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Public Act 096-0524
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LRB096 07410 AJT 22564 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 |
Sections 11-601 and 11-602 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 |
at a speed
which is greater than is reasonable and proper with |
regard to traffic
conditions and the use of the highway, or |
endangers the safety of any
person or property. The fact that |
the speed of a vehicle does not exceed
the applicable maximum |
speed limit does not relieve the driver from the
duty to |
decrease speed when approaching and crossing an intersection,
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approaching and going around a curve, when approaching a hill |
crest, when
traveling upon any narrow or winding roadway, or |
when special hazard exists
with respect to pedestrians or other |
traffic or by reason of weather or
highway conditions. Speed |
must be decreased as may be necessary to avoid
colliding with |
any person or vehicle on or entering the highway in
compliance |
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 |
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State at a
speed which is greater than the applicable statutory |
maximum speed limit
established by paragraphs (c), (d), (e), |
(f) or (g) of this Section, by
Section 11-605 or by a |
regulation or ordinance made under this Chapter.
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(c) Unless some other speed restriction is established |
under this
Chapter, the maximum speed limit in an urban |
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 |
under this Chapter,
the maximum speed limit outside an urban |
district for any vehicle of the
first division or a second |
division vehicle
designed or used for
the carrying of a gross |
weight of 8,000 pounds or less
(including the
weight of the |
vehicle and maximum load) is (1) 65 miles per hour (i) for
all |
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 |
designated by
the Department, have at least 4 lanes of traffic, |
and have a separation between
the roadways moving in opposite |
directions and (2) 55 miles per hour for all
other highways, |
roads, and streets.
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(e) In the counties of Cook, DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry, |
and Will, unless Unless some lesser speed restriction is |
established under
this
Chapter, the maximum speed limit outside |
an urban district for a second
division vehicle designed or |
used for the carrying of a gross weight of
8,001 pounds or more |
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(including the weight of the vehicle and
maximum load) is
55 |
miles per hour.
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(e-1) Outside the counties of Cook, DuPage, Kane, Lake, |
McHenry, and Will, unless some lesser speed restriction is |
established under this Chapter, the maximum speed limit outside |
an urban district for a second division vehicle designed or |
used for the carrying of a gross weight of 8,001 pounds or more |
(including the weight of the vehicle and maximum load) is (1) |
65 miles per hour on any interstate highway as defined by |
Section 1-133.1 of this Code, and (2) 55 miles per hour for all |
other highways, roads, and streets. |
(f) Unless some other speed restriction is established |
under this Chapter,
the maximum speed limit outside an urban |
district for a bus is:
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1. 65 miles per hour upon any highway which has at |
least 4 lanes of
traffic
and of which the roadways for |
traffic moving in opposite directions are
separated by a |
strip of ground which is not surfaced or suitable for |
vehicular
traffic, except that the maximum speed limit for |
a bus on all highways,
roads, or streets not under the |
jurisdiction of the Department or the Illinois
State Toll |
Highway Authority
is 55 miles per hour; and
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2. 55 60 miles per hour on any other highway, except |
that
the maximum speed limit for a bus on all highways, |
roads, or streets not under
the jurisdiction of the |
Department or the Illinois State Toll Highway
Authority
is |
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55 miles per hour.
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(g) (Blank). Unless some other speed restriction is |
established under this Chapter,
the maximum speed limit outside |
an urban district for a house car, camper,
private living |
coach, vehicles licensed as recreational vehicles, and any
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vehicle towing any other vehicle is 55 miles per hour or the |
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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(625 ILCS 5/11-602) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-602)
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Sec. 11-602. Alteration of limits by Department. Whenever |
the Department
determines,
upon the basis of an engineering and |
traffic investigation concerning any
highway for which the |
Department has maintenance responsibility, that a
maximum |
speed limit prescribed in Section 11-601 of this Chapter is |
greater
or less than is reasonable or safe with respect to the |
conditions found
to exist at any intersection or other place on |
such highway or along any
part or zone thereof, the Department |
shall determine and declare a reasonable
and safe absolute |
maximum speed limit applicable to such intersection or
place, |
or along such part or zone. However, such limit shall not |
exceed
65 miles per hour, or 55 miles per hour for a second |
division vehicle designed
or used for the carrying of a gross |
weight of
8,001
pounds or more (including the weight of the |
vehicle and maximum load), on a
highway or street which is |
especially
designed for
through traffic and to, from, or over |
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which owners of or persons having
an interest in abutting |
property or other persons have no right or easement,
or only a |
limited right or easement, of access, crossing, light, air, or
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view, and shall not exceed 55 miles per hour on any other |
highway. Where
a highway under the Department's jurisdiction
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contiguous to school property, the Department may, at the |
school district's
request, set a
reduced maximum speed limit |
for student safety purposes in the portion of the
highway that |
faces the school property and in the portions of the highway |
that
extend
one-quarter mile in each direction from the |
opposite ends of the school
property. A limit determined and
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declared as provided in this Section becomes effective, and |
suspends the
applicability of the limit
prescribed
in Section |
11-601 of this Chapter, when appropriate signs giving notice
of |
the limit are erected at such intersection or other
place, or |
along such part or zone of the highway. Electronic
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speed-detecting devices shall not be used within 500 feet |
beyond any such
sign in the direction of travel; if so used in |
violation hereof, evidence
obtained thereby shall be |
inadmissible in any prosecution for speeding.
However, nothing |
in this Section prohibits the use of such electronic
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speed-detecting devices within 500 feet of a sign within a |
special
school speed zone indicating such zone, conforming to |
the requirements of
Section 11-605 of this Act, nor shall |
evidence obtained thereby be
inadmissible in any prosecution |
for speeding provided the use of such
device shall apply only |