Article XIV - Miscellaneous Laws
(625 ILCS 5/Ch. 11 Art. XIV heading) ARTICLE XIV. MISCELLANEOUS LAWS
(625 ILCS 5/11‑1401) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11‑1401)
Sec. 11‑1401. Unattended motor vehicles. No person driving or in charge of a motor vehicle shall permit it to stand unattended without first stopping the engine, locking the ignition, removing the key from the ignition, effectively setting the brake thereon and, when standing upon any perceptible grade, turning the front wheels to the curb or side of the highway.
(Source: P.A. 79‑1069) |
(625 ILCS 5/11‑1402) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11‑1402)
Sec. 11‑1402. Limitations on backing. (a) The driver of a vehicle shall not back the same unless such movement can be made with safety and without interfering with other traffic.
(b) The driver of a vehicle shall not back the same upon any shoulder or roadway of any controlled‑access highway.
(Source: P.A. 79‑1069.) |
(625 ILCS 5/11‑1403) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11‑1403)
Sec. 11‑1403. Riding on motorcycles. (a) A person operating a motorcycle shall ride only upon the permanent and regular seat attached thereto, and such operator shall not carry any other person nor shall any other person ride on a motorcycle unless such motorcycle is designed to carry more than one person, in which event a passenger may ride upon the permanent and regular seat if designed for 2 persons, or upon another seat firmly attached to the motorcycle at the rear or side of the operator.
(b) A person shall ride upon a motorcycle only while sitting astride the seat, facing forward, with one leg on each side of the motorcycle.
(c) No person shall operate any motorcycle with handlebars higher than the height of the shoulders of the operator when the operator is seated in the normal driving position astride that portion of the seat or saddle occupied by the operator.
(Source: P.A. 84‑602.) |
(625 ILCS 5/11‑1403.1) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11‑1403.1)
Sec. 11‑1403.1. Riding on mopeds.
(a) The operator of a moped shall ride only astride the permanent and regular seat attached thereto, and shall not permit 2 persons to ride thereon at the same time, unless the moped is designed to carry 2 persons; any moped designed for 2 persons must be equipped with a passenger seat and footrests for use of a passenger.
(b) The provisions of Article XV shall be applicable to the operation of mopeds, except for those provisions which by their nature can have no application to mopeds.
(Source: P.A. 96‑554, eff. 1‑1‑10.)
(625 ILCS 5/11‑1403.2) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11‑1403.2)
Sec. 11‑1403.2. No person shall operate a motorcycle, motor driven cycle, or moped on one wheel.
(Source: P.A. 96‑554, eff. 1‑1‑10.)
(625 ILCS 5/11‑1403.3) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11‑1403.3)
Sec. 11‑1403.3. Intercom helmets. Any driver of a vehicle defined in Section 1‑145.001, 1‑147, or 1‑148.2 of this Code may use a helmet equipped with an electronic intercom system permitting 2‑way vocal communication with drivers of any such vehicles or passengers on such vehicles.
(Source: P.A. 90‑89, eff. 1‑1‑98.) |
(625 ILCS 5/11‑1404) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11‑1404)
Sec. 11‑1404. Special equipment for persons riding motorcycles, motor driven cycles or mopeds.
(a) The operator of a motorcycle, motor driven cycle or moped and every passenger thereon shall be protected by glasses, goggles or a transparent shield.
(b) For the purposes of this Section, glasses, goggles, and transparent shields are defined as follows:
"Glasses" means ordinary eye pieces such as spectacles or sunglasses worn before the eye, made of shatter‑resistant material. Shatter‑resistant material, as used in this Section, means material so manufactured, fabricated, or created that it substantially prevents shattering or flying when struck or broken.
"Goggles" means a device worn before the eyes, the predominant function of which is protecting the eyes without obstructing peripheral vision. Goggles shall provide protection from the front and sides, and may or may not form a complete seal with the face.
"Transparent shield" means a windshield attached to the front of a motorcycle that extends above the eyes when an operator is seated in the normal, upright riding position, made of shatter‑resistant material, or a shatter‑resistant protective face shield that covers the wearer's eyes and face at least to a point approximately to the tip of the nose.
(c) Contact lenses are not acceptable eye protection devices.
(Source: P.A. 96‑554, eff. 1‑1‑10.)
(625 ILCS 5/11‑1405) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11‑1405)
Sec. 11‑1405. Required equipment on motorcycles.
Any motorcycle carrying a passenger, other than in a sidecar or enclosed cab, shall be equipped with footrests for such passenger.
(Source: P.A. 84‑602.) |
(625 ILCS 5/11‑1406) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11‑1406)
Sec. 11‑1406. Obstruction of driver's view or driving mechanism. (a) No person shall drive a vehicle when it is so loaded, or when there are in the front seat such a number of persons, exceeding three, as to obstruct the view of the driver to the front or sides of the vehicle or as to interfere with the driver's control over the driving mechanism of the vehicle.
(b) No passenger in a vehicle or streetcar shall ride in such position as to interfere with the driver's or motorman's view ahead or to the sides, or to interfere with his control over the driving mechanism of the vehicle or streetcar.
(c) No passenger on a school bus may ride or stand in a position as to interfere with the driver's view ahead or to the side or to the rear, or to interfere with his control of the driving mechanism of the bus.
(Source: P.A. 79‑1069.) |
(625 ILCS 5/11‑1407) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11‑1407)
Sec. 11‑1407. Opening and closing vehicle doors. No person shall open the door of a vehicle on the side available to moving traffic unless and until it is reasonably safe to do so, and can be done without interfering with the movement of other traffic, nor shall any person leave a door open on the side of a vehicle available to moving traffic for a period of time longer than necessary to load or unload passengers.
(Source: P.A. 79‑1069.) |
(625 ILCS 5/11‑1408) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11‑1408)
Sec. 11‑1408. Riding in house trailers. No person or persons shall occupy a house trailer, travel trailer while it is being towed upon a public highway.
(Source: P.A. 81‑969.) |
(625 ILCS 5/11‑1409) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11‑1409)
Sec. 11‑1409. Driving on mountain highways. The driver of a motor vehicle traveling through defiles or canyons or on mountain highways shall hold such motor vehicle under control and as near the right‑hand edge of the roadway as reasonably possible and, except when driving entirely to the right of the center of the roadway, shall give audible warning with the horn of such motor vehicle upon approaching any curve where the view is obstructed within a distance of 200 feet along the highway.
(Source: P.A. 79‑1069.) |
(625 ILCS 5/11‑1410) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11‑1410)
Sec. 11‑1410. Coasting prohibited. (a) The driver of any motor vehicle when traveling upon a down grade shall not coast with the gears or transmission of such vehicle in neutral.
(b) The driver of a truck or bus when traveling upon a down grade shall not coast with the clutch disengaged.
(Source: P.A. 79‑1069.) |
(625 ILCS 5/11‑1411) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11‑1411)
Sec. 11‑1411. Following fire apparatus prohibited. The driver of any vehicle other than one on official business shall not follow any fire apparatus traveling in response to a fire alarm closer than 500 feet or stop such vehicle within 500 feet of any fire apparatus stopped in answer to a fire alarm.
(Source: P.A. 79‑1069.) |
(625 ILCS 5/11‑1412) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11‑1412)
Sec. 11‑1412. Crossing fire hose.
No vehicle shall be driven over any unprotected hose of a fire department when laid down on any street, private road or driveway to be used at any fire or alarm of fire, without the consent of the fire department official in command.
(Source: P. A. 76‑1736.) |
(625 ILCS 5/11‑1412.1) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11‑1412.1)
Sec. 11‑1412.1. Driving upon sidewalk. No person shall drive any vehicle upon a sidewalk or sidewalk area except upon a permanent or duly authorized temporary driveway. This Section does not apply to any vehicle moved exclusively by human power, to any electric personal assistive mobility device, nor to any motorized wheelchair. Nothing in this Section shall be deemed to limit or preempt the authority of any home rule or non‑home rule unit of local government from regulating or prohibiting the use of electric personal assistive mobility devices.
(Source: P.A. 92‑868, eff. 6‑1‑03.) |
(625 ILCS 5/11‑1412.2)
Sec. 11‑1412.2. Operating an electric personal assistive mobility device on a public sidewalk. A person may not operate an electric personal assistive mobility device upon a public sidewalk at a speed greater than 8 miles per hour. Nothing in this Section shall be deemed to limit or preempt the authority of any home rule or non‑home rule unit of local government from regulating or prohibiting the use of electric personal assistive mobility devices.
(Source: P.A. 92‑868, eff. 6‑1‑03.) |
(625 ILCS 5/11‑1413) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11‑1413)
Sec. 11‑1413. Depositing material on highway prohibited.
(a) No person shall throw, spill or deposit upon any highway any bottle, glass, nails, tacks, wire, cans, or any litter (as defined in Section 3 of the Litter Control Act).
(b) Any person who violates subsection (a) upon any highway shall immediately remove such material or cause it to be removed.
(c) Any person removing a wrecked or damaged vehicle from a highway shall remove any glass or other debris, except any hazardous substance as defined in Section 3.215 of the Environmental Protection Act, hazardous waste as defined in Section 3.220 of the Environmental Protection Act, and potentially infectious medical waste as defined in Section 3.360 of the Environmental Protection Act, dropped upon the highway from such vehicle.
(Source: P.A. 92‑574, eff. 6‑26‑02.) |
(625 ILCS 5/11‑1414) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11‑1414)
Sec. 11‑1414. Approaching, overtaking, and passing school bus.
(a) The driver of a vehicle shall stop such vehicle before meeting or overtaking, from either direction, any school bus stopped at any location for the purpose of receiving or discharging pupils. Such stop is required before reaching the school bus when there is in operation on the school bus the visual signals as specified in Sections 12‑803 and 12‑805 of this Code. The driver of the vehicle shall not proceed until the school bus resumes motion or the driver of the vehicle is signaled by the school bus driver to proceed or the visual signals are no longer actuated.
(b) The stop signal arm required by Section 12‑803 of this Code shall be extended after the school bus has come to a complete stop for the purpose of loading or discharging pupils and shall be closed before the school bus is placed in motion again. The stop signal arm shall not be extended at any other time.
(c) The alternately flashing red signal lamps of an 8‑lamp flashing signal system required by Section 12‑805 of this Code shall be actuated after the school bus has come to a complete stop for the purpose of loading or discharging pupils and shall be turned off before the school bus is placed in motion again. The red signal lamps shall not be actuated at any other time except as provided in paragraph (d) of this Section.
(d) The alternately flashing amber signal lamps of an 8‑lamp flashing signal system required by Section 12‑805 of this Code shall be actuated continuously during not less than the last 100 feet traveled by the school bus before stopping for the purpose of loading or discharging pupils within an urban area and during not less than the last 200 feet traveled by the school bus outside an urban area. The amber signal lamps shall remain actuated until the school bus is stopped. The amber signal lamps shall not be actuated at any other time.
(d‑5) The alternately flashing head lamps permitted by Section 12‑805 of this Code may be operated while the alternately flashing red or amber signal lamps required by that Section are actuated.
(e) The driver of a vehicle upon a highway having 4 or more lanes which permits at least 2 lanes of traffic to travel in opposite directions need not stop such vehicle upon meeting a school bus which is stopped in the opposing roadway; and need not stop such vehicle when driving upon a controlled access highway when passing a school bus traveling in either direction that is stopped in a loading zone adjacent to the surfaced or improved part of the controlled access highway where pedestrians are not permitted to cross.
(f) Beginning with the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1985, the Secretary of State shall suspend for a period of 3 months the driving privileges of any person convicted of a violation of subsection (a) of this Section or a similar provision of a local ordinance; the Secretary shall suspend for a period of one year the driving privileges of any person convicted of a second or subsequent violation of subsection (a) of this Section or a similar provision of a local ordinance if the second or subsequent violation occurs within 5 years of a prior conviction for the same offense. In addition to the suspensions authorized by this Section, any person convicted of violating this Section or a similar provision of a local ordinance shall be subject to a mandatory fine of $150 or, upon a second or subsequent violation, $500. The Secretary may also grant, for the duration of any suspension issued under this subsection, a restricted driving permit granting the privilege of driving a motor vehicle between the driver's residence and place of employment or within other proper limits that the Secretary of State shall find necessary to avoid any undue hardship. A restricted driving permit issued hereunder shall be subject to cancellation, revocation and suspension by the Secretary of State in like manner and for like cause as a driver's license may be cancelled, revoked or suspended; except that a conviction upon one or more offenses against laws or ordinances regulating the movement of traffic shall be deemed sufficient cause for the revocation, suspension or cancellation of the restricted driving permit. The Secretary of State may, as a condition to the issuance of a restricted driving permit, require the applicant to participate in a designated driver remedial or rehabilitative program. Any conviction for a violation of this subsection shall be included as an offense for the purposes of determining suspension action under any other provision of this Code, provided however, that the penalties provided under this subsection shall be imposed unless those penalties imposed under other applicable provisions are greater.
The owner of any vehicle alleged to have violated paragraph (a) of this Section shall, upon appropriate demand by the State's Attorney or other designated person acting in response to a signed complaint, provide a written statement or deposition identifying the operator of the vehicle if such operator was not the owner at the time of the alleged violation. Failure to supply such information shall result in the suspension of the vehicle registration of the vehicle for a period of 3 months. In the event the owner has assigned control for the use of the vehicle to another, the person to whom control was assigned shall comply with the provisions of this paragraph and be subject to the same penalties as herein provided.
(Source: P.A. 95‑105, eff. 1‑1‑08; 95‑331, eff. 8‑21‑07.)
(625 ILCS 5/11‑1414.1) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11‑1414.1)
(Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 96‑410)
Sec. 11‑1414.1. School transportation of students.
(a) Every student enrolled in grade 12 or below in any entity listed in paragraph (a) of Section 1‑182 of this Code who is transported in a second division motor vehicle owned or operated by or for that entity, in connection with any official activity of such entity, must be transported in a school bus or a bus described in subparagraph (1) of paragraph (b) of Section 1‑182.
(b) This Section shall not apply to any second division vehicle being used by such entity in a parade, homecoming or similar school activity, nor to a motor vehicle designed for the transportation of not less than 7 nor more than 16 persons while that vehicle is being operated by or for a public or private primary or secondary school, including any primary or secondary school operated by a religious institution, for the purpose of transporting not more than 15 students to and from interscholastic athletic or other interscholastic or school sponsored activities.
(Source: P.A. 89‑132, eff. 7‑14‑95.)
(Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 96‑410)
Sec. 11‑1414.1. School transportation of students.
(a) Every student enrolled in grade 12 or below in any entity listed in subsection (a) of Section 1‑182 of this Code must be transported in a school bus or a vehicle described in subdivision (1) or (2) of subsection (b) of Section 1‑182 of this Code for any curriculum‑related school activity. "Curriculum‑related school activity" as used in this subsection (a) includes transportation from home to school or from school to home, tripper or shuttle service between school attendance centers, transportation to a vocational or career center or other trade‑skill development site or a regional safe school or other school‑sponsored alternative learning program, or a trip that is directly related to the regular curriculum of a student for which he or she earns credit.
(b) Every student enrolled in grade 12 or below in any entity listed in subsection (a) of Section 1‑182 of this Code who is transported in a vehicle that is being operated by or for a public or private primary or secondary school, including any primary or secondary school operated by a religious institution, for an interscholastic, interscholastic‑athletic, or school‑sponsored, noncurriculum‑related activity that (i) does not require student participation as part of the educational services of the entity and (ii) is not associated with the students' regular class‑for‑credit schedule shall transport students only in a school bus or vehicle described in subsection (b) of Section 1‑182 of this Code. This subsection (b) does not apply to any second division vehicle used by an entity listed in subsection (a) of Section 1‑182 of this Code for a parade, homecoming, or a similar noncurriculum‑related school activity.
(Source: P.A. 96‑410, eff. 7‑1‑10.)
(625 ILCS 5/11‑1415) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11‑1415)
Sec. 11‑1415. School buses stopping, loading and discharging passengers on one‑way roadways on highways having 4 or more lanes. (a) A school bus traveling on a one‑way roadway or a highway having 4 or more lanes for vehicular traffic shall stop for the loading or discharging of passengers only on the right side of the highway. If the highway has 4 or more lanes and permits traffic to operate in both directions, the school bus shall load or discharge only those passengers whose residences are located to the right of the highway. The routes of school buses shall be so arranged that no child shall be required to cross a highway of 4 or more lanes to board a school bus or to reach such child's residence after leaving the school bus. A school child in an urban area shall cross a highway only at a crossing for pedestrians, except as provided in paragraph (b) of this Section.
(b) With respect to school children crossing a highway at other than a pedestrian crossing, this Section shall not apply when children are escorted or controlled by competent persons designated by the school authorities or by police officers.
(Source: P.A. 83‑905.) |
(625 ILCS 5/11‑1416) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11‑1416)
Sec. 11‑1416. Obstructing person in highways. No person shall wilfully and unnecessarily hinder, obstruct or delay, or wilfully and unnecessarily attempt to delay, hinder or obstruct any other person in lawfully driving or traveling along or upon any highway within this State or offer for barter or sale merchandise on said highway so as to interfere with the effective movement of traffic.
(Source: P.A. 80‑911.) |
(625 ILCS 5/11‑1417) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11‑1417)
Sec. 11‑1417. Travel regulated.
It shall be unlawful for any person to drive or cause to be driven a vehicle of any description in or upon any portion of the highway immediately after the same has been dragged and before such portion of the highway shall have partially dried out or frozen; provided, that nothing in this Section shall apply in those instances where it is impossible to drive with safety at one side of said dragged portion of the road, or where a vehicle does not make a rut on such dragged portion of the road, injurious to the work accomplished by use of the road drag or where a vehicle does not make a rut nearer than nine (9) feet from the center of the dragged portion of the road.
(Source: P.A. 76‑1586.) |
(625 ILCS 5/11‑1418) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11‑1418)
Sec. 11‑1418. Farm tractor operation regulated.
No person shall operate a farm tractor on a highway unless the tractor is being used as an implement of husbandry in connection with farming operations.
For the purpose of this Section, use of a farm tractor as an implement of husbandry in connection with farming operations shall be deemed to include use of the tractor in connection with the transportation of agricultural products and of farm machinery, equipment and supplies as well as transportation of the implement of husbandry from its place of purchase to its place of storage, in connection with the obtaining of repairs of the implement of husbandry, and the towing of a registered truck not more than 8,000 pounds for use as return transportation after the tractor is left at the place of work or repair.
(Source: P.A. 87‑1028.) |
(625 ILCS 5/11‑1419) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11‑1419)
Sec. 11‑1419. Operation of motor vehicles ‑ Duration ‑ Exceptions. It is unlawful for any owner to require, permit or allow any operator of any of his motor vehicles of the second division to operate any such motor vehicle for a longer period than 10 hours following 8 consecutive hours off‑duty or drive for any period after having been on duty 15 hours following 8 consecutive hours off‑duty, or to be or remain on duty more than 60 hours in any 7 consecutive days, and whenever any such operator has operated such motor vehicle for 10 hours following 8 consecutive hours off‑duty or has been on duty 15 hours following 8 consecutive hours off‑duty, he or she shall be relieved and not required, permitted or allowed again to operate any such motor vehicle until he or she has had at least 8 consecutive hours off‑duty. The Department of State Police shall fix by general rule or temporary order the circumstances and regulations under which in case of emergency or unusual temporary demands for transportation any such operator may be permitted to operate any such motor vehicle or to stay on duty for longer periods of time than set by this Section.
The provisions of this Section shall not apply to any public utility in the operation of any motor vehicle not for hire in case of emergency or in case of unusual temporary necessity for transportation of persons or property or safeguarding of vehicles and their loads, nor shall such provisions apply to operation of any motor vehicle as a part of the agricultural operations of canning, packing or freezing establishments engaged in the growing and processing of perishable fruits and vegetables, including the hauling of such products between fields and such canning, packing or freezing establishments and between such establishments, nor shall such provisions apply to operation of any motor vehicle being used for transportation of construction materials or equipment to, on or from construction sites within a radius of 50 miles of such construction sites, nor to driver sales persons operating within a radius of 50 miles of their principal place of business.
(Source: P.A. 84‑1308.) |
(625 ILCS 5/11‑1419.01) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11‑1419.01)
Sec. 11‑1419.01. Operating without a valid single trip permit. If a single trip permit is required by Section 13a.5 of the Motor Fuel Tax Law, a motor carrier shall not operate in Illinois without a single trip permit issued by the Department of Revenue or its agents.
If a commercial motor vehicle is found operating in Illinois without displaying a required valid single trip permit, the operator is guilty of a petty offense as provided in Section 13a.6 of the Motor Fuel Tax Law.
(Source: P.A. 94‑1074, eff. 12‑26‑06.)
(625 ILCS 5/11‑1419.02) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11‑1419.02)
Sec. 11‑1419.02. Failure to display a valid motor fuel use tax license.
(a) If required by Section 13a.4 of the Motor Fuel Tax Law, every valid motor fuel use tax license, or an authorized reproduction, shall at all times be carried in the cab of the vehicle. The operator shall display the license or reproduction upon demand of a police officer or agent of the Department of Revenue. An operator who fails to display a valid motor fuel use tax license is guilty of a petty offense as provided in Section 13a.6 of the Motor Fuel Tax Law.
(b) As used in this Section:
"Display" means the manual surrender of the motor fuel use tax license into the hands of the demanding officer or agent for inspection.
"Motor fuel use tax license" means a motor fuel use tax license issued by the Department of Revenue or by any member jurisdiction under the International Fuel Tax Agreement, or a valid 30 day International Fuel Tax Agreement temporary permit.
(Source: P.A. 94‑1074, eff. 12‑26‑06.)
(625 ILCS 5/11‑1419.03)
Sec. 11‑1419.03. Failure to Display Valid External Motor Fuel Use Tax Decals.
(a) Except as provided in the Motor Fuel Tax Law, a motor carrier shall not operate or cause to be operated a commercial motor vehicle upon the highways of this State unless there is properly affixed to that commercial vehicle 2 valid external motor use tax decals required by Section 13a.4 of the Motor Fuel Tax Law. An operator who operates a commercial motor vehicle without 2 properly displayed valid external motor fuel use tax decals is guilty of a petty offense as provided in Section 13a.6 of the Motor Fuel Tax Law. A valid 30‑day International Fuel Tax Agreement temporary permit may be displayed instead of decals during the temporary period specified on the permit.