Bill Text: IL SB3668 | 2009-2010 | 96th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Increases the maximum speed limit outside an urban district and outside of the counties of Cook, DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry, and Will to 70 miles per hour (instead of 65 miles per hour) for vehicles of the second division weighing more than 8,000 pounds on specified types of highways.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-06-27 - Pursuant to Senate Rule 3-9(b) / Referred to Assignments [SB3668 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2009-SB3668-Introduced.html

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96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2009 and 2010 SB3668 Introduced 2/11/2010, by Sen. Dale E. Risinger SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
625 ILCS 5/11-601 from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-601
Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Increases the maximum speed limit outside an urban district and outside of the counties of Cook, DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry, and Will to 70 miles per hour (instead of 65 miles per hour) for vehicles of the second division weighing more than 8,000 pounds on specified types of highways.
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A BILL FOR
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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 11-601, 11-602, and 11-603 as follows:
(625 ILCS 5/11-601) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-601)
Sec. 11-601. General speed restrictions.
(a) No vehicle may be driven upon any highway of this State
at a speed which is greater than is reasonable and proper with
regard to traffic conditions and the use of the highway, or
endangers the safety of any person or property. The fact that
the speed of a vehicle does not exceed the applicable maximum
speed limit does not relieve the driver from the duty to
decrease speed when approaching and crossing an intersection,
approaching and going around a curve, when approaching a hill
crest, when traveling upon any narrow or winding roadway, or
when special hazard exists with respect to pedestrians or other
traffic or by reason of weather or highway conditions. Speed
must be decreased as may be necessary to avoid colliding with
any person or vehicle on or entering the highway in compliance
with legal requirements and the duty of all persons to use due
care.
(b) No person may drive a vehicle upon any highway of this

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State at a speed which is greater than the applicable statutory
maximum speed limit established by paragraphs (c), (d), (e),
(f) or (g) of this Section, by Section 11-605 or by a
regulation or ordinance made under this Chapter.
(c) Unless some other speed restriction is established
under this Chapter, the maximum speed limit in an urban
district for all vehicles is:
1. 30 miles per hour; and
2. 15 miles per hour in an alley.
(d) Unless some other speed restriction is established
under this Chapter, the maximum speed limit outside an urban
district for any vehicle of the first division or a second
division vehicle designed or used for the carrying of a gross
weight of 8,000 pounds or less (including the weight of the
vehicle and maximum load) is (1) 65 miles per hour (i) for all
highways under the jurisdiction of the Illinois State Toll
Highway Authority and (ii) for all or part of highways that are
designated by the Department, have at least 4 lanes of traffic,
and have a separation between the roadways moving in opposite
directions and (2) 55 miles per hour for all other highways,
roads, and streets.
(e) In the counties of Cook, DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry,
and Will, unless some lesser speed restriction is established
under this Chapter, the maximum speed limit outside an urban
district for a second division vehicle designed or used for the
carrying of a gross weight of 8,001 pounds or more (including

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the weight of the vehicle and maximum load) is 55 miles per
hour.
(e-1) Outside the counties of Cook, DuPage, Kane, Lake,
McHenry, and Will, unless some lesser speed restriction is
established under this Chapter, the maximum speed limit outside
an urban district for a second division vehicle designed or
used for the carrying of a gross weight of 8,001 pounds or more
(including the weight of the vehicle and maximum load) is (1)
70 65 miles per hour on any interstate highway as defined by
Section 1-133.1 of this Code, and (2) 55 miles per hour for all
other highways, roads, and streets.
(f) Unless some other speed restriction is established
under this Chapter, the maximum speed limit outside an urban
district for a bus is:
1. 65 miles per hour upon any highway which has at
least 4 lanes of traffic and of which the roadways for
traffic moving in opposite directions are separated by a
strip of ground which is not surfaced or suitable for
vehicular traffic, except that the maximum speed limit for
a bus on all highways, roads, or streets not under the
jurisdiction of the Department or the Illinois State Toll
Highway Authority is 55 miles per hour; and
2. 55 miles per hour on any other highway.
(g) (Blank).
(Source: P.A. 96-524, eff. 1-1-10.)