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90_SB0477
625 ILCS 5/11-601 from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-601
Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code to raise the maximum
speed limit outside an urban area to 65 miles per hour for
any second division vehicle designed or used for the carrying
of a gross weight of 8,001 pounds or more, bus (on highways
under the jurisdiction of the Department of Transportation or
the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority), house car,
camper, private living coach, recreational vehicle, and
vehicle towing any other vehicle. Provides that a first
division vehicle may exceed the posted speed limit outside an
urban district by 10 miles per hour to overtake and pass a
second division vehicle. Effective immediately.
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1 AN ACT to amend the Illinois Vehicle Code by changing
2 Section 11-601.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by
6 changing Section 11-601 as follows:
7 (625 ILCS 5/11-601) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-601)
8 Sec. 11-601. General speed restrictions.
9 (a) No vehicle may be driven upon any highway of this
10 State at a speed which is greater than is reasonable and
11 proper with regard to traffic conditions and the use of the
12 highway, or endangers the safety of any person or property.
13 The fact that the speed of a vehicle does not exceed the
14 applicable maximum speed limit does not relieve the driver
15 from the duty to decrease speed when approaching and crossing
16 an intersection, approaching and going around a curve, when
17 approaching a hill crest, when traveling upon any narrow or
18 winding roadway, or when special hazard exists with respect
19 to pedestrians or other traffic or by reason of weather or
20 highway conditions. Speed must be decreased as may be
21 necessary to avoid colliding with any person or vehicle on or
22 entering the highway in compliance with legal requirements
23 and the duty of all persons to use due care.
24 (b) No person may drive a vehicle upon any highway of
25 this State at a speed which is greater than the applicable
26 statutory maximum speed limit established by paragraphs (c),
27 (d), (e), (f) or (g) of this Section, by Section 11-605 or
28 by a regulation or ordinance made under this Chapter.
29 (c) Unless some other speed restriction is established
30 under this Chapter, the maximum speed limit in an urban
31 district for all vehicles is:
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1 1. 30 miles per hour; and
2 2. 15 miles per hour in an alley.
3 (d) Unless some other speed restriction is established
4 under this Chapter, the maximum speed limit outside an urban
5 district for any vehicle of the first division or a second
6 division vehicle designed or used for the carrying of a gross
7 weight of 8,000 pounds or less (including the weight of the
8 vehicle and maximum load) is (1) 65 miles per hour (i) for
9 all highways under the jurisdiction of the Illinois State
10 Toll Highway Authority and (ii) for all or part of highways
11 that are designated by the Department, have at least 4 lanes
12 of traffic, and have a separation between the roadways moving
13 in opposite directions and (2) 55 miles per hour for all
14 other highways, roads, and streets. However, a vehicle of the
15 first division may exceed the maximum posted speed limit
16 outside an urban district by 10 miles per hour in order to
17 overtake and pass a second division vehicle proceeding in the
18 same direction, overtaking and passing to the left side of
19 the roadway and in accordance with this Code, until the
20 vehicle of the first division is safely clear of the
21 overtaken second division vehicle and is able to again drive
22 to the right side of the roadway.
23 (e) (Blank). Unless some lesser speed restriction is
24 established under this Chapter, the maximum speed limit
25 outside an urban district for a second division vehicle
26 designed or used for the carrying of a gross weight of 8,001
27 pounds or more (including the weight of the vehicle and
28 maximum load) is 55 miles per hour.
29 (f) Unless some other speed restriction is established
30 under this Chapter, the maximum speed limit outside an urban
31 district for a bus is:
32 1. 65 miles per hour upon any highway which has at
33 least 4 lanes of traffic and of which the roadways for
34 traffic moving in opposite directions are separated by a
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1 strip of ground which is not surfaced or suitable for
2 vehicular traffic, except that the maximum speed limit
3 for a bus on all highways, roads, or streets not under
4 the jurisdiction of the Department or the Illinois State
5 Toll Highway Authority is 55 miles per hour; and
6 2. 65 60 miles per hour on any other highway,
7 except that the maximum speed limit for a bus on all
8 highways, roads, or streets not under the jurisdiction of
9 the Department or the Illinois State Toll Highway
10 Authority is 55 miles per hour.
11 (g) Unless some other speed restriction is established
12 under this Chapter, the maximum speed limit outside an urban
13 district for a house car, camper, private living coach,
14 vehicles licensed as recreational vehicles, and any vehicle
15 towing any other vehicle is 65 55 miles per hour or the
16 posted speed limit, whichever is less.
17 (Source: P.A. 89-444, eff. 1-25-96; 89-551, eff. 1-1-97.)
18 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
19 becoming law.