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91_HB2889
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1 AN ACT to amend the Illinois Vehicle Code by changing
2 Sections 12-210 and 12-215.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by
6 changing Sections 12-210 and 12-215 as follows:
7 (625 ILCS 5/12-210) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 12-210)
8 Sec. 12-210. Use of head lamps and auxiliary driving
9 lamps. (a) Whenever the driver of any vehicle equipped
10 with an electric driving head lamp, driving head lamps,
11 auxiliary driving lamp or auxiliary driving lamps is within
12 500 feet of another vehicle approaching from the opposite
13 direction, the driver shall dim or drop such head lamp or
14 head lamps and shall extinguish all auxiliary driving lamps.
15 (b) The driver of any vehicle equipped with an electric
16 driving head lamp, head lamps, auxiliary driving lamp or
17 auxiliary driving lamps shall dim or drop such head lamp or
18 head lamps and shall extinguish all auxiliary driving lamps
19 when there is another vehicle traveling in the same direction
20 less than 300 feet to the front of him.
21 (c) No vehicle shall have the lighting system modified
22 to allow more than 2 electric head lamps to be lighted while
23 operating in the dimmed or dropped position.
24 (d) Nothing in this Section shall prohibit the use of
25 auxiliary driving lamps, commonly referred to as "fog" lamps,
26 when used in conjunction with head lamps, if such auxiliary
27 driving lamps are adjusted and so aimed that the glaring rays
28 are not projected into the eyes of drivers of oncoming
29 vehicles.
30 (e) Notwithstanding subsections (a) and (b) of this
31 Section, the lead vehicle of a funeral procession may operate
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1 driving head lamps that alternately flash high beams and low
2 beams while the funeral procession is in progress.
3 (Source: P.A. 85-1144.)
4 (625 ILCS 5/12-215) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 12-215)
5 Sec. 12-215. Oscillating, rotating or flashing lights on
6 motor vehicles. Except as otherwise provided in this Code:
7 (a) The use of red or white oscillating, rotating or
8 flashing lights, whether lighted or unlighted, is prohibited
9 except on:
10 1. Law enforcement vehicles of State, Federal or
11 local authorities;
12 2. A vehicle operated by a police officer or county
13 coroner and designated or authorized by local
14 authorities, in writing, as a law enforcement vehicle;
15 however, such designation or authorization must be
16 carried in the vehicle;
17 3. Vehicles of local fire departments and State or
18 federal firefighting vehicles;
19 4. Vehicles which are designed and used exclusively
20 as ambulances or rescue vehicles; furthermore, such
21 lights shall not be lighted except when responding to an
22 emergency call for and while actually conveying the sick
23 or injured; and
24 5. Tow trucks licensed in a state that requires
25 such lights; furthermore, such lights shall not be
26 lighted on any such tow truck while the tow truck is
27 operating in the State of Illinois.
28 (b) The use of amber oscillating, rotating or flashing
29 lights, whether lighted or unlighted, is prohibited except
30 on:
31 1. Second division vehicles designed and used for
32 towing or hoisting vehicles; furthermore, such lights
33 shall not be lighted except as required in this paragraph
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1 1; such lights shall be lighted when such vehicles are
2 actually being used at the scene of an accident or
3 disablement; if the towing vehicle is equipped with a
4 flat bed that supports all wheels of the vehicle being
5 transported, the lights shall not be lighted while the
6 vehicle is engaged in towing on a highway; if the towing
7 vehicle is not equipped with a flat bed that supports all
8 wheels of a vehicle being transported, the lights shall
9 be lighted while the towing vehicle is engaged in towing
10 on a highway during all times when the use of headlights
11 is required under Section 12-201 of this Code;
12 2. Motor vehicles or equipment of the State of
13 Illinois, local authorities and contractors; furthermore,
14 such lights shall not be lighted except while such
15 vehicles are engaged in maintenance or construction
16 operations within the limits of construction projects;
17 3. Vehicles or equipment used by engineering or
18 survey crews; furthermore, such lights shall not be
19 lighted except while such vehicles are actually engaged
20 in work on a highway;
21 4. Vehicles of public utilities, municipalities, or
22 other construction, maintenance or automotive service
23 vehicles except that such lights shall be lighted only as
24 a means for indicating the presence of a vehicular
25 traffic hazard requiring unusual care in approaching,
26 overtaking or passing while such vehicles are engaged in
27 maintenance, service or construction on a highway;
28 5. Oversized vehicle or load; however, such lights
29 shall only be lighted when moving under permit issued by
30 the Department under Section 15-301 of this Code;
31 6. The front and rear of motorized equipment owned
32 and operated by the State of Illinois or any political
33 subdivision thereof, which is designed and used for
34 removal of snow and ice from highways;
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1 7. Fleet safety vehicles registered in another
2 state, furthermore, such lights shall not be lighted
3 except as provided for in Section 12-212 of this Code;
4 8. Such other vehicles as may be authorized by
5 local authorities;
6 9. Law enforcement vehicles of State or local
7 authorities when used in combination with red
8 oscillating, rotating or flashing lights;
9 10. Vehicles used for collecting or delivering mail
10 for the United States Postal Service provided that such
11 lights shall not be lighted except when such vehicles are
12 actually being used for such purposes;
13 11. Any vehicle displaying a slow-moving vehicle
14 emblem as provided in Section 12-205.1;
15 12. All trucks equipped with self-compactors or
16 roll-off hoists and roll-on containers for garbage or
17 refuse hauling. Such lights shall not be lighted except
18 when such vehicles are actually being used for such
19 purposes;
20 13. Vehicles used by a security company, alarm
21 responder, or control agency, if the security company,
22 alarm responder, or control agency is bound by a contract
23 with a federal, State, or local government entity to use
24 the lights; and
25 14. Security vehicles of the Department of Human
26 Services; however, the lights shall not be lighted except
27 when being used for security related purposes under the
28 direction of the superintendent of the facility where the
29 vehicle is located; and.
30 15. The lead vehicle of a funeral procession as
31 authorized in Section 11-1420.
32 (c) The use of blue oscillating, rotating or flashing
33 lights, whether lighted or unlighted, is prohibited except
34 on:
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1 1. Rescue squad vehicles not owned by a fire
2 department and vehicles owned or fully operated by a:
3 voluntary firefighter;
4 paid firefighter;
5 part-paid firefighter;
6 call firefighter;
7 member of the board of trustees of a fire
8 protection district;
9 paid or unpaid member of a rescue squad; or
10 paid or unpaid member of a voluntary ambulance
11 unit.
12 However, such lights are not to be lighted except
13 when responding to a bona fide emergency.
14 2. Police department vehicles in cities having a
15 population of 500,000 or more inhabitants.
16 3. Law enforcement vehicles of State or local
17 authorities when used in combination with red
18 oscillating, rotating or flashing lights.
19 4. Vehicles of local fire departments and State or
20 federal firefighting vehicles when used in combination
21 with red oscillating, rotating or flashing lights.
22 5. Vehicles which are designed and used exclusively
23 as ambulances or rescue vehicles when used in combination
24 with red oscillating, rotating or flashing lights;
25 furthermore, such lights shall not be lighted except when
26 responding to an emergency call.
27 6. Vehicles that are equipped and used exclusively
28 as organ transport vehicles when used in combination with
29 red oscillating, rotating, or flashing lights;
30 furthermore, these lights shall only be lighted when the
31 transportation is declared an emergency by a member of
32 the transplant team or a representative of the organ
33 procurement organization.
34 (d) The use of a combination of amber and white
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1 oscillating, rotating or flashing lights, whether lighted or
2 unlighted, is prohibited, except motor vehicles or equipment
3 of the State of Illinois, local authorities and contractors
4 may be so equipped; furthermore, such lights shall not be
5 lighted except while such vehicles are engaged in highway
6 maintenance or construction operations within the limits of
7 highway construction projects.
8 (e) All oscillating, rotating or flashing lights
9 referred to in this Section shall be of sufficient intensity,
10 when illuminated, to be visible at 500 feet in normal
11 sunlight.
12 (f) Nothing in this Section shall prohibit a
13 manufacturer of oscillating, rotating or flashing lights or
14 his representative from temporarily mounting such lights on a
15 vehicle for demonstration purposes only.
16 (g) Any person violating the provisions of subsections
17 (a), (b), (c) or (d) of this Section who without lawful
18 authority stops or detains or attempts to stop or detain
19 another person shall be guilty of a Class 4 felony.
20 (h) Except as provided in subsection (g) above, any
21 person violating the provisions of subsections (a) or (c) of
22 this Section shall be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.
23 (Source: P.A. 90-330, eff. 8-8-97; 90-347, eff. 1-1-98;
24 90-655, eff. 7-30-98; 91-357, eff. 7-29-99.)