Full Text of HB3469 100th General Assembly
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning transportation.
| 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 changing | 5 | | Section 12-601 as follows:
| 6 | | (625 ILCS 5/12-601) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 12-601)
| 7 | | Sec. 12-601. Horns and warning devices.
| 8 | | (a) Every motor vehicle when
operated upon a highway shall | 9 | | be equipped with a horn in good working order
and capable of | 10 | | emitting sound audible under normal conditions from a distance
| 11 | | of not less than 200 feet, but no horn or other warning device | 12 | | shall emit an
unreasonable loud or harsh sound or a whistle. | 13 | | The driver of a motor vehicle
shall when reasonably necessary | 14 | | to insure safe operation give audible warning
with his horn but | 15 | | shall not otherwise use such horn when upon a highway.
| 16 | | (b) No vehicle shall be equipped with nor shall any person | 17 | | use upon a
vehicle
any siren, whistle, or bell, except as | 18 | | otherwise permitted in this section.
Any authorized emergency | 19 | | vehicle or organ transport vehicle as defined in
Chapter 1 of | 20 | | this Code or a vehicle operated by a fire chief or the Director | 21 | | or Coordinator of a municipal or county emergency services and | 22 | | disaster agency, Act may be
equipped with a siren, whistle, or | 23 | | bell, capable of emitting sound audible
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| 1 | | from a distance of not less than 500 feet, but such
siren, | 2 | | whistle or bell, shall not be used except when such vehicle is | 3 | | operated
in response to an emergency call or in the immediate | 4 | | pursuit
of an actual or
suspected violator of the law in either | 5 | | of which events the driver of such
vehicle shall sound such | 6 | | siren, whistle or bell, when necessary to warn
pedestrians and | 7 | | other drivers of the approach thereof.
| 8 | | (c) Trackless trolley coaches, as defined by Section 1-206 | 9 | | of this Code,
and replica trolleys, as defined by Section | 10 | | 1-171.04 of this Code, may
be equipped with a bell or bells in | 11 | | lieu of a horn, and may, in addition to
the requirements of | 12 | | paragraph (a) of this Section, use a bell or bells for the
| 13 | | purpose of indicating arrival or departure at designated stops | 14 | | during the hours
of scheduled operation.
| 15 | | (Source: P.A. 89-345, eff. 1-1-96; 89-687, eff. 6-1-97; 90-347, | 16 | | eff.
1-1-98; 90-655, eff. 7-30-98.)
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