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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 2-112 and 6-109 as follows:
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| 6 | | (625 ILCS 5/2-112) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 2-112)
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| 7 | | Sec. 2-112. Distribution of synopsis laws.
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| 8 | | (a) The Secretary of State may publish a synopsis or |
| 9 | | summary of the laws of
this State regulating the operation of |
| 10 | | vehicles and may deliver a copy
thereof without charge with |
| 11 | | each original vehicle registration and with
each original |
| 12 | | driver's license.
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| 13 | | (b) The Secretary of State shall make any necessary |
| 14 | | revisions in its publications including, but not limited to, |
| 15 | | the Illinois Rules of the Road, to accurately conform its |
| 16 | | publications to the provisions of the Pedestrians with |
| 17 | | Disabilities Safety Act. |
| 18 | | (c) The Secretary of State shall include, in the Illinois |
| 19 | | Rules of the Road publication, information advising drivers to |
| 20 | | use the Dutch Reach method when opening a vehicle door after |
| 21 | | parallel parking on a street (checking the rear-view mirror, |
| 22 | | checking the side-view mirror, then opening the door with the |
| 23 | | right hand, thereby reducing the risk of injuring a bicyclist |
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| 1 | | or opening the door in the path a vehicle approaching from |
| 2 | | behind). |
| 3 | | (Source: P.A. 96-1167, eff. 7-22-10.)
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| 4 | | (625 ILCS 5/6-109)
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| 5 | | Sec. 6-109. Examination of Applicants. |
| 6 | | (a) The Secretary of State shall examine every applicant |
| 7 | | for a driver's
license or permit who has not been previously |
| 8 | | licensed as a driver under the
laws of this State or any other |
| 9 | | state or country, or any applicant for renewal
of such driver's |
| 10 | | license or permit when such license or permit has been expired
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| 11 | | for more than one year. The Secretary of State shall, subject |
| 12 | | to the
provisions of paragraph (c), examine every licensed |
| 13 | | driver at least every 8
years, and may examine or re-examine |
| 14 | | any other applicant or licensed driver,
provided that during |
| 15 | | the years 1984 through 1991 those drivers issued a license
for |
| 16 | | 3 years may be re-examined not less than every 7 years or more |
| 17 | | than every
10 years. |
| 18 | | The Secretary of State shall require the testing of the |
| 19 | | eyesight of any
driver's license or permit applicant who has |
| 20 | | not been previously licensed
as a driver under the laws of this |
| 21 | | State and shall promulgate rules and
regulations to provide for |
| 22 | | the orderly administration of all the provisions of
this |
| 23 | | Section. |
| 24 | | The Secretary of State shall include at least one test |
| 25 | | question that concerns the provisions of the Pedestrians with |
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| 1 | | Disabilities Safety Act in the question pool used for the |
| 2 | | written portion of the drivers license examination within one |
| 3 | | year after July 22, 2010 (the effective date of Public Act |
| 4 | | 96-1167). |
| 5 | | The Secretary of State shall include, in the question pool |
| 6 | | used for the written portion of the driver's license |
| 7 | | examination, test questions concerning safe driving in the |
| 8 | | presence of bicycles, of which one may be concerning the Dutch |
| 9 | | Reach method as described in Section 2-112. |
| 10 | | (b) Except as provided for those applicants in paragraph |
| 11 | | (c), such
examination shall include a test of the applicant's
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| 12 | | eyesight, his ability to read and understand official traffic |
| 13 | | control devices,
his knowledge of safe driving practices and |
| 14 | | the traffic laws of this State,
and may include an actual |
| 15 | | demonstration of the applicant's ability to exercise
ordinary |
| 16 | | and reasonable control of the operation of a motor vehicle, and
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| 17 | | such further physical and mental examination as the Secretary |
| 18 | | of State finds
necessary to determine the applicant's fitness |
| 19 | | to operate a motor vehicle
safely on the highways, except the |
| 20 | | examination of an applicant 75 years
of age or older shall |
| 21 | | include an actual demonstration of the applicant's
ability to |
| 22 | | exercise ordinary and reasonable control of the operation of
a |
| 23 | | motor vehicle. All portions of written and verbal examinations |
| 24 | | under
this Section, excepting where the English language |
| 25 | | appears on facsimiles
of road signs, may be given in the |
| 26 | | Spanish language and, at the discretion
of the Secretary of |
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| 1 | | State, in any other language as well as in English upon
request |
| 2 | | of the examinee. Deaf persons who are otherwise qualified are |
| 3 | | not
prohibited from being issued a license, other than a |
| 4 | | commercial driver's
license, under this Code. |
| 5 | | (c) Re-examination for those applicants who at the time of |
| 6 | | renewing their
driver's license possess a driving record devoid |
| 7 | | of any convictions of traffic
violations or evidence of |
| 8 | | committing an offense
for which mandatory revocation
would be |
| 9 | | required upon conviction pursuant to Section 6-205 at the time
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| 10 | | of renewal shall be in a manner prescribed by the Secretary
in |
| 11 | | order to determine an applicant's ability to safely operate a |
| 12 | | motor
vehicle,
except that every applicant for the renewal of a |
| 13 | | driver's license who is
75 years of age or older must prove, by |
| 14 | | an actual demonstration,
the applicant's ability to exercise |
| 15 | | reasonable care in the safe operation
of a motor vehicle. |
| 16 | | (d) In the event the applicant is not ineligible under the |
| 17 | | provisions of
Section 6-103 to receive a driver's license, the |
| 18 | | Secretary of State
shall make provision for giving an |
| 19 | | examination, either in the county where
the applicant resides |
| 20 | | or at a place adjacent thereto reasonably convenient
to the |
| 21 | | applicant, within not more than 30 days from the date said
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| 22 | | application is received. |
| 23 | | (e) The Secretary of State may adopt rules regarding the |
| 24 | | use of foreign language interpreters during the application and |
| 25 | | examination process. |
| 26 | | (Source: P.A. 96-1167, eff. 7-22-10; 96-1231, eff. 7-23-10; |