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Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2007 09:58:51 -0500
From: Donald L Miller Jr <bcycleracr@...>
Reply-To: BikeIllinois@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [BikeIllinois] Illinois Senate Bill 80 passes on 8-16-08
To: BikeIllinois <BikeIllinois@yahoogroups.com>, Dicecycling
<dicecycling@yahoogroups.com>

From Senate Bill 80 in the Illinois Congress concerning bicycles.see laws
about bicycle changes in red.


Public Act 095-0231


SB0080 Enrolled

LRB095 04586 DRH 24641 b

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 Sections
11-703, 11-806, and 11-1505 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 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.
(Source: P.A. 76-1586.) (625 ILCS 5/11-806) (from Ch. 95 1/2,
par. 11-806)
Sec. 11-806. Method of giving hand and arm signals.
All signals herein required given by hand and arm shall be given
from the left side of the vehicle in the following manner and such
signals shall indicate as follows:
1. Left turn - Hand and arm extended horizontally.
2. Right turn - Hand and arm extended upward, except that a
person operating a bicycle may extend the right hand and arm
horizontally and to the right side of the bicycle.
3. Stop or decrease of speed - Hand and arm extended downward.
(Source: P.A. 76-1586.)

(625 ILCS 5/11-1505) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-1505)

Sec. 11-1505. Position of bicycles and motorized pedal cycles on
roadways -Riding on roadways and bicycle paths. (a) Any person
operating a bicycle or motorized pedal cycle upon a roadway at less
than the normal speed of traffic at the time and place and under the
conditions then existing shall ride as close as practicable and safe
to the right-hand curb or edge of the roadway (this means we DO NOT
have to hug the gutter but can be out in
the roadway) except under the following situations:
1. When overtaking and passing another bicycle, motorized pedal
cycle or vehicle proceeding in the same direction; or
2. When preparing for a left turn at an intersection or into a
private road or driveway; or
3. When reasonably necessary to avoid conditions including, but
not limited to, fixed or moving objects, parked or moving vehicles,
bicycles, motorized pedal cycles, pedestrians, animals, surface
hazards, or substandard width lanes that make it unsafe to continue
along the right-hand curb or edge. For purposes of this subsection, a
"substandard width lane" means a lane that is too narrow for a bicycle
or motorized pedal cycle and a vehicle to travel safely side by side
within the lane.
4. When approaching a place where a right turn is authorized.
(b) Any person operating a bicycle or motorized pedal cycle upon
a one-way highway with two or more marked traffic lanes may ride as
near the left-hand curb or edge of such roadway as practicable.
(Source: P.A. 83-549.)
http://ilga.gov/legislation/publicacts/fulltext.asp?Name=095-0231

Effective Date: 1/1/2008





Donnie Miller
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