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Public Act 100-0962
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| HB5632 Enrolled | LRB100 20888 LNS 36393 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 2-112, 6-109, and 11-1421 as follows:
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(625 ILCS 5/2-112) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 2-112)
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Sec. 2-112. Distribution of synopsis laws.
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(a) The Secretary of State may publish a synopsis or |
summary of the laws of
this State regulating the operation of |
vehicles and may deliver a copy
thereof without charge with |
each original vehicle registration and with
each original |
driver's license.
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(b) The Secretary of State shall make any necessary |
revisions in its publications including, but not limited to, |
the Illinois Rules of the Road, to accurately conform its |
publications to the provisions of the Pedestrians with |
Disabilities Safety Act. |
(c) The Secretary of State shall include, in the Illinois |
Rules of the Road publication, information advising drivers to |
use the Dutch Reach method when opening a vehicle door after |
parallel parking on a street (checking the rear-view mirror, |
checking the side-view mirror, then opening the door with the |
right hand, thereby reducing the risk of injuring a bicyclist |
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or opening the door in the path a vehicle approaching from |
behind). |
(Source: P.A. 96-1167, eff. 7-22-10.)
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(625 ILCS 5/6-109)
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Sec. 6-109. Examination of Applicants. |
(a) The Secretary of State shall examine every applicant |
for a driver's
license or permit who has not been previously |
licensed as a driver under the
laws of this State or any other |
state or country, or any applicant for renewal
of such driver's |
license or permit when such license or permit has been expired
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for more than one year. The Secretary of State shall, subject |
to the
provisions of paragraph (c), examine every licensed |
driver at least every 8
years, and may examine or re-examine |
any other applicant or licensed driver,
provided that during |
the years 1984 through 1991 those drivers issued a license
for |
3 years may be re-examined not less than every 7 years or more |
than every
10 years. |
The Secretary of State shall require the testing of the |
eyesight of any
driver's license or permit applicant who has |
not been previously licensed
as a driver under the laws of this |
State and shall promulgate rules and
regulations to provide for |
the orderly administration of all the provisions of
this |
Section. |
The Secretary of State shall include at least one test |
question that concerns the provisions of the Pedestrians with |
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Disabilities Safety Act in the question pool used for the |
written portion of the drivers license examination within one |
year after July 22, 2010 (the effective date of Public Act |
96-1167). |
The Secretary of State shall include, in the question pool |
used for the written portion of the driver's license |
examination, test questions concerning safe driving in the |
presence of bicycles, of which one may be concerning the Dutch |
Reach method as described in Section 2-112. |
(b) Except as provided for those applicants in paragraph |
(c), such
examination shall include a test of the applicant's
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eyesight, his ability to read and understand official traffic |
control devices,
his knowledge of safe driving practices and |
the traffic laws of this State,
and may include an actual |
demonstration of the applicant's ability to exercise
ordinary |
and reasonable control of the operation of a motor vehicle, and
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such further physical and mental examination as the Secretary |
of State finds
necessary to determine the applicant's fitness |
to operate a motor vehicle
safely on the highways, except the |
examination of an applicant 75 years
of age or older shall |
include an actual demonstration of the applicant's
ability to |
exercise ordinary and reasonable control of the operation of
a |
motor vehicle. All portions of written and verbal examinations |
under
this Section, excepting where the English language |
appears on facsimiles
of road signs, may be given in the |
Spanish language and, at the discretion
of the Secretary of |
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State, in any other language as well as in English upon
request |
of the examinee. Deaf persons who are otherwise qualified are |
not
prohibited from being issued a license, other than a |
commercial driver's
license, under this Code. |
(c) Re-examination for those applicants who at the time of |
renewing their
driver's license possess a driving record devoid |
of any convictions of traffic
violations or evidence of |
committing an offense
for which mandatory revocation
would be |
required upon conviction pursuant to Section 6-205 at the time
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of renewal shall be in a manner prescribed by the Secretary
in |
order to determine an applicant's ability to safely operate a |
motor
vehicle,
except that every applicant for the renewal of a |
driver's license who is
75 years of age or older must prove, by |
an actual demonstration,
the applicant's ability to exercise |
reasonable care in the safe operation
of a motor vehicle. |
(d) In the event the applicant is not ineligible under the |
provisions of
Section 6-103 to receive a driver's license, the |
Secretary of State
shall make provision for giving an |
examination, either in the county where
the applicant resides |
or at a place adjacent thereto reasonably convenient
to the |
applicant, within not more than 30 days from the date said
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application is received. |
(e) The Secretary of State may adopt rules regarding the |
use of foreign language interpreters during the application and |
examination process. |
(Source: P.A. 96-1167, eff. 7-22-10; 96-1231, eff. 7-23-10; |
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97-333, eff. 8-12-11.)
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(625 ILCS 5/11-1421) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-1421)
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Sec. 11-1421. Conditions for operating ambulances and |
rescue vehicles.
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(a) No person shall operate an ambulance or rescue vehicle
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in a manner not conforming to the motor vehicle laws
and |
regulations of this State or of any political subdivision of |
this State
as such laws and regulations apply to motor vehicles |
in
general, unless in compliance with the following conditions:
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1. The person operating the ambulance shall be either |
responding to a
bona fide emergency call or specifically |
directed by a licensed physician
to disregard traffic laws |
in operating the ambulance during and for the
purpose of |
the specific trip or journey that is involved;
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2. The ambulance or rescue vehicle shall be equipped |
with a siren
producing
an audible signal of an intensity of |
100 decibels at a distance of 50 feet
from the siren, and |
with a lamp or lamps emitting an oscillating, rotating
or |
flashing red beam directed in part toward the front of the |
vehicle, and
these lamps shall have sufficient intensity to |
be visible at 500 feet in
normal sunlight, and in addition |
to other lighting requirements, excluding
those vehicles |
operated in counties with a population in excess of |
2,000,000,
may also operate with a lamp or lamps emitting |
an oscillating, rotating, or
flashing
green light;
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3. The aforesaid siren and lamp or lamps shall be in |
operation at all
times when it is reasonably necessary to |
warn pedestrians and other drivers
of the approach thereof |
during such trip or journey, except that in a municipality |
with a population over 1,000,000, the siren and lamp or |
lamps shall be in operation only when it is reasonably |
necessary to warn pedestrians and other drivers
of the |
approach thereof while responding to an emergency call or |
transporting a patient who presents a combination of |
circumstances resulting in a need for immediate medical |
intervention;
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4. Whenever the ambulance or rescue vehicle is operated |
at a speed in
excess of 40 miles per hour, the ambulance or |
rescue vehicle shall be operated
in complete conformance |
with every other motor vehicle law and regulation
of this |
State and of the political subdivision in which the |
ambulance or
rescue vehicle is operated, relating to the |
operation of motor vehicles,
as such provision applies to |
motor vehicles in
general, except laws and regulations |
pertaining to compliance with official
traffic-control |
devices or to vehicular operation upon the right half of
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the roadway; and
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5. The ambulance shall display registration plates |
identifying the vehicle
as an ambulance.
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(b) The foregoing provisions do not relieve the driver of |
an ambulance
or rescue vehicle from the duty of driving with |