Bill Text: IL SB2951 | 2009-2010 | 96th General Assembly | Enrolled

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Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that a person commits crowding or threatening a bicyclist when a person driving a motor vehicle recklessly drives the motor vehicle unnecessarily close to, toward, or near a bicyclist. Provides that every person convicted of crowding or threatening a bicyclist shall be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor if the violation does not result in great bodily harm or permanent disability or disfigurement to another. Provides that if a crowding or threatening a bicyclist violation results in great bodily harm or permanent disability or disfigurement to another, the person shall be guilty of a Class 4 felony. Provides that a person commits projecting or throwing missiles at bicyclists, a Class A misdemeanor, when a person projects or throws any missile (defined as any object or substance) at or against a bicyclist. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2010-07-06 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-1007 [SB2951 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2009-SB2951-Enrolled.html

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AN ACT concerning transportation.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by changing
Section 11-703 as follows:
(625 ILCS 5/11-703) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-703)
Sec. 11-703. Overtaking a vehicle on the left. The
following rules govern the overtaking and passing of vehicles
proceeding in the same direction, subject to those limitations,
exceptions, and special rules otherwise stated in this Chapter:
(a) The driver of a vehicle overtaking another vehicle
proceeding in the same direction shall pass to the left
thereof at a safe distance and shall not again drive to the
right side of the roadway until safely clear of the
overtaken vehicle. In no event shall such movement be made
by driving off the pavement or the main traveled portion of
the roadway.
(b) Except when overtaking and passing on the right is
permitted, the driver of an overtaken vehicle shall give
way to the right in favor of the overtaking vehicle on
audible signal and shall not increase the speed of his
vehicle until completely passed by the overtaking vehicle.
(c) The driver of a 2 wheeled vehicle may not, in

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passing upon the left of any vehicle proceeding in the same
direction, pass upon the right of any vehicle proceeding in
the same direction unless there is an unobstructed lane of
traffic available to permit such passing maneuver safely.
(d) The operator of a motor vehicle overtaking a
bicycle or individual proceeding in the same direction on a
highway shall leave a safe distance, but not less than 3
feet, when passing the bicycle or individual and shall
maintain that distance until safely past the overtaken
bicycle or individual.
(e) A person driving a motor vehicle shall not, in a
reckless manner, drive the motor vehicle unnecessarily
close to, toward, or near a bicyclist, pedestrian, or a
person riding a horse or driving an animal drawn vehicle.
(f) Every person convicted of paragraph (e) of this
Section shall be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor if the
violation does not result in great bodily harm or permanent
disability or disfigurement to another. If the violation
results in great bodily harm or permanent disability or
disfigurement to another, the person shall be guilty of a
Class 3 felony.
(Source: P.A. 95-231, eff. 1-1-08.)