Bill Text: IL HB3469 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Chaptered
Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Reinforces that a vehicle operated by a fire chief, a chief of police of a municipality, a sheriff of a county, or a chief emergency medical services officer may be equipped with a siren, whistle, or bell capable of emitting sound audible under normal conditions from a distance of not less than 500 feet.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 5-3)
Status: (Passed) 2017-08-18 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-0182 [HB3469 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2017-HB3469-Chaptered.html
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Public Act 100-0182 | ||||
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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 | ||||
Section 12-601 as follows:
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(625 ILCS 5/12-601) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 12-601)
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Sec. 12-601. Horns and warning devices.
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(a) Every motor vehicle when
operated upon a highway shall | ||||
be equipped with a horn in good working order
and capable of | ||||
emitting sound audible under normal conditions from a distance
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of not less than 200 feet, but no horn or other warning device | ||||
shall emit an
unreasonable loud or harsh sound or a whistle. | ||||
The driver of a motor vehicle
shall when reasonably necessary | ||||
to insure safe operation give audible warning
with his horn but | ||||
shall not otherwise use such horn when upon a highway.
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(b) No vehicle shall be equipped with nor shall any person | ||||
use upon a
vehicle
any siren, whistle, or bell, except as | ||||
otherwise permitted in this section.
Any authorized emergency | ||||
vehicle or organ transport vehicle as defined in
Chapter 1 of | ||||
this Code or a vehicle operated by a fire chief or the Director | ||||
or Coordinator of a municipal or county emergency services and | ||||
disaster agency, Act may be
equipped with a siren, whistle, or | ||||
bell, capable of emitting sound audible
under normal conditions |
from a distance of not less than 500 feet, but such
siren, | ||
whistle or bell, shall not be used except when such vehicle is | ||
operated
in response to an emergency call or in the immediate | ||
pursuit
of an actual or
suspected violator of the law in either | ||
of which events the driver of such
vehicle shall sound such | ||
siren, whistle or bell, when necessary to warn
pedestrians and | ||
other drivers of the approach thereof.
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(c) Trackless trolley coaches, as defined by Section 1-206 | ||
of this Code,
and replica trolleys, as defined by Section | ||
1-171.04 of this Code, may
be equipped with a bell or bells in | ||
lieu of a horn, and may, in addition to
the requirements of | ||
paragraph (a) of this Section, use a bell or bells for the
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purpose of indicating arrival or departure at designated stops | ||
during the hours
of scheduled operation.
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(Source: P.A. 89-345, eff. 1-1-96; 89-687, eff. 6-1-97; 90-347, | ||
eff.
1-1-98; 90-655, eff. 7-30-98.)
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