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    AN ACT concerning transportation. 

 
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    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 
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represented in the General Assembly: 


 
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    Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by changing

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Section 12-208 as follows:


 
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    (625 ILCS 5/12-208)  (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 12-208)

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    Sec. 12-208. Signal lamps and signal devices.


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    (a) Every vehicle other than an antique vehicle displaying 
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an antique
plate operated in this State shall be equipped with 
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a stop lamp or lamps on
the rear of the vehicle which shall 
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display a red or amber light visible
from a distance of not 
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less than 500 feet to the rear in normal sunlight
and which 
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shall be actuated upon application of the service (foot) brake,

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and which may but need not be incorporated with other rear 
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lamps. During
times when lighted lamps are not required, an 
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antique vehicle may be
equipped with a stop lamp or lamps on 
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the rear of such vehicle of the same
type originally installed 
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by the manufacturer as original equipment and in
working order. 
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However, at all other times, except as provided in subsection

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(a-1), such antique vehicle must be
equipped with stop lamps 
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meeting the requirements of Section 12-208 of this
Act.


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    (a-1) An antique vehicle may display a blue light or lights 
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of up to one
inch in diameter as part of the vehicle's rear 
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stop lamp or lamps.


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    (b) Every motor vehicle other than an antique vehicle 
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displaying an
antique plate shall be equipped with an electric 
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turn signal device which
shall indicate the intention of the 
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driver to turn to the right or to the
left in the form of 
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flashing lights located at and showing to the front and
rear of 
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the vehicle on the side of the vehicle toward which the turn is 
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to
be made. The lamps showing to the front shall be mounted on 
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the same level
and as widely spaced laterally as practicable 
 


 






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and, when signaling, shall
emit a white or amber light, or any 
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shade of light between white and amber.
The lamps showing to 
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the rear shall be mounted on the same level and as
widely 
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spaced laterally as practicable and, when signaling, shall emit 
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a
red or amber light. An antique vehicle shall be equipped with 
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a turn signal
device of the same type originally installed by 
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the manufacturer as
original equipment and in working order.


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    (c) Every trailer and semitrailer shall be equipped with an 
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electric
turn signal device which indicates the intention of 
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the driver in the power
unit to turn to the right or to the left 
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in the form of flashing red or
amber lights located at the rear 
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of the vehicle on the side toward which
the turn is to be made 
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and mounted on the same level and as widely spaced
laterally as 
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practicable.


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    (d) Turn signal lamps must be visible from a distance of 
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not less than
300 feet in normal sunlight.


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    (e) Motorcycles and motor-driven cycles need not be 
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equipped with
electric turn signals. Antique vehicles need not 
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be equipped with turn
signals unless such were installed by the 
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manufacturer as original
equipment.


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    (f) For purposes of this Section, a custom vehicle or 
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street rod is
considered to be in compliance with all signal 
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lamp and signal device
requirements if it has passed the 
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approved safety inspection provided for in
Section 3-804.1 or 
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3-804.2.


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(Source: P.A. 92-668, eff. 1-1-03.)


 
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    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
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becoming law.