(625 ILCS 5/11-1005.1)
Sec. 11-1005.1.
Electric personal assistive mobility devices.
Every person operating an electric personal assistive mobility device
upon a sidewalk or roadway has all the
rights and is subject to all the duties applicable to a pedestrian.
Nothing in this Section shall be deemed to limit
or preempt the authority of any home rule or non-home rule unit of local
government from regulating or prohibiting the use of electric personal
assistive mobility devices.
(Source: P.A. 92-868, eff. 6-1-03 .)
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(625 ILCS 5/11-1006) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-1006)
Sec. 11-1006. Pedestrians soliciting rides or business.
(a) No person shall stand in a roadway for the purpose of soliciting a ride
from the driver of any vehicle.
(b) No person shall stand on a highway for the purpose of soliciting
employment or business from the occupant of any vehicle.
(c) No person shall stand on a highway for the purpose of soliciting
contributions from the occupant of any vehicle except within a municipality
when expressly permitted by municipal ordinance. The local municipality, city,
village, or other local governmental entity in which the solicitation takes
place shall determine by ordinance where and when solicitations may take place
based on the safety of the solicitors and the safety of motorists. The
decision shall also take into account the orderly flow of traffic and may not
allow interference with the operation of official traffic control devices. The
soliciting agency shall be:
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2. engaged in a Statewide fundraising activity; and
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Any person engaged in the act of solicitation shall be 16 years of age
or more and shall be wearing a high-visibility vest.
(d) No person shall stand on or in the proximity of a highway for the
purpose of soliciting the watching or guarding of any vehicle while parked
or about to be parked on a highway.
(e) Every person who is convicted of a violation of this Section shall
be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.
(Source: P.A. 102-558, eff. 8-20-21.)
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(625 ILCS 5/11-1007) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-1007)
Sec. 11-1007. Pedestrians walking on highways. (a) Except as provided in subsection (e), where a sidewalk is
provided and its use is practicable, it shall be unlawful for any pedestrian to walk
along and upon an adjacent roadway.
(b) Except as provided in subsection (e), where a sidewalk is not available, any pedestrian walking along and upon
a highway shall walk only on a shoulder, as far as practicable from the edge of
the roadway.
(c) Except as provided in subsection (e), where neither a sidewalk nor a shoulder is available, any pedestrian
walking along and upon a highway shall walk as near as practicable to an outside
edge of a roadway, and, if on a two-way roadway, shall walk only on the left side
of the roadway.
(d) Except as otherwise provided in this Chapter, any pedestrian upon
a roadway shall yield the right-of-way to all vehicles upon the roadway. (e) In municipalities with a population of under 2,000,000 inhabitants, upon highways where the maximum posted speed limit is 45 miles per hour or less, and during the period from sunrise to sunset, a pedestrian who is 18 years of age or older and wearing in-line speed skates may travel upon the roadway as near as practicable to an outside edge of the roadway. Pedestrians wearing in-line speed skates upon a roadway may not impede or obstruct other vehicular traffic. Pedestrians wearing in-line speed skates shall be subject to all other rights and duties under this Article X. Nothing in this Code shall be construed to prevent a pedestrian wearing in-line speed skates from using a lane designated for bicycles.
(Source: P.A. 97-1023, eff. 1-1-13.)
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(625 ILCS 5/11-1008) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-1008)
Sec. 11-1008.
Right-of-way on sidewalks.
The driver of a vehicle
shall yield the right-of-way to any pedestrian on a sidewalk.
(Source: P.A. 79-857.)
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(625 ILCS 5/11-1009) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-1009)
Sec. 11-1009.
Pedestrians yield to authorized emergency vehicles.
Upon the immediate approach of an authorized emergency vehicle making use
of an audible signal
and visual signals
meeting the requirements of Section 12-217 of this
Chapter, or of a police vehicle properly and lawfully making use of an audible
signal only, every pedestrian shall yield the right-of-way to the authorized
emergency vehicle.
(Source: P.A. 79-857.)
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