093_HB1774eng HB1774 Engrossed LRB093 06554 LCB 06680 b 1 AN ACT with regard to vehicles. 2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 3 represented in the General Assembly: 4 Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by 5 changing Section 11-601 as follows: 6 (625 ILCS 5/11-601) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-601) 7 Sec. 11-601. General speed restrictions. 8 (a) No vehicle may be driven upon any highway of this 9 State at a speedwhich isgreater than is reasonable and 10 proper with regard to traffic conditions and the use of the 11 highway, or endangers the safety of any person or property. 12 The fact that the speed of a vehicle does not exceed the 13 applicable maximum speed limit does not relieve the driver 14 from the duty to decrease speed when approaching and crossing 15 an intersection, approaching and going around a curve, when 16 approaching a hill crest, when traveling upon any narrow or 17 winding roadway, or when special hazard exists with respect 18 to pedestrians or other traffic or by reason of weather or 19 highway conditions. Speed must be decreased as may be 20 necessary to avoid colliding with any person or vehicle on or 21 entering the highway in compliance with legal requirements 22 and the duty of all persons to use due care. 23 (b) No person may drive a vehicle upon any highway of 24 this State at a speed which is greater than the applicable 25 statutory maximum speed limit established by paragraphs (c), 26 (d), (e), (f) or (g) of this Section, by Section 11-605 or 27 by a regulation or ordinance made under this Chapter. 28 (c) Unless some other speed restriction is established 29 under this Chapter, the maximum speed limit in an urban 30 district for all vehicles is: 31 1. 30 miles per hour; and HB1774 Engrossed -2- LRB093 06554 LCB 06680 b 1 2. 15 miles per hour in an alley. 2 (d) Unless some other speed restriction is established 3 under this Chapter, the maximum speed limit outside an urban 4 district for any vehicle of the first division or a second 5 division vehicle designed or used for the carrying of a gross 6 weight of 8,000 pounds or less (including the weight of the 7 vehicle and maximum load) is (1) 65 miles per hour (i) for 8 all highways under the jurisdiction of the Illinois State 9 Toll Highway Authority and (ii) for all or part of highways 10 that are designated by the Department, have at least 4 lanes 11 of traffic, and have a separation between the roadways moving 12 in opposite directions and (2) 55 miles per hour for all 13 other highways, roads, and streets. 14 (e) Unless some lesser speed restriction is established 15 under this Chapter, the maximum speed limit outside an urban 16 district for a second division vehicle designed or used for 17 the carrying of a gross weight of 8,001 pounds or more 18 (including the weight of the vehicle and maximum load) is 55 19 miles per hour. 20 (f) Unless some other speed restriction is established 21 under this Chapter, the maximum speed limit outside an urban 22 district for a bus is: 23 1. 65 miles per hour upon any highway which has at 24 least 4 lanes of traffic and of which the roadways for 25 traffic moving in opposite directions are separated by a 26 strip of ground which is not surfaced or suitable for 27 vehicular traffic, except that the maximum speed limit 28 for a bus on all highways, roads, or streets not under 29 the jurisdiction of the Department or the Illinois State 30 Toll Highway Authority is 55 miles per hour; and 31 2. 60 miles per hour on any other highway, except 32 that the maximum speed limit for a bus on all highways, 33 roads, or streets not under the jurisdiction of the 34 Department or the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority HB1774 Engrossed -3- LRB093 06554 LCB 06680 b 1 is 55 miles per hour. 2 (g) Unless some other speed restriction is established 3 under this Chapter, the maximum speed limit outside an urban 4 district for a house car, camper, private living coach, 5 vehicles licensed as recreational vehicles, and any vehicle 6 towing any other vehicle is 55 miles per hour or the posted 7 speed limit, whichever is less. 8 (Source: P.A. 89-444, eff. 1-25-96; 89-551, eff. 1-1-97.)