Rep. Thomas M. Bennett
Filed: 3/16/2017
 
 

 

 

 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 3469




2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 3469 by replacing 
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:

 
 
4    "Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended  by 
5changing Section 12-601 as follows:
 



6    (625 ILCS 5/12-601)  (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 12-601)



7    Sec. 12-601. Horns and warning devices. 

8    (a) Every motor vehicle when
operated upon a highway shall 
9be equipped with a horn in good working order
and capable of 
10emitting sound audible under normal conditions from a distance

11of not less than 200 feet, but no horn or other warning device 
12shall emit an
unreasonable loud or harsh sound or a whistle.  
13The driver of a motor vehicle
shall when reasonably necessary 
14to insure safe operation give audible warning
with his horn but 
15shall not otherwise use such horn when upon a highway.

16    (b) No vehicle shall be equipped with nor shall any person 
 
 
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1use upon a
vehicle
any siren, whistle, or bell, except as 
2otherwise permitted in this section.
Any authorized emergency 
3vehicle or organ transport vehicle as defined in
Chapter 1 of 
4this Code or a vehicle operated by a fire chief or the Director 
5or Coordinator of a municipal or county emergency services and 
6disaster agency, Act may be
equipped with a siren, whistle, or 
7bell, capable of emitting sound audible
under normal conditions 
8from a distance of not less than 500 feet, but such
siren, 
9whistle or bell, shall not be used except when such vehicle is 
10operated
in response to an emergency call or in the immediate 
11pursuit
of an actual or
suspected violator of the law in either 
12of which events the driver of such
vehicle shall sound such 
13siren, whistle or bell, when necessary to warn
pedestrians and 
14other drivers of the approach thereof.

15    (c) Trackless trolley coaches, as defined by Section 1-206 
16of this Code,
and replica trolleys, as defined by Section 
171-171.04 of this Code, may
be equipped with a bell or bells in 
18lieu of a horn, and may, in addition to
the requirements of 
19paragraph (a) of this Section, use a bell or bells for the

20purpose of indicating arrival or departure at designated stops 
21during the hours
of scheduled operation.

22(Source: P.A. 89-345, eff. 1-1-96; 89-687, eff. 6-1-97; 90-347, 
23eff.
1-1-98; 90-655, eff. 7-30-98.)".