Full Text of HB3814 94th General Assembly
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| AN ACT concerning transportation.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by changing | 5 |
| Section 15-107 as follows:
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| (625 ILCS 5/15-107)
(from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 15-107)
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| Sec. 15-107. Length of vehicles.
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| (a) The maximum length of a single vehicle on any highway | 9 |
| of this State
may not exceed 42 feet except the following:
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| (1) Semitrailers.
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| (2) Charter or regulated route buses may be up to 45 | 12 |
| feet in length, not
including energy absorbing bumpers.
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| (a-1) A motor home as defined in Section 1-145.01 may be up | 14 |
| to 45 feet
in length, not including energy absorbing bumpers. | 15 |
| The length limitations
described in this subsection (a-1) shall | 16 |
| be exclusive of energy-absorbing
bumpers and rear view mirrors.
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| (b) On all non-State highways, the maximum length of | 18 |
| vehicles in
combinations
is as follows:
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| (1) A truck tractor in combination with a semitrailer | 20 |
| may
not exceed 55 feet overall dimension.
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| (2) A truck tractor-semitrailer-trailer may not exceed | 22 |
| 60 feet
overall dimension.
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| (3) Combinations specially designed to transport motor | 24 |
| vehicles or
boats may not exceed 60 feet overall dimension.
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| Vehicles operating during daylight hours when transporting | 26 |
| poles, pipes,
machinery, or other objects of a structural | 27 |
| nature that cannot readily be
dismembered are exempt from | 28 |
| length limitations, provided that no object may
exceed 80 feet | 29 |
| in length and the overall dimension of the vehicle including | 30 |
| the
load
may not exceed 100 feet. This exemption does not apply | 31 |
| to operation on a
Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday. Legal | 32 |
| holidays referred to in this Section
are
the days on which the |
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| following traditional holidays are celebrated: New
Year's
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| Memorial Day; Independence Day; Labor Day; Thanksgiving Day; | 3 |
| and
Christmas Day.
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| Vehicles and loads operated by a public utility while en | 5 |
| route to make
emergency repairs to public service facilities or | 6 |
| properties are exempt from
length
limitations, provided that | 7 |
| during night operations every vehicle and its load
must
be | 8 |
| equipped with a sufficient number of clearance lamps on both | 9 |
| sides and
marker lamps on the extreme ends of any projecting | 10 |
| load to clearly mark the
dimensions of the load.
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| A tow truck in combination with a disabled vehicle or | 12 |
| combination of
disabled vehicles, as provided in paragraph (6) | 13 |
| of subsection (c) of this
Section, is
exempt from length | 14 |
| limitations.
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| All other combinations not listed in this subsection (b) | 16 |
| may not exceed 60
feet overall dimension.
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| (c) Except as provided in subsections (c-1) and (c-2), | 18 |
| combinations
Combinations of vehicles may not exceed a total of | 19 |
| 2 vehicles except
the
following:
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| (1) A truck tractor semitrailer may draw one trailer.
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| (2) A truck tractor semitrailer may draw one converter | 22 |
| dolly.
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| (3) A truck tractor semitrailer may draw one vehicle | 24 |
| that is defined
in Chapter 1 as special mobile equipment, | 25 |
| provided the overall dimension does
not
exceed 60 feet.
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| (4) A truck in transit may draw 3 trucks in transit | 27 |
| coupled
together by the triple saddlemount method.
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| (5) Recreational vehicles consisting of 3 vehicles, | 29 |
| provided
the following:
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| (A) The total overall dimension does not exceed 60
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| feet.
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| (B) The towing vehicle is a properly registered
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| vehicle capable of towing another vehicle using a | 34 |
| fifth-wheel type assembly.
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| (C) The second vehicle in the combination of | 36 |
| vehicles is
a recreational vehicle that is towed by a
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| fifth-wheel assembly. This vehicle must be
properly | 2 |
| registered and must be equipped with
brakes, | 3 |
| regardless of weight.
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| (D) The third vehicle must be the
lightest of the 3 | 5 |
| vehicles and be a trailer or
semitrailer designed or | 6 |
| used for
transporting a boat, all-terrain vehicle,
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| personal watercraft, or motorcycle.
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| (E) The towed vehicles may be only for the use
of | 9 |
| the operator of the towing vehicle.
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| (F) All vehicles must be properly equipped with
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| operating brakes and safety equipment required by this | 12 |
| Code, except the
additional
brake requirement in | 13 |
| subdivision (C) of this subparagraph (5).
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| (6) A tow truck in combination with a disabled vehicle | 15 |
| or combination
of
disabled vehicles, provided the towing | 16 |
| vehicle:
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| (A) Is specifically designed as a tow truck having | 18 |
| a gross vehicle
weight rating of
at least 18,000 pounds | 19 |
| and equipped with air brakes, provided that air brakes
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| are
required only if the towing vehicle is towing a | 21 |
| vehicle, semitrailer, or
tractor-trailer combination | 22 |
| that is equipped with air brakes. For the purpose
of | 23 |
| this
subsection, gross vehicle weight rating, or GVWR, | 24 |
| means the value
specified by the manufacturer as the | 25 |
| loaded weight of the tow truck.
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| (B) Is equipped with flashing, rotating, or | 27 |
| oscillating amber lights,
visible for at
least 500 feet | 28 |
| in all directions.
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| (C) Is capable of utilizing the lighting and | 30 |
| braking systems of the
disabled
vehicle or combination | 31 |
| of vehicles.
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| (D) Does not engage a tow exceeding 50 highway | 33 |
| miles from the initial
point of
wreck or disablement to | 34 |
| a place of repair. Any additional movement of the
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| vehicles may occur only upon issuance of authorization | 36 |
| for that movement under
the provisions of Sections |
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| 15-301 through 15-319 of this Code.
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| The Department may by rule or regulation prescribe | 3 |
| additional
requirements
regarding length limitations for a | 4 |
| tow truck towing another vehicle.
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| For purposes of this Section, a tow-dolly that merely | 6 |
| serves as
substitute
wheels for another legally licensed | 7 |
| vehicle is considered part of the
licensed
vehicle and not | 8 |
| a separate vehicle.
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| (7) Commercial vehicles consisting of 3 vehicles, | 10 |
| provided the following: | 11 |
| (A) The total overall dimension does not exceed 65 | 12 |
| feet. | 13 |
| (B) The towing vehicle is a properly registered | 14 |
| vehicle capable of towing another vehicle using a | 15 |
| fifth-wheel type assembly or a goose-neck hitch ball. | 16 |
| (C) The third vehicle must be the lightest of the 3 | 17 |
| vehicles and be a trailer or semitrailer. | 18 |
| (D) All vehicles must be properly equipped with | 19 |
| operating brakes and safety equipment required by this | 20 |
| Code.
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| (E) The combination of vehicles must be operated by | 22 |
| a person who holds a commercial driver's license (CDL).
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| (F) The combination of vehicles must be en route to | 24 |
| a location where new or used trailers are sold by an | 25 |
| Illinois or out-of-state licensed new or used trailer | 26 |
| dealer.
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| (c-1) A combination of 3 vehicles is allowed access to any | 28 |
| State designated highway if: | 29 |
| (1) the length of neither towed vehicle exceeds 28.5 | 30 |
| feet; | 31 |
| (2) the overall wheel base of the combination of | 32 |
| vehicles does not exceed 62 feet; and
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| (3) the combination of vehicles is en route to a | 34 |
| location where new or used trailers are sold by an Illinois | 35 |
| or out-of-state licensed new or used trailer dealer.
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| (c-2) A combination of 3 vehicles is allowed access from |
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| any State designated highway onto any county, township, or | 2 |
| municipal highway for a distance of 5 highway miles for the | 3 |
| purpose of delivery or collection of one or both of the towed | 4 |
| vehicles if: | 5 |
| (1) the length of neither towed vehicle exceeds 28.5 | 6 |
| feet; | 7 |
| (2) the combination of vehicles does not exceed 40,000 | 8 |
| pounds in gross weight and 8 feet 6 inches in width; | 9 |
| (3) there is no sign prohibiting that access; | 10 |
| (4) the route is not being used as a thoroughfare | 11 |
| between State designated highways; and
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| (5) the combination of vehicles is en route to a | 13 |
| location where new or used trailers are sold by an Illinois | 14 |
| or out-of-state licensed new or used trailer dealer.
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| (d) On Class I highways there are no overall length | 16 |
| limitations on motor
vehicles
operating in combinations | 17 |
| provided:
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| (1) The length of a semitrailer, unladen or with load,
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| in combination with a truck tractor may not exceed 53 feet.
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| (2) The distance between the kingpin and the center of
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| the rear axle of a semitrailer longer than 48 feet, in | 22 |
| combination
with a truck tractor, may not exceed 45 feet 6 | 23 |
| inches.
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| (3) The length of a semitrailer or trailer, unladen or
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| with load, operated in a truck tractor-semitrailer-trailer
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| combination, may not exceed 28 feet 6 inches.
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| (4) Maxi-cube combinations, as defined in Chapter 1,
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| may not exceed 65 feet overall dimension.
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| (5) Combinations of vehicles specifically designed to
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| transport motor vehicles or boats may not exceed 65 feet
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| overall dimension. The length limitation is inclusive of
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| front and rear bumpers but exclusive of the overhang of the
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| transported vehicles, as provided in paragraph (i) of this
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| Section.
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| (6) Stinger steered semitrailer vehicles as defined in
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| Chapter 1, specifically designed to transport motor |
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| vehicles or
boats, may not exceed 75 feet overall | 2 |
| dimension. The length
limitation is inclusive of front and | 3 |
| rear bumpers but
exclusive of the overhang of the | 4 |
| transported vehicles, as
provided in paragraph (i) of this | 5 |
| Section.
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| (7) A truck in transit transporting 3 trucks coupled
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| together by the triple saddlemount method may not
exceed 75 | 8 |
| feet overall dimension.
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| Vehicles operating during daylight hours when transporting | 10 |
| poles, pipes,
machinery, or other objects of a structural | 11 |
| nature that cannot readily be
dismembered are exempt from | 12 |
| length limitations, provided that no object may
exceed 80 feet | 13 |
| in length and the overall dimension of the vehicle including | 14 |
| the
load
may not exceed 100 feet. This exemption does not apply | 15 |
| to operation on a
Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday. Legal | 16 |
| holidays referred to in this Section
are
the days on which the | 17 |
| following traditional holidays are celebrated: New
Year's
Day; | 18 |
| Memorial Day; Independence Day; Labor Day; Thanksgiving Day; | 19 |
| and
Christmas Day.
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| Vehicles and loads operated by a public utility while en | 21 |
| route to make
emergency repairs to public service facilities or | 22 |
| properties are exempt from
length
limitations, provided that | 23 |
| during night operations every vehicle and its load
must
be | 24 |
| equipped with a sufficient number of clearance lamps on both | 25 |
| sides and
marker lamps on the extreme ends of any projecting | 26 |
| load to clearly mark the
dimensions of the load.
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| A tow truck in combination with a disabled vehicle or | 28 |
| combination of
disabled vehicles, as provided in paragraph (6) | 29 |
| of subsection (c) of this
Section, is
exempt from length | 30 |
| limitations.
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| The length limitations described in this paragraph (d) | 32 |
| shall be exclusive
of safety and energy conservation devices,
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| such as bumpers, refrigeration
units or air compressors and | 34 |
| other devices, that the Department may interpret
as necessary | 35 |
| for safe and efficient
operation; except that no device | 36 |
| excluded under this paragraph shall have by
its design or use |
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| the capability to carry cargo.
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| Section 5-35 of the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act | 3 |
| relating to
procedures for rulemaking shall not apply to the | 4 |
| designation of highways under
this paragraph (d).
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| (e) On Class II highways there are no overall length | 6 |
| limitations on motor
vehicles
operating in combinations, | 7 |
| provided:
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| (1) The length of a semitrailer, unladen or with load,
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| in combination with a truck tractor, may not exceed 53 feet
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| overall dimension.
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| (2) The distance between the kingpin and the center of
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| the rear axle of a semitrailer longer than 48 feet, in | 13 |
| combination
with a truck tractor, may not exceed 45 feet 6 | 14 |
| inches.
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| (3) A truck tractor-semitrailer-trailer combination | 16 |
| may
not exceed 65 feet in dimension from front axle to rear
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| axle.
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| (4) The length of a semitrailer or trailer, unladen or
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| with load, operated in a truck tractor-semitrailer-trailer
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| combination, may not exceed 28 feet 6 inches.
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| (5) Maxi-cube combinations, as defined in Chapter 1,
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| may not exceed 65 feet overall dimension.
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| (6) A combination of vehicles, specifically designed | 24 |
| to
transport motor vehicles or boats, may not exceed 65 | 25 |
| feet
overall dimension. The length limitation is inclusive | 26 |
| of
front and rear bumpers but exclusive of the overhang of | 27 |
| the
transported vehicles, as provided in paragraph (i) of | 28 |
| this
Section.
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| (7) Stinger steered semitrailer vehicles, as defined | 30 |
| in
Chapter 1, specifically designed to transport motor | 31 |
| vehicles or
boats, may not exceed 75 feet overall | 32 |
| dimension. The length
limitation is inclusive of front and | 33 |
| rear bumpers but
exclusive of the overhang of the | 34 |
| transported vehicles, as
provided in paragraph (i) of this | 35 |
| Section.
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| (8) A truck in transit transporting 3 trucks coupled |
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| together by the
triple
saddlemount method may not exceed 75 | 2 |
| feet overall dimension.
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| Vehicles operating during daylight hours when transporting | 4 |
| poles, pipes,
machinery, or other objects of a structural | 5 |
| nature that cannot readily be
dismembered are exempt from | 6 |
| length limitations, provided that no object may
exceed 80 feet | 7 |
| in length and the overall dimension of the vehicle including | 8 |
| the
load
may not exceed 100 feet. This exemption does not apply | 9 |
| to operation on a
Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday. Legal | 10 |
| holidays referred to in this Section
are
the days on which the | 11 |
| following traditional holidays are celebrated: New Year's
Day; | 12 |
| Memorial Day; Independence Day; Labor Day; Thanksgiving Day; | 13 |
| and
Christmas Day.
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| Vehicles and loads operated by a public utility while en | 15 |
| route to make
emergency repairs to public service facilities or | 16 |
| properties are exempt from
length
limitations, provided that | 17 |
| during night operations every vehicle and its load
must
be | 18 |
| equipped with a sufficient number of clearance lamps on both | 19 |
| sides and
marker lamps on the extreme ends of any projecting | 20 |
| load to clearly mark the
dimensions of the load.
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| A tow truck in combination with a disabled vehicle or | 22 |
| combination of
disabled vehicles, as provided in paragraph (6) | 23 |
| of subsection (c) of this
Section, is
exempt from length | 24 |
| limitations.
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| Local authorities, with respect to
streets and highways | 26 |
| under their jurisdiction, may also by ordinance or
resolution | 27 |
| allow length limitations of this subsection (e).
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| The length limitations described in this paragraph (e) | 29 |
| shall be exclusive
of safety and energy conservation devices, | 30 |
| such as bumpers, refrigeration units
or air compressors and | 31 |
| other devices, that the Department may interpret as
necessary | 32 |
| for safe and efficient operation; except that no device | 33 |
| excluded
under this paragraph shall have by its design or use | 34 |
| the capability to carry
cargo.
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| (e-1) Combinations of vehicles not exceeding 65 feet | 36 |
| overall length are
allowed access as follows:
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| (1) From any State designated highway onto any county, | 2 |
| township, or
municipal highway for a distance of 5 highway | 3 |
| miles for the purpose of
loading and unloading, provided:
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| (A) The vehicle does not exceed 73,280 pounds in | 5 |
| gross weight
and 8 feet 6 inches in width.
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| (B) There is no sign prohibiting that access.
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| (C) The route is not being used as a thoroughfare | 8 |
| between State
designated highways.
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| (2) From any State designated highway onto any county | 10 |
| or township
highway for a distance of 5 highway miles or | 11 |
| onto any municipal highway for
a distance of one
highway | 12 |
| mile for the purpose of food, fuel, repairs, and rest,
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| provided:
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| (A) The vehicle does not exceed 73,280 pounds in | 15 |
| gross weight
and 8 feet 6 inches in width.
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| (B) There is no sign prohibiting that access.
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| (C) The route is not being used as a thoroughfare | 18 |
| between State
designated highways.
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| (e-2) Except as provided in subsection (e-3), combinations | 20 |
| of vehicles over
65
feet in length, with no overall length
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| limitation except as provided in subsections (d) and (e) of | 22 |
| this Section, are
allowed access as follows:
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| (1) From a Class I highway onto any street or highway | 24 |
| for a distance of
one highway mile for the purpose of | 25 |
| loading, unloading, food, fuel, repairs,
and rest, | 26 |
| provided there is no sign prohibiting that access.
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| (2) From a Class I or Class II highway onto any State | 28 |
| highway or any
locally designated highway for a distance of | 29 |
| 5 highway miles for the purpose
of loading, unloading, | 30 |
| food, fuel, repairs, and rest.
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| (e-3) Combinations of vehicles over 65 feet in length | 32 |
| operated by household
goods carriers, with no overall length | 33 |
| limitations except as provided in
subsections (d) and (e) of | 34 |
| this Section, have unlimited access to points of
loading
and | 35 |
| unloading.
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| Section 5-35 of the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act |
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| relating to
procedures for rulemaking shall not apply to the | 2 |
| designation of highways under
this paragraph (e).
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| (f) On Class III and other non-designated State highways, | 4 |
| the length
limitations
for vehicles in combination are as | 5 |
| follows:
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| (1) Truck tractor-semitrailer combinations, must
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| comply with either a maximum 55 feet overall wheel base or
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| a maximum 65 feet extreme overall dimension.
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| (2) Semitrailers, unladen or with load, may not exceed
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| 53 feet overall dimension.
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| (3) No truck tractor-semitrailer-trailer combination | 12 |
| may
exceed 60 feet extreme overall dimension.
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| (4) The distance between the kingpin and the center | 14 |
| axle of a
semitrailer longer than 48 feet, in combination | 15 |
| with a truck tractor, may
not exceed 42 feet 6 inches.
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| (g) Length limitations in the preceding subsections of this | 17 |
| Section 15-107
do not apply to the following:
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| (1) Vehicles operated in the daytime, except on | 19 |
| Saturdays, Sundays, or
legal holidays, when transporting | 20 |
| poles, pipe, machinery, or other objects of a
structural | 21 |
| nature that cannot readily be dismembered, provided the | 22 |
| overall
length of vehicle and load may not exceed 100 feet | 23 |
| and no object exceeding 80
feet in length may be | 24 |
| transported unless a permit has been obtained as
authorized | 25 |
| in Section 15-301.
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| (2) Vehicles and loads operated by a public utility | 27 |
| while en route to make
emergency repairs to public service | 28 |
| facilities or properties, but during
night operation every | 29 |
| vehicle and its load must be equipped with
a
sufficient | 30 |
| number of clearance lamps on both sides and marker lamps | 31 |
| upon the
extreme ends of any projecting load to clearly | 32 |
| mark the dimensions of the load.
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| (3) A tow truck in combination with a disabled vehicle | 34 |
| or combination of
disabled vehicles, provided the towing | 35 |
| vehicle meets the following conditions:
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| (A) It is specifically designed as a tow truck |
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| having a gross vehicle
weight
rating of at least 18,000 | 2 |
| pounds and equipped with air brakes, provided that
air
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| brakes are required only if the towing vehicle is | 4 |
| towing a vehicle,
semitrailer, or tractor-trailer | 5 |
| combination that is equipped with air brakes.
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| (B) It is equipped with flashing, rotating, or | 7 |
| oscillating amber lights,
visible for at least 500 feet | 8 |
| in all directions.
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| (C) It is capable of utilizing the lighting and | 10 |
| braking systems of the
disabled vehicle or combination | 11 |
| of vehicles.
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| (D) It does not engage in a tow exceeding 50 miles | 13 |
| from the initial
point
of wreck or disablement.
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| The Department may by rule or regulation prescribe | 15 |
| additional requirements
regarding length limitations for a tow | 16 |
| truck towing another vehicle.
The towing vehicle, however, may | 17 |
| tow any disabled vehicle from the initial
point of wreck or | 18 |
| disablement to a point where repairs are actually to occur.
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| This movement shall be valid only on State routes.
The tower | 20 |
| must abide by posted bridge weight limits.
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| For the purpose of this subsection, gross vehicle weight | 22 |
| rating, or GVWR,
shall mean the value specified by the | 23 |
| manufacturer as the loaded weight of
the tow truck. Legal | 24 |
| holidays referred to in this Section shall be
specified as the | 25 |
| day on which the following traditional holidays are
celebrated:
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| New Year's Day;
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| Memorial Day;
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| Independence Day;
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| Labor Day;
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| Thanksgiving Day; and
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| Christmas Day.
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| (h) The load upon any vehicle operated alone, or the load | 33 |
| upon the
front vehicle of a combination of vehicles, shall not | 34 |
| extend more than 3
feet beyond the front wheels of the vehicle | 35 |
| or the front bumper of the
vehicle if it is equipped with a | 36 |
| front bumper.
The provisions of this subsection (h) shall not |
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| apply to any vehicle or
combination of vehicles specifically | 2 |
| designed for the collection and
transportation of waste, | 3 |
| garbage, or recyclable materials during the vehicle's
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| operation in the course of collecting
garbage, waste, or
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| recyclable materials if the vehicle is traveling at a speed not | 6 |
| in
excess of
15 miles per hour during the vehicle's operation | 7 |
| and in the course of
collecting garbage, waste, or recyclable | 8 |
| materials. However, in no instance
shall the load extend more | 9 |
| than 7 feet beyond the front wheels of the vehicle
or the front | 10 |
| bumper of the vehicle if it is equipped with a front bumper.
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| (i) The load upon the front vehicle of a combination of | 12 |
| vehicles
specifically designed to transport motor vehicles | 13 |
| shall not extend more
than 3 feet beyond the foremost part of | 14 |
| the transporting vehicle and the
load upon the rear | 15 |
| transporting vehicle shall not extend more than 4 feet
beyond | 16 |
| the rear of the bed or body of the vehicle. This paragraph | 17 |
| shall
only be applicable upon highways designated in paragraphs | 18 |
| (d) and (e) of
this Section.
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| (j) Articulated vehicles comprised of 2 sections, neither | 20 |
| of which
exceeds a length of 42 feet, designed for the carrying | 21 |
| of more than 10
persons, may be up to 60 feet in length, not | 22 |
| including energy absorbing
bumpers, provided that the vehicles | 23 |
| are:
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| 1. operated by or for any public body or motor carrier | 25 |
| authorized by law
to provide public transportation | 26 |
| services; or
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| 2. operated in local public transportation service by | 28 |
| any other person
and the municipality in which the service | 29 |
| is to be provided approved the
operation of the vehicle.
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| (j-1) (Blank).
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| (k) Any person who is convicted of violating this Section | 32 |
| is subject
to the penalty as provided in paragraph (b) of | 33 |
| Section 15-113.
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| (l) (Blank).
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| (Source: P.A. 92-417, eff. 1-1-02; 92-766, eff. 1-1-03; 92-883, | 36 |
| eff. 1-13-03; 93-177, eff. 7-11-03; 93-1023, eff. 8-25-04.)
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