Bill Text: IL HB0625 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Engrossed
Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that whenever a pedestrian crossing warning sign with a rectangular rapid flashing beacon is in place at an intersection where traffic control signals are not in place or at a plainly marked crosswalk, a driver of a vehicle shall yield the right-of-way to a pedestrian when the rectangular rapid flashing beacon is activated. Defines "rectangular rapid flashing beacon". Provides that a violation of the provision is a Class C misdemeanor, except that a violation of the provision that results in serious bodily injury or death to another is a Class 2 felony.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Failed) 2019-01-08 - Session Sine Die [HB0625 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2017-HB0625-Engrossed.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 | Section 11-1002 as follows:
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| 6 | (625 ILCS 5/11-1002) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-1002)
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| 7 | Sec. 11-1002. Pedestrians' right-of-way at crosswalks. | ||||||
| 8 | (a) When
traffic control signals are not in place or not in | ||||||
| 9 | operation the driver of
a vehicle shall stop and yield the | ||||||
| 10 | right-of-way to a pedestrian crossing the roadway within a | ||||||
| 11 | crosswalk when the pedestrian
is upon the half of the roadway | ||||||
| 12 | upon which the vehicle is traveling, or when
the pedestrian is | ||||||
| 13 | approaching so closely from the opposite half of the roadway
as | ||||||
| 14 | to be in danger.
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| 15 | (b) No pedestrian shall suddenly leave a curb or other | ||||||
| 16 | place of safety
and walk or run into the path of a moving | ||||||
| 17 | vehicle which is so close as to
constitute an immediate hazard.
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| 18 | (c) Paragraph (a) shall not apply under the condition | ||||||
| 19 | stated in Section
11-1003(b).
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| 20 | (d) Whenever any vehicle is stopped at a marked crosswalk
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| 21 | or at any unmarked crosswalk at an intersection to permit a | ||||||
| 22 | pedestrian to
cross the roadway, the driver of any other | ||||||
| 23 | vehicle approaching from the rear
shall not overtake and pass | ||||||
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| 1 | such stopped vehicle.
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| 2 | (e) Whenever stop signs or flashing red signals are in
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| 3 | place at an intersection or at a plainly marked crosswalk | ||||||
| 4 | between
intersections, drivers shall yield right-of-way to | ||||||
| 5 | pedestrians as
set forth in Section 11-904 of this Chapter.
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| 6 | (f) Whenever a pedestrian crossing warning sign with a | ||||||
| 7 | rectangular rapid flashing beacon is in place at an | ||||||
| 8 | intersection where traffic control signals are not in place or | ||||||
| 9 | at a plainly marked crosswalk, a driver of a vehicle shall stop | ||||||
| 10 | and yield the right-of-way to a pedestrian when the rectangular | ||||||
| 11 | rapid flashing beacon is activated. For purposes of this | ||||||
| 12 | subsection (f), "rectangular rapid flashing beacon" means a | ||||||
| 13 | pedestrian-activated LED beacon system with 2 rapidly and | ||||||
| 14 | alternately flashing rectangular yellow lights that conforms | ||||||
| 15 | to Federal Highway Administration guidelines. | ||||||
| 16 | A violation of this subsection is a Class C misdemeanor, | ||||||
| 17 | except that a violation that results in serious bodily injury | ||||||
| 18 | or death to another is a Class 4 felony. | ||||||
| 19 | (Source: P.A. 96-1165, eff. 7-22-10.)
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