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VEHICLES (625 ILCS 5/) Illinois Vehicle Code. 625 ILCS 5/11-1410
(625 ILCS 5/11-1410) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-1410)
Sec. 11-1410.
Coasting prohibited.
(a) The driver of any motor vehicle when traveling upon a down grade shall
not coast with the gears or transmission of such vehicle in neutral.
(b) The driver of a truck or bus when traveling
upon a down grade shall not coast with the clutch disengaged.
(Source: P.A. 79-1069 .)
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625 ILCS 5/11-1411
(625 ILCS 5/11-1411) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-1411)
Sec. 11-1411.
Following fire apparatus prohibited.
The driver of any vehicle other than one on official business shall not
follow any fire apparatus traveling in response to a fire alarm closer than
500 feet or stop such vehicle within 500 feet of any fire
apparatus stopped in answer to a fire alarm.
(Source: P.A. 79-1069.)
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625 ILCS 5/11-1412
(625 ILCS 5/11-1412) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-1412)
Sec. 11-1412.
Crossing fire hose.
No vehicle shall be driven over any unprotected hose of a fire
department when laid down on any street, private road or driveway to be
used at any fire or alarm of fire, without the consent of the fire
department official in command.
(Source: P.A. 76-1736.)
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625 ILCS 5/11-1412.1
(625 ILCS 5/11-1412.1) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-1412.1)
Sec. 11-1412.1.
Driving upon sidewalk.
No person shall drive any vehicle
upon a sidewalk or
sidewalk area except upon a permanent or duly authorized temporary
driveway. This Section does not apply to any vehicle moved exclusively
by human power, to any electric personal assistive mobility device, nor to
any motorized wheelchair.
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 5/11-1412.2
(625 ILCS 5/11-1412.2)
Sec. 11-1412.2.
Operating an electric personal assistive mobility device
on a public sidewalk. A person may not operate an electric personal assistive
mobility device upon a public sidewalk at a speed greater than 8 miles per
hour.
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 5/11-1412.3 (625 ILCS 5/11-1412.3) Sec. 11-1412.3. Ownership and operation of a mobile carrying device. (a) A mobile carrying device may be operated on a sidewalk or crosswalk so long as all of the following requirements are met: (1) the mobile carrying device is operated in | | accordance with the local ordinances, if any, established by the local authority governing where the mobile carrying device is operated;
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| (b) A mobile carrying device operator may not do any of
the following:
(1) fail to comply with traffic or pedestrian control
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(4) operate on a street or highway, except when
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| (c) A mobile carrying device operator has the rights and obligations applicable to a pedestrian under the same circumstances, and shall ensure that a mobile carrying device shall yield the right-of-way to a pedestrian on a sidewalk or within a crosswalk.
(d) A personal property owner may not utilize a mobile carrying device to transport hazardous materials.
(e) A personal property owner may not utilize a mobile
carrying device unless the person complies with this Section.
(f) A mobile carrying device operator that is not a natural person shall register with the Secretary of State.
(g) No contract seeking to exempt a mobile carrying device operator from liability for injury, loss, or death caused by a mobile carrying device shall be valid, and contractual provisions limiting the choice of venue or forum, shortening the statute of limitations, shifting the risk to the user, limiting the availability of class actions, or obtaining judicial remedies shall be invalid and unenforceable.
(h) A violation of this Section is a petty offense.
(Source: P.A. 101-123, eff. 7-26-19; 102-558, eff. 8-20-21.)
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625 ILCS 5/11-1413
(625 ILCS 5/11-1413) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-1413)
Sec. 11-1413.
Depositing material on highway prohibited.
(a) No person shall throw, spill or deposit upon any highway any bottle,
glass, nails, tacks, wire, cans, or any litter (as defined in Section 3 of
the Litter Control Act).
(b) Any person who violates subsection (a) upon any highway shall
immediately remove such material or cause it to be removed.
(c) Any person removing a wrecked or damaged vehicle from a highway
shall remove any glass or other debris, except any hazardous substance as
defined in Section 3.215 of the Environmental Protection Act,
hazardous waste as defined in Section 3.220 of the Environmental
Protection Act, and potentially infectious medical waste as defined in Section
3.360 of the Environmental Protection Act, dropped upon the
highway from such vehicle.
(Source: P.A. 92-574, eff. 6-26-02.)
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625 ILCS 5/11-1414
(625 ILCS 5/11-1414) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-1414)
Sec. 11-1414. Approaching, overtaking, and passing school bus.
(a) The driver of a vehicle shall stop such vehicle before meeting or
overtaking, from either direction, any school bus stopped on a highway, roadway, private road, parking lot, school property, or at any other location, including, without limitation, a location that is not a highway or roadway for
the purpose of receiving or discharging pupils. Such stop is required before
reaching the school bus when there is in operation on the school
bus the visual signals as specified in Sections 12-803 and 12-805 of this
Code. The driver of the vehicle shall not proceed until the
school bus resumes motion or the driver of the vehicle is signaled by the
school bus driver to proceed or the visual signals are no longer actuated.
(b) The stop signal arm required by Section 12-803 of this Code shall
be extended after the school bus has come to a complete stop for the purpose of
loading or discharging pupils and shall be closed before the school bus
is placed in motion again. The stop signal arm shall
not be extended at any other time.
(c) The alternately flashing red signal lamps of an
8-lamp flashing signal system required by Section 12-805 of this Code
shall be actuated after the school bus has come to a complete stop for the
purpose of
loading or discharging pupils and shall be turned off before
the school bus is placed in motion again. The red signal
lamps shall not be actuated at any other time
except as provided in paragraph (d) of this Section.
(d) The alternately flashing amber signal lamps of an 8-lamp
flashing signal system required by Section 12-805 of this
Code shall be actuated continuously during not less than the last 100
feet traveled by the school bus before stopping for the purpose of loading
or discharging pupils within an urban area and during not less than
the last 200 feet traveled by the school
bus outside an urban area. The amber signal lamps shall remain actuated
until the school
bus is stopped. The amber signal lamps shall not be actuated at any other time.
(d-5) The alternately flashing head lamps permitted by Section 12-805 of
this Code may be operated while the alternately flashing red or amber signal
lamps required by that Section are actuated.
(e) The driver of a vehicle upon a highway having 4 or more lanes which
permits at least 2 lanes of traffic to travel in opposite directions need not
stop such vehicle upon meeting a school bus which is stopped in the opposing
roadway; and need not stop such vehicle when driving upon a controlled access
highway when passing a school bus traveling in either direction that is stopped
in a loading zone
adjacent to the surfaced or improved part of the controlled access
highway where pedestrians are not permitted to cross.
(f) Beginning with the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1985,
the Secretary of State shall suspend for a period of 3 months
the driving
privileges of any person convicted of a violation of subsection (a) of this
Section or a similar provision of a local ordinance; the Secretary shall
suspend for a period of one year the driving privileges of any person convicted
of a second or subsequent violation of subsection (a) of this Section or a
similar provision of a local ordinance if the second or subsequent violation
occurs within 5 years of a prior conviction for the same offense. In addition
to the suspensions authorized by this Section, any person convicted of
violating this Section or a similar provision of a local ordinance
shall be subject to a mandatory fine of $300 or, upon a second or subsequent
violation, $1,000, and community service in an amount set by the court.
The Secretary may also grant, for the duration of any
suspension issued under this subsection, a restricted driving permit
granting the privilege of driving a motor vehicle between the driver's
residence and place of employment or within other proper limits that the
Secretary of State shall find necessary to avoid any undue hardship. A
restricted driving permit issued hereunder shall be subject to
cancellation, revocation and suspension by the Secretary of State in like
manner and for like cause as a driver's license may be cancelled, revoked
or suspended; except that a conviction upon one or more offenses against
laws or ordinances regulating the movement of traffic shall be deemed
sufficient cause for the revocation, suspension or cancellation of the
restricted driving permit. The Secretary of State may, as a condition to
the issuance of a restricted driving permit, require the applicant to
participate in a designated driver remedial or rehabilitative program. Any
conviction for a violation of this subsection shall be included as an
offense for the purposes of determining suspension action under any other
provision of this Code, provided however, that the penalties provided under
this subsection shall be imposed unless those penalties imposed under other
applicable provisions are greater.
The owner of any vehicle alleged to have violated paragraph (a) of this
Section shall, upon appropriate demand by the State's Attorney or other
designated person acting in response to a signed complaint, provide
a written statement or deposition identifying the operator of the vehicle
if such operator was not the owner at the time of the alleged violation.
Failure to supply such information shall result in the suspension of the vehicle registration of the vehicle for a period of 3 months. In the event the owner has assigned control for the use
of the vehicle to another, the person to whom control was assigned shall
comply with the provisions of this paragraph and be subject to the same
penalties as herein provided.
(Source: P.A. 101-55, eff. 1-1-20; 102-859, eff. 1-1-23 .)
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625 ILCS 5/11-1414.1
(625 ILCS 5/11-1414.1) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-1414.1)
Sec. 11-1414.1. School transportation of students.
(a) Every student enrolled in grade 12 or below in any entity listed in subsection (a) of Section 1-182 of this Code must be transported in a school bus or a vehicle described in subdivision (1) or (2) of subsection (b) of Section 1-182 of this Code for any curriculum-related school activity, except a student in any of grades 9 through 12 or a student in any of grades K through 12 with an Individualized Education Plan (IEP) with a staff to student ratio of 1 to 5, and attending Acacia Academy, Alexander Leigh, Marklund, Helping Hands Center, Connections Organization, Soaring Eagle Academy, or New Horizon Academy may be transported in a multi-function school activity bus (MFSAB) as defined in Section 1-148.3a-5 of this Code for any curriculum-related activity except for transportation on regular bus routes from home to school or from school to home, subject to the following conditions: (i) A MFSAB may not be used to transport students | | under this Section unless the driver holds a valid school bus driver permit.
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| "Curriculum-related school activity" as used in this subsection (a) includes transportation from home to school or from school to home, tripper or shuttle service between school attendance centers, transportation to a vocational or career center or other trade-skill development site or a regional safe school or other school-sponsored alternative learning program, or a trip that is directly related to the regular curriculum of a student for which he or she earns credit.
(b) Every student enrolled in grade 12 or below in any entity listed in subsection (a) of Section 1-182 of this Code who is transported in a vehicle that is being operated by or for a public or private primary or secondary school, including any primary or secondary school operated by a religious institution, for an interscholastic, interscholastic-athletic, or school-sponsored, noncurriculum-related activity that (i) does not require student participation as part of the educational services of the entity and (ii) is not associated with the students' regular class-for-credit schedule shall transport students only in a school bus or vehicle described in subsection (b) of Section 1-182 of this Code. A student participating in an agrarian-related activity may also be transported in a second division pick-up truck registered under paragraph 7 of subsection (b) of Section 3-808.1. For purposes of this subsection, "pick-up truck" means a truck weighing 12,000 pounds or less with an enclosed cabin that can seat up to 6 passengers with seatbelts, including the driver, and an open cargo area. This subsection (b) does not apply to any second division vehicle used by an entity listed in subsection (a) of Section 1-182 of this Code for a parade, homecoming, or a similar noncurriculum-related school activity.
(Source: P.A. 102-544, eff. 8-20-21.)
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625 ILCS 5/11-1415
(625 ILCS 5/11-1415) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-1415)
Sec. 11-1415.
School buses stopping, loading
and discharging passengers on one-way roadways on highways having 4
or more lanes. (a) A school bus traveling on a one-way roadway
or a highway having 4 or more lanes for vehicular traffic shall stop for
the loading or discharging of passengers only on the right side of the
highway. If the highway has 4 or more lanes and permits traffic to operate
in both directions, the school bus shall load or discharge only those
passengers whose residences are located
to the right of the highway.
The routes of school buses shall be so arranged that no child shall be
required to cross a highway of 4 or more lanes
to board a school bus or to reach such child's residence after
leaving the school bus. A school child in an urban area shall cross
a highway only at a crossing for pedestrians, except as provided in paragraph
(b) of this Section.
(b) With respect to school children crossing a highway at other than
a pedestrian crossing, this Section shall not apply when children are
escorted or controlled by competent persons designated by the school
authorities or by police officers.
(Source: P.A. 83-905.)
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625 ILCS 5/11-1416
(625 ILCS 5/11-1416) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-1416)
Sec. 11-1416.
Obstructing person in highways.
No person shall wilfully and unnecessarily hinder, obstruct
or delay, or wilfully and unnecessarily attempt to delay,
hinder or obstruct any other person in lawfully driving or traveling
along or upon any highway within this State or offer for
barter or sale merchandise on said highway so as to interfere with the
effective movement of traffic.
(Source: P.A. 80-911.)
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625 ILCS 5/11-1417
(625 ILCS 5/11-1417) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-1417)
Sec. 11-1417.
Travel regulated.
It shall be unlawful for any person to drive or cause to be driven a
vehicle of any description in or upon any portion of the highway
immediately after the same has been dragged and before such portion of the
highway shall have partially dried out or frozen; provided, that nothing in
this Section shall apply in those instances where it is impossible to drive
with safety at one side of said dragged portion of the road, or where a
vehicle does not make a rut on such dragged portion of the road, injurious
to the work accomplished by use of the road drag or where a vehicle does
not make a rut nearer than nine (9) feet from the center of the dragged
portion of the road.
(Source: P.A. 76-1586.)
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625 ILCS 5/11-1418
(625 ILCS 5/11-1418) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-1418)
Sec. 11-1418.
Farm tractor operation regulated.
No person shall operate a farm tractor on a highway unless the
tractor
is being used as an implement of husbandry in connection with farming
operations.
For the purpose of this Section, use of a farm tractor as an implement
of husbandry in connection with farming operations shall be deemed to
include use of the tractor in connection with the transportation
of
agricultural products and of farm machinery, equipment and supplies as well
as transportation of the implement of husbandry from its place of purchase to
its place
of storage, in connection with the obtaining of
repairs of the implement of husbandry, and the towing of a
registered
truck not more than 8,000
pounds for use as return transportation after the tractor is left at the
place of work or repair.
(Source: P.A. 87-1028.)
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625 ILCS 5/11-1419
(625 ILCS 5/11-1419)
Sec. 11-1419. (Repealed).
(Source: P.A. 84-1308. Repealed by P.A. 98-512, eff. 1-1-14.)
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625 ILCS 5/11-1419.01
(625 ILCS 5/11-1419.01) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-1419.01)
Sec. 11-1419.01. Operating without a valid single trip permit. If a single
trip permit is
required by Section 13a.5 of the
Motor Fuel Tax Law, a motor carrier shall not operate in
Illinois without a single
trip permit issued by the Department of Revenue or its agents.
If a
commercial motor vehicle is found operating in Illinois without displaying a
required valid single trip permit, the operator is guilty of a petty
offense as provided in Section 13a.6 of the Motor Fuel Tax Law.
(Source: P.A. 94-1074, eff. 12-26-06.)
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625 ILCS 5/11-1419.02
(625 ILCS 5/11-1419.02) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-1419.02)
Sec. 11-1419.02. Failure to display a valid motor fuel use tax license.
(a) If required by Section 13a.4 of the Motor Fuel Tax Law,
every valid motor
fuel use tax license, or an authorized reproduction, shall at all times be
carried in the cab of the vehicle. The operator shall display the license or
reproduction upon
demand of a police officer or agent of the Department of Revenue. An operator
who
fails to display a valid motor fuel use tax license is guilty of a petty
offense as provided in Section 13a.6 of the Motor Fuel Tax Law.
(b) As used in this Section:
"Display" means the
manual surrender of
the motor fuel use tax license into the hands of the demanding officer or agent
for inspection.
"Motor fuel use tax license" means a motor
fuel
use tax license issued by the Department of Revenue or by any member
jurisdiction under
the International Fuel Tax Agreement, or a valid 30 day International Fuel Tax
Agreement temporary permit.
(Source: P.A. 94-1074, eff. 12-26-06.)
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625 ILCS 5/11-1419.03
(625 ILCS 5/11-1419.03)
Sec. 11-1419.03. Failure to Display Valid External Motor Fuel Use Tax
Decals.
(a) Except as provided in the Motor Fuel Tax Law, a
motor carrier
shall not operate or cause to be operated a commercial motor vehicle upon
the
highways of this State unless there is properly affixed to that commercial
vehicle 2 valid external motor use tax decals required by
Section 13a.4 of the Motor Fuel Tax Law. An operator who operates a commercial
motor
vehicle without 2 properly displayed valid external motor
fuel use tax decals is guilty of a petty offense as provided in Section 13a.6
of the Motor Fuel Tax Law. A valid 30-day International
Fuel Tax Agreement temporary permit may be displayed instead of decals during
the temporary period specified on the permit.
(b) As used in this Section:
"Properly displayed" means 2
motor fuel use tax decals, one placed on each side of the exterior
of the cab. In the case of transporters, manufacturers,
dealers, or
driveaway operations, the decals need not be permanently
affixed but may be
temporarily displayed in a visible manner on the exterior sides of the cab.
"Commercial motor vehicle" means a motor
vehicle used, designed, or maintained for the transportation of people or
property and either having 2 axles and a gross vehicle weight or registered
gross vehicle weight exceeding 26,000 pounds or 11,793 kilograms, or having
3 or more axles regardless of weight, or that is used in combination, when
the weight of the combination exceeds 26,000 pounds or 11,793 kilograms gross
vehicle weight or registered gross vehicle weight except for motor vehicles
operated by this State or the United States, recreational vehicles, school
buses, and commercial motor vehicles operated solely within this State for
which all motor fuel is purchased within this State.
"Motor carrier" means any
person who operates or causes to be operated any commercial motor vehicle on
any highway within this State.
(Source: P.A. 94-1074, eff. 12-26-06.)
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625 ILCS 5/11-1419.04
(625 ILCS 5/11-1419.04)
Sec. 11-1419.04.
Failure to carry a manifest.
Any person who acts as a
motor carrier and who fails to carry a manifest as provided in Section 5.5 of
the Motor Fuel Tax Law is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor. For each subsequent
offense, the person is guilty of a Class 4 felony.
(Source: P.A. 89-399, eff. 8-20-95.)
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625 ILCS 5/11-1419.05
(625 ILCS 5/11-1419.05)
Sec. 11-1419.05.
A motor carrier shall not operate or cause to be
operated a commercial motor vehicle upon the highways of this State with a
revoked motor fuel use tax license. Any person who operates a commercial
motor vehicle with a revoked motor fuel use tax license is guilty of a petty
offense as provided in Section 13a.6 of the Motor Fuel Tax Law.
When a commercial motor vehicle is found to be operating in Illinois
with a revoked motor fuel use tax license, the vehicle shall be placed out of
service and not allowed to operate in Illinois until the motor fuel use tax
license is reinstated.
(Source: P.A. 91-173, eff. 1-1-00.)
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625 ILCS 5/11-1420
(625 ILCS 5/11-1420) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-1420)
Sec. 11-1420. Funeral processions.
(a) Funeral processions have the right-of-way at intersections when
vehicles comprising such procession have their headlights and hazard lights lighted,
subject
to the following conditions and exceptions:
1. Operators of vehicles in a funeral procession | | shall yield the right-of-way upon the approach of an authorized emergency vehicle giving an audible or visible signal;
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2. Operators of vehicles in a funeral procession
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3. The operator of the leading vehicle in a funeral
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(b) The operator of a vehicle not in the funeral procession shall not
drive his vehicle in the funeral procession except when authorized to do so
by a traffic officer or when such vehicle is an authorized emergency
vehicle giving audible or visible signal.
(c) Operators of vehicles not a part of a funeral procession may not
form a procession or convoy and have their headlights or hazard lights or both lighted
for the
purpose of securing the right-of-way granted by this Section to funeral
processions.
(d) The operator of a vehicle not in a funeral procession may overtake
and pass the vehicles in such procession if such overtaking and passing can
be accomplished without causing a traffic hazard or interfering with such
procession.
(e) The lead vehicle in the funeral procession may be equipped with a
flashing amber light which may be used only when such vehicle is used as a
lead vehicle in such procession. Vehicles comprising a funeral procession
may utilize funeral pennants or flags or windshield stickers or flashing
hazard warning signal flashers to identify
the individual vehicles in such a procession.
(f) In the absence of law enforcement traffic control assistance for a funeral procession, a funeral director or his or her designee may direct
traffic during a funeral procession.
(Source: P.A. 96-859, eff. 1-12-10.)
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625 ILCS 5/11-1421
(625 ILCS 5/11-1421) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-1421)
(Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 103-484 )
Sec. 11-1421. Conditions for operating ambulances and rescue vehicles.
(a) No person shall operate an ambulance or rescue vehicle
in a manner not conforming to the motor vehicle laws
and regulations of this State or of any political subdivision of this State
as such laws and regulations apply to motor vehicles in
general, unless in compliance with the following conditions:
1. The person operating the ambulance shall be | | either responding to a bona fide emergency call or specifically directed by a licensed physician to disregard traffic laws in operating the ambulance during and for the purpose of the specific trip or journey that is involved;
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2. The ambulance or rescue vehicle shall be equipped
| | with a siren producing an audible signal of an intensity of 100 decibels at a distance of 50 feet from the siren, and with a lamp or lamps emitting an oscillating, rotating or flashing red beam directed in part toward the front of the vehicle, and these lamps shall have sufficient intensity to be visible at 500 feet in normal sunlight, and in addition to other lighting requirements, excluding those vehicles operated in counties with a population in excess of 2,000,000, may also operate with a lamp or lamps emitting an oscillating, rotating, or flashing green light;
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3. The aforesaid siren and lamp or lamps shall be in
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4. Whenever the ambulance or rescue vehicle is
| | operated at a speed in excess of 40 miles per hour, the ambulance or rescue vehicle shall be operated in complete conformance with every other motor vehicle law and regulation of this State and of the political subdivision in which the ambulance or rescue vehicle is operated, relating to the operation of motor vehicles, as such provision applies to motor vehicles in general, except laws and regulations pertaining to compliance with official traffic-control devices or to vehicular operation upon the right half of the roadway; and
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5. The ambulance shall display registration plates
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(b) The foregoing provisions do not relieve the driver of an ambulance
or rescue vehicle from the duty of driving with due regard for the safety
of all persons, nor do such provisions protect the driver from the consequences
resulting from the reckless disregard for the safety of others.
(Source: P.A. 100-962, eff. 1-1-19 .)
(Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 103-484 )
Sec. 11-1421. Conditions for operating ambulances and rescue vehicles.
(a) No person shall operate an ambulance or rescue vehicle
in a manner not conforming to the motor vehicle laws
and regulations of this State or of any political subdivision of this State
as such laws and regulations apply to motor vehicles in
general, unless in compliance with the following conditions:
0.5. The operator of the ambulance or rescue vehicle
| | shall have documented training in the operation of an ambulance or rescue vehicle prior to operating that vehicle. This training shall include the proper use of warning lights and sirens, situations where warning lights and sirens are warranted, and the provisions of this Section.
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| | either responding to a bona fide emergency call or specifically directed by a licensed physician to disregard traffic laws in operating the ambulance during and for the purpose of the specific trip or journey that is involved;
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2. The ambulance or rescue vehicle shall be equipped
| | with a siren producing an audible signal of an intensity of 100 decibels at a distance of 50 feet from the siren, and with a lamp or lamps emitting an oscillating, rotating or flashing red beam directed in part toward the front of the vehicle, and these lamps shall have sufficient intensity to be visible at 500 feet in normal sunlight, and in addition to other lighting requirements, excluding those vehicles operated in counties with a population in excess of 2,000,000, may also operate with a lamp or lamps emitting an oscillating, rotating, or flashing green light;
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3. The aforesaid siren and lamp or lamps shall be in
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4. Whenever the ambulance or rescue vehicle is
| | operated at a speed in excess of 40 miles per hour, the ambulance or rescue vehicle shall be operated in complete conformance with every other motor vehicle law and regulation of this State and of the political subdivision in which the ambulance or rescue vehicle is operated, relating to the operation of motor vehicles, as such provision applies to motor vehicles in general, except laws and regulations pertaining to compliance with official traffic-control devices or to vehicular operation upon the right half of the roadway; and
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5. The ambulance shall display registration plates
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(a-5) The driver of an ambulance or rescue vehicle may proceed past a red traffic control signal or stop sign if the ambulance or rescue vehicle is making use of both the audible and visual signals meeting the requirement of this Section, but only after slowing down as necessary for safe operation.
(b) The foregoing provisions do not relieve the driver of an ambulance
or rescue vehicle from the duty of driving with due regard for the safety
of all persons, nor do such provisions protect the driver from the consequences
resulting from the reckless disregard for the safety of others.
(Source: P.A. 103-484, eff. 1-1-24.)
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625 ILCS 5/11-1422
(625 ILCS 5/11-1422) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-1422)
Sec. 11-1422.
Illegal operation of an ambulance or rescue vehicle
- Penalty. A person who operates an ambulance or rescue vehicle
in violation of Section 11-1421 shall be subject to the
penalty prescribed by the applicable law, regulation or ordinance
of this State or any political subdivision thereof.
(Source: P.A. 83-831.)
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625 ILCS 5/11-1423
(625 ILCS 5/11-1423) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-1423)
Sec. 11-1423.
Passengers boarding or exiting a school bus.
(a) At all pick-up points where it is necessary for a school bus
passenger to cross the roadway to board the bus, the school bus driver
shall signal the awaiting passenger when it is safe to cross the roadway
ahead of the bus.
(b) At all discharge points where it is necessary for a school bus
passenger to cross the roadway, the school bus driver shall direct the
passenger to a point approximately 10 feet in front of the bus on the
shoulder and shall then signal the passenger when it is safe to cross the
roadway.
(Source: P.A. 78-1244.)
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625 ILCS 5/11-1424
(625 ILCS 5/11-1424) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-1424)
Sec. 11-1424.
Operation of a religious organization bus.
(a) No religious organization bus may be operated on any street or highway
unless all passengers, except for supervisory personnel, are seated in
seats permanently mounted to the vehicle, and the aisle of the bus is
kept clean and open.
(b) No religious organization bus may be operated on any street or
highway while carrying more than the manufacturer's rated passenger capacity
for such bus, or at a gross weight in excess of the chassis manufacturer's
gross
vehicle weight rating (GVWR) or gross axle weight rating (GAWR), or in
excess of the weight load ratings of the tires on such bus. For buses
or tires on which the manufacturer has not shown such ratings, by a
label, embossment, molding or equivalent means, the Department shall
provide, or assist in obtaining, the necessary ratings and may publish
such ratings.
(c) In loading or unloading passengers, the religious organization
bus driver shall stop the bus out of the lane of moving traffic at any
bus stop, officially designated as such by government authorities or in
a parking lane on the pavement of the highway or on the shoulder off of
the highway, if wide enough to permit the safe loading or unloading of
passengers. If, however, there is no such bus stop, parking lane or
shoulder within 50 feet of the residence or temporary residence of the
passenger transported or to be transported by the bus or within 50 feet
of the religious facility, the driver may stop the bus on the pavement
of the highway after activating unison amber warning lights for not
less than 200 feet before the bus is brought to a stop and while
passengers are being loaded or unloaded, or if the bus is equipped as a
school bus and meets the requirements of Article VIII of this Act, by
complying with the subsections (b), (c) and (d) of Section 11-1414.
(d) At all pickup points where it is necessary for a religious
organization bus passenger under the age of 12 years to cross the
roadway to board the bus, a responsible supervisor on the bus shall
personally escort the awaiting passenger when it is safe to cross the
roadway ahead of the bus.
(e) At all discharge points where it is necessary for a religious
organization bus passenger under the age of 12 to cross the roadway, a
responsible supervisor on the bus shall personally escort the passenger
to a point approximately 10 feet in front of the bus on the shoulder and
then, when it is safe to cross the roadway, across the roadway to a
place of safety.
(f) If a school bus is used by a religious organization bus for the
purposes specified in subsection (a) of Section 1-111.1a and
activates
the visual signals as required by subsections (b), (c) and (d) of
Section 11-1414 when picking up or discharging passengers, compliance
with subsections (d) and (e) of this Section is optional.
(Source: P.A. 90-89, eff. 1-1-98 .)
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625 ILCS 5/11-1425
(625 ILCS 5/11-1425) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-1425)
Sec. 11-1425. Stop when traffic obstructed.
(a) No driver shall enter an
intersection or a marked crosswalk or drive onto any railroad grade
crossing unless there is sufficient space on the other side of the
intersection, crosswalk or railroad grade crossing to accommodate the
vehicle he is operating without obstructing the passage of other
vehicles, pedestrians or railroad trains notwithstanding any
traffic-control signal indication to proceed.
(b) No driver shall enter a highway rail grade crossing unless there is
sufficient space on
the other side of the highway rail grade crossing to accommodate the vehicle
being
operated without obstructing the passage of a train or other railroad equipment
using the
rails, notwithstanding any traffic-control signal indication to proceed.
(b-5) No driver operating a commercial motor vehicle, as defined in Section 6-500 of this Code, shall enter a highway rail grade crossing unless there is sufficient space on the other side of the highway rail grade crossing to accommodate the vehicle being operated without obstructing the passage of a train or other railroad equipment using the rails, notwithstanding any traffic-control signal indication to proceed. (c) (Blank).
(d) Beginning with the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly,
the Secretary of State shall suspend for a period of one month
the driving
privileges of any person convicted of a violation of subsection (b) of this
Section or a similar provision of a local ordinance; the Secretary shall
suspend for a period of 3 months the driving privileges of any person convicted
of a second or subsequent violation of subsection (b) of this Section or a
similar provision of a local ordinance if the second or subsequent violation
occurs within 5 years of a prior conviction for the same offense. In addition
to the suspensions authorized by this Section, any person convicted of
violating subsection (b) of this Section or a similar provision of a local ordinance
shall be subject to a mandatory fine of $500 or 50 hours of community service. Any person given a disposition of court supervision for violating subsection (b) of this Section or a similar provision of a local ordinance shall also be subject to a mandatory fine of $500 or 50 hours of community service. Upon a second or subsequent
violation, in addition to the suspensions authorized by this Section, the person shall be subject to a mandatory fine of $500 and 50 hours community service.
The Secretary may also grant, for the duration of any
suspension issued under this subsection, a restricted driving permit
granting the privilege of driving a motor vehicle between the driver's
residence and place of employment or within other proper limits that the
Secretary of State shall find necessary to avoid any undue hardship. A
restricted driving permit issued hereunder shall be subject to
cancellation, revocation and suspension by the Secretary of State in like
manner and for like cause as a driver's license may be cancelled, revoked
or suspended; except that a conviction upon one or more offenses against
laws or ordinances regulating the movement of traffic shall be deemed
sufficient cause for the revocation, suspension or cancellation of the
restricted driving permit. The Secretary of State may, as a condition to
the issuance of a restricted driving permit, require the applicant to
participate in a designated driver remedial or rehabilitative program. Any
conviction for a violation of this subsection shall be included as an
offense for the purposes of determining suspension action under any other
provision of this Code, provided however, that the penalties provided under
this subsection shall be imposed unless those penalties imposed under other
applicable provisions are greater.
(Source: P.A. 103-179, eff. 6-30-23.)
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