Public Act 098-0798
 
SB1381 EnrolledLRB098 02611 MLW 32616 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
Section 11-306 as follows:
 
    (625 ILCS 5/11-306)   (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-306)
    Sec. 11-306. Traffic-control signal legend. Whenever
traffic is controlled by traffic-control signals exhibiting
different colored lights or color lighted arrows, successively
one at a time or in combination, only the colors green, red and
yellow shall be used, except for special pedestrian signals
carrying a word legend, and the lights shall indicate and apply
to drivers of vehicles and pedestrians as follows:
    (a) Green indication.
        1. Vehicular traffic facing a circular green signal may
    proceed straight through or turn right or left unless a
    sign at such place prohibits either such turn. Vehicular
    traffic, including vehicles turning right or left, shall
    yield the right of way to other vehicles and to pedestrians
    lawfully within the intersection or an adjacent crosswalk
    at the time such signal is exhibited.
        2. Vehicular traffic facing a green arrow signal, shown
    alone or in combination with another indication, may
    cautiously enter the intersection only to make the movement
    indicated by such arrow, or such other movement as is
    permitted by other indications shown at the same time. Such
    vehicular traffic shall yield the right of way to
    pedestrians lawfully within an adjacent crosswalk and to
    other traffic lawfully using the intersection.
        3. Unless otherwise directed by a pedestrian-control
    signal, as provided in Section 11-307, pedestrians facing
    any green signal, except when the sole green signal is a
    turn arrow, may proceed across the roadway within any
    marked or unmarked crosswalk.
    (b) Steady yellow indication.
        1. Vehicular traffic facing a steady circular yellow or
    yellow arrow signal is thereby warned that the related
    green movement is being terminated or that a red indication
    will be exhibited immediately thereafter.
        2. Pedestrians facing a steady circular yellow or
    yellow arrow signal, unless otherwise directed by a
    pedestrian-control signal as provided in Section 11-307,
    are thereby advised that there is insufficient time to
    cross the roadway before a red indication is shown and no
    pedestrian shall then start to cross the roadway.
    (b-5) Flashing yellow arrow indication.
        1. Vehicular traffic facing a flashing yellow arrow
    indication may cautiously enter the intersection only to
    make the movement indicated by the arrow and shall yield
    the right-of-way to other vehicles and pedestrians
    lawfully within the intersection or an adjacent crosswalk
    at the time the signal is exhibited.
        2. Pedestrians facing a flashing yellow arrow
    indication, unless otherwise directed by a
    pedestrian-control signal as provided in Section 11-307,
    may proceed across the roadway within any marked or
    unmarked crosswalk that crosses the lane or lanes used to
    depart the intersection by traffic controlled by the
    flashing yellow arrow indication. Pedestrians shall yield
    the right-of-way to vehicles lawfully within the
    intersection at the time that the flashing yellow signal
    indication is first displayed.
    (c) Steady red indication.
        1. Except as provided in paragraphs 3 and 3.5 of this
    subsection (c), vehicular traffic facing a steady circular
    red signal alone shall stop at a clearly marked stop line,
    but if there is no such stop line, before entering the
    crosswalk on the near side of the intersection, or if there
    is no such crosswalk, then before entering the
    intersection, and shall remain standing until an
    indication to proceed is shown.
        2. Except as provided in paragraphs 3 and 3.5 of this
    subsection (c), vehicular traffic facing a steady red arrow
    signal shall not enter the intersection to make the
    movement indicated by the arrow and, unless entering the
    intersection to make a movement permitted by another
    signal, shall stop at a clearly marked stop line, but if
    there is no such stop line, before entering the crosswalk
    on the near side of the intersection, or if there is no
    such crosswalk, then before entering the intersection, and
    shall remain standing until an indication permitting the
    movement indicated by such red arrow is shown.
        3. Except when a sign is in place prohibiting a turn
    and local authorities by ordinance or State authorities by
    rule or regulation prohibit any such turn, vehicular
    traffic facing any steady red signal may cautiously enter
    the intersection to turn right, or to turn left from a
    one-way street into a one-way street, after stopping as
    required by paragraph 1 or paragraph 2 of this subsection.
    After stopping, the driver shall yield the right of way to
    any vehicle in the intersection or approaching on another
    roadway so closely as to constitute an immediate hazard
    during the time such driver is moving across or within the
    intersection or junction or roadways. Such driver shall
    yield the right of way to pedestrians within the
    intersection or an adjacent crosswalk.
        3.5. In municipalities with less than 2,000,000
    inhabitants, after stopping as required by paragraph 1 or 2
    of this subsection, the driver of a motorcycle or bicycle,
    facing a steady red signal which fails to change to a green
    signal within a reasonable period of time not less than 120
    seconds because of a signal malfunction or because the
    signal has failed to detect the arrival of the motorcycle
    or bicycle due to the vehicle's size or weight, shall have
    the right to proceed, after yielding the right of way to
    oncoming traffic facing a green signal, subject to the
    rules applicable after making a stop at a stop sign as
    required by Section 11-1204 of this Code.
        4. Unless otherwise directed by a pedestrian-control
    signal as provided in Section 11-307, pedestrians facing a
    steady circular red or red arrow signal alone shall not
    enter the roadway.
    (d) In the event an official traffic control signal is
erected and maintained at a place other than an intersection,
the provisions of this Section shall be applicable except as to
provisions which by their nature can have no application. Any
stop required shall be at a traffic sign or a marking on the
pavement indicating where the stop shall be made or, in the
absence of such sign or marking, the stop shall be made at the
signal.
    (e) The motorman of any streetcar shall obey the above
signals as applicable to vehicles.
(Source: P.A. 97-627, eff. 1-1-12; 97-762, eff. 7-6-12.)
 
    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.