Bill Text: IL SB1381 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly | Engrossed
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Bill Title: Amends the Vehicle Code to allow a vehicle or pedestrian to enter an intersection under direction of a flashing yellow traffic-control signal, but yield to pedestrians and other vehicles already lawfully within the intersection. Effective immediately.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: (Passed) 2014-07-31 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-0798 [SB1381 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2013-SB1381-Engrossed.html
Bill Title: Amends the Vehicle Code to allow a vehicle or pedestrian to enter an intersection under direction of a flashing yellow traffic-control signal, but yield to pedestrians and other vehicles already lawfully within the intersection. Effective immediately.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: (Passed) 2014-07-31 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-0798 [SB1381 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2013-SB1381-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 11-306 as follows:
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6 | (625 ILCS 5/11-306)
(from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-306)
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7 | Sec. 11-306. Traffic-control signal legend. Whenever | ||||||
8 | traffic is controlled
by traffic-control signals exhibiting | ||||||
9 | different colored lights or color
lighted arrows, successively | ||||||
10 | one at a time or in combination, only the
colors green, red and | ||||||
11 | yellow shall be used, except for special pedestrian
signals | ||||||
12 | carrying a word legend, and the lights shall indicate and apply | ||||||
13 | to
drivers of vehicles and pedestrians as follows:
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14 | (a) Green indication.
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15 | 1. Vehicular traffic facing a circular green signal may
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16 | proceed
straight through or turn right or left unless a | ||||||
17 | sign at such place
prohibits either such turn. Vehicular | ||||||
18 | traffic, including vehicles turning
right or left, shall | ||||||
19 | yield the right of way to other vehicles and to
pedestrians | ||||||
20 | lawfully within the intersection or an adjacent crosswalk | ||||||
21 | at
the time such signal is exhibited.
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22 | 2. Vehicular traffic facing a green arrow signal, shown | ||||||
23 | alone or in
combination with another indication, may |
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1 | cautiously enter the intersection
only to make the movement | ||||||
2 | indicated by such arrow, or such other movement
as is | ||||||
3 | permitted by other indications shown at the same time. Such
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4 | vehicular traffic shall yield the right of way to | ||||||
5 | pedestrians lawfully
within an adjacent crosswalk and to | ||||||
6 | other traffic lawfully using the
intersection.
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7 | 3. Unless otherwise directed by a pedestrian-control | ||||||
8 | signal, as provided
in Section 11-307, pedestrians facing | ||||||
9 | any green signal, except when the
sole green signal is a | ||||||
10 | turn arrow, may proceed across the roadway within
any | ||||||
11 | marked or unmarked crosswalk.
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12 | (b) Steady yellow indication.
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13 | 1. Vehicular traffic facing a steady circular yellow or | ||||||
14 | yellow arrow
signal is thereby warned that the related | ||||||
15 | green movement is being
terminated or that a red indication | ||||||
16 | will be exhibited immediately thereafter.
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17 | 2. Pedestrians facing a steady circular yellow or | ||||||
18 | yellow arrow signal,
unless otherwise directed by a | ||||||
19 | pedestrian-control signal as provided in
Section 11-307, | ||||||
20 | are thereby advised that there is insufficient time to
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21 | cross the roadway before a red indication is shown and no | ||||||
22 | pedestrian shall
then start to cross the roadway.
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23 | (b-5) Flashing yellow arrow indication. | ||||||
24 | 1. Vehicular traffic facing a flashing yellow arrow | ||||||
25 | indication may cautiously enter the intersection only to | ||||||
26 | make the movement indicated by the arrow and shall yield |
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1 | the right-of-way to other vehicles and pedestrians | ||||||
2 | lawfully within the intersection or an adjacent crosswalk | ||||||
3 | at the time the signal is exhibited. | ||||||
4 | 2. Pedestrians facing a flashing yellow arrow | ||||||
5 | indication, unless otherwise directed by a | ||||||
6 | pedestrian-control signal as provided in Section 11-307, | ||||||
7 | may proceed across the roadway within any marked or | ||||||
8 | unmarked crosswalk that crosses the lane or lanes used to | ||||||
9 | depart the intersection by traffic controlled by the | ||||||
10 | flashing yellow arrow indication. Pedestrians shall yield | ||||||
11 | the right-of-way to vehicles lawfully within the | ||||||
12 | intersection at the time that the flashing yellow signal | ||||||
13 | indication is first displayed. | ||||||
14 | (c) Steady red indication.
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15 | 1. Except as provided in paragraphs 3 and 3.5 of this | ||||||
16 | subsection (c),
vehicular traffic facing a steady circular | ||||||
17 | red signal alone shall stop at a
clearly marked stop line, | ||||||
18 | but if there is no such stop line, before
entering the | ||||||
19 | crosswalk on the near side of the intersection, or if there | ||||||
20 | is
no such crosswalk, then before entering the | ||||||
21 | intersection, and shall remain
standing until an | ||||||
22 | indication to proceed is shown.
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23 | 2. Except as provided in paragraphs 3 and 3.5 of this | ||||||
24 | subsection (c),
vehicular traffic facing a steady red arrow | ||||||
25 | signal shall not enter the
intersection to make the | ||||||
26 | movement indicated by the arrow and, unless
entering the |
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1 | intersection to make a movement permitted by another | ||||||
2 | signal,
shall stop at a clearly marked stop line, but if | ||||||
3 | there is no such stop line,
before entering the crosswalk | ||||||
4 | on the near side of the intersection, or if
there is no | ||||||
5 | such crosswalk, then before entering the intersection, and
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6 | shall remain standing until an indication permitting the | ||||||
7 | movement indicated
by such red arrow is shown.
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8 | 3. Except when a sign is in place prohibiting a turn | ||||||
9 | and local
authorities by ordinance or State authorities by | ||||||
10 | rule or regulation
prohibit any such turn, vehicular | ||||||
11 | traffic facing any steady red signal may
cautiously enter | ||||||
12 | the intersection to turn right, or to turn left from a
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13 | one-way street into a one-way street, after stopping as | ||||||
14 | required by
paragraph 1 or paragraph 2 of this subsection.
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15 | After
stopping, the driver shall yield the right of way to | ||||||
16 | any vehicle in the
intersection or approaching on another | ||||||
17 | roadway so closely as to constitute
an immediate hazard | ||||||
18 | during the time such driver is moving across or within
the | ||||||
19 | intersection or junction or roadways. Such driver shall | ||||||
20 | yield the
right of way to pedestrians within the | ||||||
21 | intersection or an adjacent crosswalk.
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22 | 3.5. In municipalities with less than 2,000,000 | ||||||
23 | inhabitants, after stopping as required by paragraph 1 or 2 | ||||||
24 | of this subsection, the driver of a motorcycle or bicycle, | ||||||
25 | facing a steady red signal which fails to change to a green | ||||||
26 | signal within a reasonable period of time not less than 120 |
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1 | seconds because of a signal malfunction or because the | ||||||
2 | signal has failed to detect the arrival of the motorcycle | ||||||
3 | or bicycle due to the vehicle's size or weight, shall have | ||||||
4 | the right to proceed, after yielding the right of way to | ||||||
5 | oncoming traffic facing a green signal, subject to the | ||||||
6 | rules applicable after making a stop at a stop sign as | ||||||
7 | required by Section 11-1204 of this Code.
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8 | 4. Unless otherwise directed by a pedestrian-control | ||||||
9 | signal as provided
in Section 11-307, pedestrians facing a | ||||||
10 | steady circular red or red arrow
signal alone shall not | ||||||
11 | enter the roadway.
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12 | (d) In the event an official traffic control signal is
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13 | erected and maintained
at a place other than an intersection, | ||||||
14 | the provisions of this Section shall
be applicable except as to | ||||||
15 | provisions which by their nature can have no
application. Any | ||||||
16 | stop required shall be at a traffic sign or a marking
on the | ||||||
17 | pavement indicating where the stop shall be made or, in the | ||||||
18 | absence
of such sign or marking, the stop shall be made at the | ||||||
19 | signal.
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20 | (e) The motorman of any streetcar shall obey the above | ||||||
21 | signals as applicable
to vehicles.
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22 | (Source: P.A. 97-627, eff. 1-1-12; 97-762, eff. 7-6-12.)
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23 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
24 | becoming law.
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