Public Act 102-0508
 
HB3854 EnrolledLRB102 11483 RAM 16817 b

    AN ACT concerning transportation.
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
 
    Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by
changing Sections 11-804, 12-208, and 12-212 as follows:
 
    (625 ILCS 5/11-804)  (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-804)
    Sec. 11-804. When signal required.
    (a) No person may turn a vehicle at an intersection unless
the vehicle is in proper position upon the highway roadway as
required in Section 11-801 or turn a vehicle to enter a private
road or driveway, or otherwise turn a vehicle from a direct
course or move right or left upon a roadway unless and until
such movement can be made with reasonable safety. No person
may so turn any vehicle without giving an appropriate signal
in the manner hereinafter provided.
    (b) A signal of intention to turn right or left, change
lanes, otherwise turn a vehicle from a direct course, move
right or left upon a highway, or when required must be given
continuously during not less than the last 100 feet traveled
by the vehicle before turning within a business or residence
district, and such signal must be given continuously during
not less than the last 200 feet traveled by the vehicle before
turning outside a business or residence district.
    (c) No person may stop or suddenly decrease the speed of a
vehicle without first giving an appropriate signal in the
manner provided in this Chapter to the driver of any vehicle
immediately to the rear when there is opportunity to give such
a signal.
    (d) The electric turn signal device required in Section
12-208 of this Act must be used and operated as prescribed in
subsection (b) of this Section to indicate an intention to
turn, change lanes, turn a vehicle from a direct course, move
right or left upon a highway, or start from a parallel parked
position. Unless the conditions of subsection (b) of this
Section are met, an electric turn signal device required in
Section 12-208 shall not be left in the on position and but
must not be flashed on one side only on a parked or disabled
vehicle or flashed as a courtesy or "do pass" signal to
operators of other vehicles approaching from the rear.
However, such signal devices may be flashed simultaneously on
both sides of a motor vehicle to indicate the presence of a
vehicular traffic hazard requiring unusual care in
approaching, overtaking and passing.
(Source: P.A. 78-1297.)
 
    (625 ILCS 5/12-208)  (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 12-208)
    Sec. 12-208. Signal lamps and signal devices.
    (a) Every vehicle other than an antique vehicle displaying
an antique plate or an expanded-use antique vehicle displaying
expanded-use antique vehicle plates operated in this State
shall be equipped with a stop lamp or lamps on the rear of the
vehicle which shall display a red or amber light visible from a
distance of not less than 500 feet to the rear in normal
sunlight and which shall be actuated upon application of the
service (foot) brake, and which may but need not be
incorporated with other rear lamps. During times when lighted
lamps are not required, an antique vehicle or an expanded-use
antique vehicle may be equipped with a stop lamp or lamps on
the rear of such vehicle of the same type originally installed
by the manufacturer as original equipment and in working
order. However, at all other times, except as provided in
subsection (a-1), such antique vehicle or expanded-use antique
vehicle must be equipped with stop lamps meeting the
requirements of Section 12-208 of this Act.
    (a-1) A motorcycle or an antique vehicle or an
expanded-use antique vehicle, including an antique motorcycle,
may display a blue light or lights of up to one inch in
diameter as part of the vehicle's rear stop lamp or lamps.
    (b) Every motor vehicle other than an antique vehicle
displaying an antique plate or an expanded-use antique vehicle
displaying expanded-use antique vehicle plates shall be
equipped with an electric turn signal device which shall
indicate the intention of the driver to turn to the right or to
the left, change lanes, turn a vehicle, or otherwise turn or
maneuver a vehicle from a direct course of travel in the form
of flashing lights located at and showing to the front and rear
of the vehicle on the side of the vehicle toward which the turn
is to be made. The lamps showing to the front shall be mounted
on the same level and as widely spaced laterally as
practicable and, when signaling, shall emit a white or amber
light, or any shade of light between white and amber. The lamps
showing to the rear shall be mounted on the same level and as
widely spaced laterally as practicable and, when signaling,
shall emit a red or amber light. An antique vehicle or
expanded-use antique vehicle shall be equipped with a turn
signal device of the same type originally installed by the
manufacturer as original equipment and in working order.
    (c) Every trailer and semitrailer shall be equipped with
an electric turn signal device which indicates the intention
of the driver in the power unit to turn to the right or to the
left in the form of flashing red or amber lights located at the
rear of the vehicle on the side toward which the turn is to be
made and mounted on the same level and as widely spaced
laterally as practicable.
    (d) Turn signal lamps must be visible from a distance of
not less than 300 feet in normal sunlight.
    (e) Motorcycles and motor-driven cycles need not be
equipped with electric turn signals. Antique vehicles and
expanded-use antique vehicles need not be equipped with turn
signals unless such were installed by the manufacturer as
original equipment.
    (f) (Blank).
    (g) Motorcycles and motor-driven cycles may be equipped
with a stop lamp or lamps on the rear of the vehicle that
display a red or amber light, visible from a distance of not
less than 500 feet to the rear in normal sunlight, that flashes
and becomes steady only when the brake is actuated.
    (h) Electric turn signal lamps shall not be flashed or
left in the on position other than to indicate the intention of
a driver to turn a vehicle left or right, change lanes, or
otherwise turn or maneuver a vehicle from a direct course of
travel.
(Source: P.A. 99-598, eff. 1-1-17.)
 
    (625 ILCS 5/12-212)  (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 12-212)
    Sec. 12-212. Special restrictions on lamps.
    (a) No person shall drive or move any vehicle or equipment
upon any highway with any lamp or device on the vehicle or
equipment displaying a red light visible from directly in
front of the vehicle or equipment except as otherwise provided
in this Act.
    (b) Subject to the restrictions of this Act, flashing
lights are prohibited on motor vehicles except as expressly
authorized in this Chapter or as a means for indicating a right
or left turn, lane change, or a maneuver of a vehicle from a
direct course of travel as provided in Section 12-208 or the
presence of a vehicular traffic hazard requiring unusual care
as expressly provided in Sections 11-804 or 12-215.
    (c) Unless otherwise expressly authorized by this Code,
all other lighting or combination of lighting on any vehicle
shall be prohibited.
    (d) No person shall drive or move any motor vehicle or
equipment upon any highway with any lighting or combination of
lighting with a smoked or tinted lens or cover.
(Source: P.A. 101-189, eff. 1-1-20.)
 
    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.

Effective Date: 8/20/2021