103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
HB3923

 

Introduced 2/17/2023, by Rep. Janet Yang Rohr

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
625 ILCS 5/11-1511.5 new

    Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Defines "immediate hazard". Provides instances in which an individual operating a bicycle approaching a stop sign may proceed through the intersection without stopping at the stop sign.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning transportation.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by adding
5Section 11-1511.5 as follows:
 
6    (625 ILCS 5/11-1511.5 new)
7    Sec. 11-1511.5. Operation of bicycle approaching a stop
8sign.
9    (a) As used in this Section, "immediate hazard" means a
10vehicle approaching an intersection at a proximity and rate of
11speed sufficient to indicate to a reasonable person that there
12is a danger of collision or accident.
13    (b) Except as provided in subsection (c), an individual
14operating a bicycle approaching a stop sign may proceed
15through the intersection without stopping at the stop sign if:
16        (1) the individual slows to a reasonable speed; and
17        (2) the individual yields the right-of-way to:
18            (i) any pedestrian within the intersection or an
19        adjacent crosswalk;
20            (ii) other traffic within the intersection; and
21            (iii) oncoming traffic that poses an immediate
22        hazard during the time the individual is traveling
23        through the intersection.

 

 

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1    (c) Subsection (b) does not apply to an intersection with
2an active railroad grade crossing.