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96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010 SB0030
Introduced 1/30/2009, by Sen. Heather Steans SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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625 ILCS 5/11-1002 |
from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-1002 |
625 ILCS 5/11-1002.5 |
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Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that that where traffic signals are not in place, vehicles must stop and yield to a pedestrian in a crosswalk rather than yielding the right-of-way by slowing down or stopping if need be. Provides that on a school day when children are present and so close that a potential hazard exists because of the close proximity of the motorized traffic and when traffic signals are not in place or in operation, vehicles must stop and yield to a pedestrian in a crosswalk rather than yielding the right-of-way by slowing down or stopping if need be to so yield. Effective immediately.
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A BILL FOR
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SB0030 |
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LRB096 03481 AJT 13505 b |
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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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| Sections 11-1002 and 11-1002.5 as follows:
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| (625 ILCS 5/11-1002) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-1002)
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| Sec. 11-1002. Pedestrians' right-of-way at crosswalks. (a) |
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| When
traffic control signals are not in place or not in |
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| operation the driver of
a vehicle shall stop and yield the |
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| right-of-way , slowing down or stopping if need be to
so yield, |
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| to a pedestrian crossing the roadway within a crosswalk when |
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| the pedestrian
is upon the half of the roadway upon which the |
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| vehicle is traveling, or when
the pedestrian is approaching so |
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| closely from the opposite half of the roadway
as to be in |
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| danger.
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| (b) No pedestrian shall suddenly leave a curb or other |
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| place of safety
and walk or run into the path of a moving |
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| vehicle which is so close as to
constitute an immediate hazard.
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| (c) Paragraph (a) shall not apply under the condition |
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| stated in Section
11-1003 (b).
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| (d) Whenever any vehicle is stopped at a marked crosswalk
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| or at any unmarked crosswalk at an intersection to permit a |
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| pedestrian to
cross the roadway, the driver of any other |