Full Text of HB4654 100th General Assembly
HB4654ham001 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY | Rep. Marcus C. Evans, Jr. Filed: 3/2/2018
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 4654
| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 4654 by replacing | 3 | | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
| 4 | | "Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by | 5 | | changing Sections 11-710 and 12-604.1 and by adding Sections | 6 | | 1-159.4 and 11-1432 as follows: | 7 | | (625 ILCS 5/1-159.4 new) | 8 | | Sec. 1-159.4. Platoon. A group of individual motor vehicles | 9 | | traveling in a unified manner at electronically coordinated | 10 | | speeds at following distances that are closer than distances | 11 | | provided in subsection (a) of Section 11-710 for vehicles | 12 | | traveling without electronic coordination.
| 13 | | (625 ILCS 5/11-710) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-710)
| 14 | | Sec. 11-710. Following too closely. | 15 | | (a) The driver of
a motor vehicle shall not follow another |
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| 1 | | vehicle more closely
than is reasonable and prudent, having due | 2 | | regard for the
speed of such vehicles and the traffic upon and | 3 | | the condition of the highway.
| 4 | | (b) The driver of any truck or motor vehicle
drawing | 5 | | another vehicle
when traveling upon a roadway outside of a | 6 | | business or
residence district and which is following another | 7 | | truck or
motor vehicle drawing another vehicle shall,
whenever | 8 | | conditions permit, leave sufficient space so that
an overtaking | 9 | | vehicle may enter and occupy such space without
danger, except | 10 | | that this shall not prevent a truck or motor
vehicle drawing | 11 | | another vehicle from overtaking and passing
any vehicle or | 12 | | combination of vehicles.
| 13 | | (c) Motor vehicles being driven upon any roadway outside
of | 14 | | a business or residence district in a caravan or
motorcade | 15 | | whether or not towing other vehicles shall be so
operated as to | 16 | | allow sufficient space between each such
vehicle or combination | 17 | | of vehicles so as to enable any other
vehicle to enter and | 18 | | occupy such space without danger. This
provision shall not | 19 | | apply to funeral processions. | 20 | | (d) This Section does not apply to a driver of a non-lead | 21 | | motor vehicle operating in a platoon.
| 22 | | (Source: P.A. 79-1069.)
| 23 | | (625 ILCS 5/11-1432 new) | 24 | | Sec. 11-1432. Plan for general platoon operations. Before | 25 | | the operation of a platoon upon the streets or highways of this |
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| 1 | | State, a person shall file a plan for general platoon | 2 | | operations with the Department of State Police and the | 3 | | Department. If the Department of State Police or the Department | 4 | | does not reject the plan within a 30-day time period after | 5 | | receipt of the plan, the person may operate the platoon. The | 6 | | Department may adopt rules to implement this Section. | 7 | | (625 ILCS 5/12-604.1) | 8 | | Sec. 12-604.1. Video devices. | 9 | | (a) A person may not operate a motor vehicle if a | 10 | | television receiver, a video monitor, a television or video | 11 | | screen, or any other similar means of visually displaying a | 12 | | television broadcast or video signal that produces | 13 | | entertainment or business applications is operating and is | 14 | | located in the motor vehicle at any point forward of the back | 15 | | of the driver's seat, or is operating and visible to the driver | 16 | | while driving the motor vehicle.
| 17 | | (a-5) A person commits aggravated use of a video device | 18 | | when he or she violates subsection (a) and in committing the | 19 | | violation he or she was involved in a motor vehicle accident | 20 | | that results in great bodily harm, permanent disability, | 21 | | disfigurement, or death to another and the violation was a | 22 | | proximate cause of the injury or death. | 23 | | (b) This Section does not apply to the following equipment, | 24 | | whether or not permanently installed in a vehicle:
| 25 | | (1) a vehicle information display;
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| 1 | | (2) a global positioning display;
| 2 | | (3) a mapping or navigation display;
| 3 | | (4) a visual display used to enhance or supplement the | 4 | | driver's view forward, behind, or to the sides of a motor | 5 | | vehicle for the purpose of maneuvering the vehicle; | 6 | | (5) television-type receiving equipment used | 7 | | exclusively for safety or traffic engineering studies; or
| 8 | | (6) a television receiver, video monitor, television | 9 | | or video screen, or any other similar means of visually | 10 | | displaying a television broadcast or video signal, if that | 11 | | equipment has an interlock device that, when the motor | 12 | | vehicle is driven, disables the equipment for all uses | 13 | | except as a visual display as described in paragraphs (1) | 14 | | through (5) of this subsection (b).
| 15 | | (c) This Section does not apply to a mobile, digital | 16 | | terminal installed in an authorized emergency vehicle, a motor | 17 | | vehicle providing emergency road service or roadside | 18 | | assistance, or to motor vehicles utilized for public | 19 | | transportation. | 20 | | (d) This Section does not apply to a television receiver, | 21 | | video monitor, television or video screen, or any other similar | 22 | | means of visually displaying a television broadcast or video | 23 | | signal if: (i) the equipment is permanently installed in the | 24 | | motor vehicle; and (ii) the moving entertainment images that | 25 | | the equipment displays are not visible to the driver while the | 26 | | motor vehicle is in motion. |
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| 1 | | (d-5) This Section does not apply to a video event | 2 | | recorder, as defined in Section 1-218.10 of this Code, | 3 | | installed in a contract carrier vehicle. | 4 | | (d-7) This Section does not apply to a video device used in | 5 | | a vehicle traveling in a platoon that: (i) allows the lead | 6 | | driver to see his or her vehicle from a non-lead driver's | 7 | | perspective and a non-lead driver to view the road from the | 8 | | lead driver's perspective; or (ii) displays platoon | 9 | | information. | 10 | | (e) Except as provided in subsection (f) of this Section, a | 11 | | person convicted of violating this Section is guilty of a petty | 12 | | offense and shall be fined not more than $100 for a first | 13 | | offense, not more than $200 for a second offense within one | 14 | | year of a previous conviction, and not more than $250 for a | 15 | | third or subsequent offense within one year of 2 previous | 16 | | convictions.
| 17 | | (f) A person convicted of violating subsection (a-5) | 18 | | commits a Class A misdemeanor if the violation resulted in | 19 | | great bodily harm, permanent disability, or disfigurement to | 20 | | another. A person convicted of violating subsection (a-5) | 21 | | commits a Class 4 felony if the violation resulted in the death | 22 | | of another person. | 23 | | (Source: P.A. 98-507, eff. 1-1-14; 99-689, eff. 1-1-17 .)".
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