Bill Text: IL SB0070 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Requires every low-speed electric bicycle to at all times be equipped with a lamp visible from the front. Requires every moped to be equipped with a lamp. Requires every motorcycle, motor-driven cycle, moped, and low-speed electric bicycle to at all times have at least one lighted lamp when operating on a highway in this State.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-10-10 - Pursuant to Senate Rule 3-9(b) / Referred to Assignments [SB0070 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2015-SB0070-Introduced.html
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1 | AN ACT concerning transportation.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by changing | |||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | Sections 11-1507, 11-1507.1, and 12-201 as follows:
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6 | (625 ILCS 5/11-1507) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-1507)
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7 | Sec. 11-1507. Lamps and other equipment on bicycles. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
8 | (a) Every bicycle
when in use at nighttime and every | |||||||||||||||||||||||
9 | low-speed bicycle at all times, shall be equipped with a
lamp | |||||||||||||||||||||||
10 | on the front which shall emit a white light visible from a | |||||||||||||||||||||||
11 | distance
of at least 500 feet to the front and with a red | |||||||||||||||||||||||
12 | reflector on the rear
of a type approved by the Department | |||||||||||||||||||||||
13 | which shall be visible from all
distances from 100 feet to 600 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
14 | feet to the rear when directly in front
of lawful lower beams | |||||||||||||||||||||||
15 | of headlamps on a motor vehicle. A lamp emitting
a red light | |||||||||||||||||||||||
16 | visible from a distance of 500 feet to the rear may be used
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17 | addition to the red reflector.
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18 | (b) A bicycle shall not be equipped with nor shall any | |||||||||||||||||||||||
19 | person use
upon a bicycle any siren. This subsection (b) does | |||||||||||||||||||||||
20 | not apply to a bicycle that is a police vehicle or fire | |||||||||||||||||||||||
21 | department vehicle.
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22 | (c) Every bicycle shall be equipped with a brake which will
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23 | adequately control movement of and stop and hold such bicycle.
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1 | (d) No person shall sell a new bicycle or pedal for use on | ||||||
2 | a bicycle
that is not equipped with a reflex reflector | ||||||
3 | conforming to
specifications prescribed by the Department, on | ||||||
4 | each pedal, visible from
the front and rear of the bicycle | ||||||
5 | during darkness from a distance of 200
feet.
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6 | (e) No person shall sell or offer for sale a new bicycle | ||||||
7 | that is not
equipped with side reflectors. Such reflectors | ||||||
8 | shall be visible from
each side of the bicycle from a distance | ||||||
9 | of 500 feet and shall be essentially
colorless or red to
the | ||||||
10 | rear of the center of the bicycle and essentially colorless or | ||||||
11 | amber
to the front of the
center of the bicycle provided. The | ||||||
12 | requirements of this paragraph may
be met by reflective | ||||||
13 | materials which shall be at least 3/16 of an inch
wide on each | ||||||
14 | side of each tire or rim to indicate as clearly as possible
the | ||||||
15 | continuous circular shape and size of the tires or rims of such
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16 | bicycle and which reflective materials may be of the same color | ||||||
17 | on both
the front and rear tire or rim. Such reflectors shall | ||||||
18 | conform to
specifications prescribed by the Department.
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19 | (f) No person shall sell or offer for sale a new bicycle | ||||||
20 | that is not
equipped with an essentially colorless front-facing | ||||||
21 | reflector.
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22 | (Source: P.A. 95-28, eff. 8-7-07.)
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23 | (625 ILCS 5/11-1507.1) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-1507.1)
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24 | Sec. 11-1507.1. Lamps on mopeds. Every moped , when in use | ||||||
25 | at nighttime, shall be equipped with a lamp on
the front which |
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1 | shall emit a white light visible from a distance of at
least | ||||||
2 | 500 feet to the front, and with a red reflector on the rear of a
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3 | type approved by the Department which shall be visible from all
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4 | distances from 100 feet to 600 feet to the rear when in front | ||||||
5 | of lawful,
low-powered beams of head lamps on a motor vehicle. | ||||||
6 | A lamp emitting a
red light visible from a distance of 500 feet | ||||||
7 | to the rear may be used in
addition to the red reflector.
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8 | (Source: P.A. 96-554, eff. 1-1-10.)
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9 | (625 ILCS 5/12-201) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 12-201)
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10 | Sec. 12-201. When lighted lamps are required.
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11 | (a) When operated upon any highway in this State, every | ||||||
12 | motorcycle , motor-driven cycle, moped, and low-speed electric | ||||||
13 | bicycle shall at
all times exhibit at least one lighted lamp, | ||||||
14 | showing a white light visible
for at least 500 feet in the
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15 | direction the motorcycle , motor-driven cycle, moped, or | ||||||
16 | low-speed electric bicycle is proceeding. However, in lieu of | ||||||
17 | the such lighted
lamp, a motorcycle , motor-driven cycle, moped, | ||||||
18 | or low-speed electric bicycle may be equipped with and use a | ||||||
19 | means of modulating the
upper beam of the head lamp between | ||||||
20 | high and a lower brightness. No such
head lamp shall be | ||||||
21 | modulated, except to otherwise comply with this Code,
during | ||||||
22 | times when lighted lamps are required for other motor vehicles.
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23 | (b) All other motor vehicles shall
exhibit at least 2 | ||||||
24 | lighted head lamps, with at least one on each side
of the front | ||||||
25 | of the vehicle, which satisfy United States Department of
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1 | Transportation requirements, showing white lights, including | ||||||
2 | that emitted
by high intensity discharge (HID) lamps, or lights | ||||||
3 | of a yellow or amber tint,
during the period from sunset to | ||||||
4 | sunrise, at times when rain, snow, fog, or
other atmospheric | ||||||
5 | conditions require the use of windshield wipers, and at
any | ||||||
6 | other times when, due to insufficient light or unfavorable | ||||||
7 | atmospheric
conditions, persons and vehicles on the highway are | ||||||
8 | not clearly discernible at
a distance of 1000 feet. Parking | ||||||
9 | lamps may be used in addition to but not in
lieu of such head | ||||||
10 | lamps. Every motor vehicle, trailer, or semi-trailer shall
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11 | exhibit at least 2 lighted lamps, commonly known as tail lamps, | ||||||
12 | which
shall be mounted on the left rear and right rear of the | ||||||
13 | vehicle so as to throw
a red light visible for at least 500 | ||||||
14 | feet in the reverse direction, except that
a truck tractor or | ||||||
15 | road tractor manufactured before January 1, 1968 and all
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16 | motorcycles need be equipped with only one such tail lamp.
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17 | (c) Either a tail lamp or a separate lamp shall be so | ||||||
18 | constructed
and placed as to illuminate with a white light a | ||||||
19 | rear registration plate
when required and render it clearly | ||||||
20 | legible from a distance of 50 feet
to the rear. Any tail lamp | ||||||
21 | or tail lamps, together with any separate
lamp or lamps for | ||||||
22 | illuminating a rear registration plate, shall be so
wired as to | ||||||
23 | be lighted whenever the head lamps or auxiliary driving lamps
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24 | are lighted.
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25 | (d) A person shall install only head lamps that satisfy | ||||||
26 | United States
Department of Transportation regulations and |
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1 | show white light, including that
emitted by HID lamps, or light | ||||||
2 | of a yellow or amber tint for use by a motor
vehicle.
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3 | (e) (Blank).
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4 | (Source: P.A. 96-487, eff. 1-1-10.)
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