2. As soon thereafter as possible, but in any event

within the burning period of the fusee (15 minutes), the driver shall place 3 liquid-burning flares, or 3 lighted red electric lanterns or 3 portable red emergency reflectors on the roadway or shoulder of the highway in the following order:

One approximately 100 feet from the disabled vehicle

in the center of the lane or shoulder occupied by such vehicle and toward traffic approaching in that lane; and

One approximately 100 feet in the opposite direction

from the disabled vehicle and in the center of the traffic lane or shoulder occupied by such vehicle; and

One at the traffic side of the disabled vehicle not

less than 10 feet to the rear or forward thereof in the direction of the nearest approaching traffic. If a lighted red electric lantern or a portable red emergency reflector has been placed at the traffic side of the vehicle in accordance with paragraph (c) (1) of this Section, it may be used for this purpose.

(d) Whenever any vehicle referred to in this Section is disabled within
500 feet of a curve, hill crest or other obstruction to view, the warning
signal in that direction shall be so placed as to afford ample warning to
other users of the highway, but in no case less than 100 feet nor more than
500 feet from the disabled vehicle.

(e) Whenever any vehicle of a type referred to in this Section is
disabled upon any roadway or shoulder of a divided highway during the time
that lighted lamps are required, the appropriate warning devices prescribed
in paragraph (a) (1) and (2) of this Section shall be placed as follows:

One at a distance of approximately 200 feet from the vehicle in the
center of the lane or shoulder occupied by the stopped vehicle and in the
direction of traffic approaching in that lane; and

One at a distance of approximately 100 feet from the vehicle in the
center of the lane or shoulder occupied by the vehicle and in the direction
of traffic approaching in that lane; and

One at the traffic side of the vehicle and approximately 10 feet from
the vehicle in the direction of the nearest approaching traffic.

(f) Whenever any vehicle of a type referred to in this Section is
disabled upon the roadway of any highway or the shoulder thereof outside an
urban district or on any controlled access highway within an urban district
at any time when the display of fusees, flares, red electric lanterns or
portable red emergency reflectors are not required, the driver of the
vehicle shall display 2 red-cloth flags or 2 portable emergency reflectors
meeting the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard No. 125
upon the roadway or shoulder in the lane of traffic occupied by the
disabled vehicle in the following order:

One at a distance of approximately 100 feet in advance of the vehicle;
and

One at a distance of approximately 100 feet in the rear of the vehicle.

(g) Whenever any vehicle of a type referred to in this Section is
disabled upon any roadway or shoulder of a divided highway during the time
that lighted lamps are not required, the driver of such vehicle shall
display 2 red-cloth flags or 2 portable emergency reflectors meeting the
requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard No. 125 upon the
roadway or shoulder in the center of the lane of traffic occupied by the
disabled vehicle in the following order:

One at a distance of approximately 200 feet to the rear of the vehicle;
and

One at a distance of approximately 100 feet to the rear of the vehicle.

(h) Whenever any motor vehicle used for the transportation of
explosives, or any cargo tank truck used for the transportation of any
flammable liquid or compressed flammable gas or any motor vehicle using
compressed gas as a fuel is disabled upon a highway of this State at any
time or place mentioned in paragraph (c) of this Section, the driver of
such vehicle shall immediately display 3 red electric lanterns or portable
red emergency reflectors placed in the following order:

One at the traffic side of the vehicle and approximately 10 feet from
the vehicle in the direction of the nearest approaching traffic; and

One at a distance of approximately 100 feet to the front of the disabled
vehicle in the center of the lane of traffic or shoulder occupied by such
vehicle; and

One at a distance of approximately 100 feet to the rear of the disabled
vehicle in the center of the lane of traffic or shoulder occupied by such
vehicle. Flares, fusees or signals produced by flame shall not be used as
warning devices for disabled vehicles of the type mentioned in this
paragraph.

(i) The flares, fusees, red electric lanterns, portable red emergency
reflectors and flags to be displayed as required in this Section shall
conform with the requirements of paragraphs (a) and (b) of this Section
applicable thereto.

(Source: P.A. 89-687, eff. 6-1-97.)

625 ILCS 5/12-703

(625 ILCS 5/12-703) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 12-703)

Sec. 12-703.

Road oil vehicles-Dripping on certain highways forbidden.

No person shall operate, on a durable all-weather highway of a type
other than gravel or crushed stone, any vehicle used for the purpose of
applying road oil, liquid asphalt or similar material to road surfaces
unless such vehicle is so equipped as to absolutely prevent such material
from dripping on such highway, nor shall such material be allowed to drip
on any such highway.

(Source: P.A. 77-37.)

625 ILCS 5/12-704

(625 ILCS 5/12-704) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 12-704)

Sec. 12-704.

(Repealed).

(Source: Repealed by P.A. 88-415.)