Full Text of SB2374 93rd General Assembly
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| AN ACT concerning vehicles.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | 3 |
| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by changing
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| Section 11-601 as follows:
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| (625 ILCS 5/11-601) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-601)
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| Sec. 11-601. General speed restrictions.
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| (a) No vehicle may be driven upon any highway of this State | 9 |
| at a speed
which is greater than is reasonable and proper with | 10 |
| regard to traffic
conditions and the use of the highway, or | 11 |
| endangers the safety of any
person or property. The fact that | 12 |
| the speed of a vehicle does not exceed
the applicable maximum | 13 |
| speed limit does not relieve the driver from the
duty to | 14 |
| decrease speed when approaching and crossing an intersection,
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| approaching and going around a curve, when approaching a hill | 16 |
| crest, when
traveling upon any narrow or winding roadway, or | 17 |
| when special hazard exists
with respect to pedestrians or other | 18 |
| traffic or by reason of weather or
highway conditions. Speed | 19 |
| must be decreased as may be necessary to avoid
colliding with | 20 |
| any person or vehicle on or entering the highway in
compliance | 21 |
| with legal requirements and the duty of all persons to use due
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| care.
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| (b) No person may drive a vehicle upon any highway of this | 24 |
| State at a
speed which is greater than the applicable statutory | 25 |
| maximum speed limit
established by paragraphs (c), (d), (e), | 26 |
| (f) or (g) of this Section, by
Section 11-605 or by a | 27 |
| regulation or ordinance made under this Chapter.
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| (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:
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| 1. 30 miles per hour; and
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| 2. 15 miles per hour in an alley.
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| (d) Unless some other speed restriction is established | 2 |
| under this Chapter,
the maximum speed limit outside an urban | 3 |
| district for any vehicle of the
first division or a second | 4 |
| division vehicle
designed or used for
the carrying of a gross | 5 |
| weight of 8,000 pounds or less
(including the
weight of the | 6 |
| vehicle and maximum load) is (1) 65 miles per hour (i) for
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| highways under the jurisdiction of the Illinois State Toll
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| Highway Authority and (ii) for all or part of highways that are | 9 |
| designated by
the Department, have at least 4 lanes of traffic, | 10 |
| and have a separation between
the roadways moving in opposite | 11 |
| directions and (2) 55 miles per hour for all
other highways, | 12 |
| roads, and streets.
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| (e) (Blank)
Unless some lesser speed restriction is | 14 |
| established
under
this
Chapter, the maximum speed limit outside | 15 |
| an urban district for a second
division vehicle designed or | 16 |
| used for the carrying of a gross weight of
8,001 pounds or more | 17 |
| (including the weight of the vehicle and
maximum load) is
55 | 18 |
| miles per hour .
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| (f) Unless some other speed restriction is established | 20 |
| under this Chapter,
the maximum speed limit outside an urban | 21 |
| district for a bus is:
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| 1. 65 miles per hour upon any highway which has at | 23 |
| least 4 lanes of
traffic
and of which the roadways for | 24 |
| traffic moving in opposite directions are
separated by a | 25 |
| strip of ground which is not surfaced or suitable for | 26 |
| vehicular
traffic , except that the maximum speed limit for | 27 |
| a bus on all highways,
roads, or streets not under the | 28 |
| jurisdiction of the Department or the Illinois
State Toll | 29 |
| Highway Authority
is 55 miles per hour ; and
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| 2. 55
60 miles per hour on any other highway , except | 31 |
| that
the maximum speed limit for a bus on all highways, | 32 |
| roads, or streets not under
the jurisdiction of the | 33 |
| Department or the Illinois State Toll Highway
Authority
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| 55 miles per hour .
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| (g) (Blank)
Unless some other speed restriction is | 36 |
| established under
this Chapter,
the maximum speed limit outside |
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| an urban district for a house car, camper,
private living | 2 |
| coach, vehicles licensed as recreational vehicles, and any
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| vehicle towing any other vehicle is 55 miles per hour or the | 4 |
| posted
speed
limit, whichever is less .
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| (Source: P.A. 89-444, eff. 1-25-96; 89-551, eff. 1-1-97.)
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January | 7 |
| 1, 2005. |
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