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Public Act 103-0158
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AN ACT concerning transportation.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by |
changing Section 11-305 and by adding Section 1-158.2 as |
follows:
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(625 ILCS 5/1-158.2 new) |
Sec. 1-158.2. Pedestrian hybrid beacon. A traffic-control |
device used to warn and control traffic, at locations that are |
otherwise without a traffic-control signal, to assist |
pedestrians in crossing a street or highway at a marked |
crosswalk.
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(625 ILCS 5/11-305) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-305)
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Sec. 11-305. Obedience to and required
traffic-control |
devices. |
(a) The driver of any vehicle
shall obey the instructions |
of any official
traffic-control device applicable thereto
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placed or held in accordance with the provisions of this Act,
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unless otherwise directed by a police officer, subject to the
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exceptions granted the driver of an authorized emergency |
vehicle
in this Act.
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(b) It is unlawful for any person to leave the roadway
and |
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travel across private property to avoid an official
traffic |
control device.
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(c) No provision of this Act for which official
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traffic-control devices are required shall
be enforced against |
an alleged violator if at the time and
place of the alleged |
violation an official device is not in
proper position and |
sufficiently legible to be seen by an
ordinarily observant |
person. Whenever a particular section does not
state that |
official traffic-control devices
are required, such section |
shall be effective even though no devices
are erected or in |
place.
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(d) Whenever any official traffic-control device is placed |
or held in
position approximately conforming to the |
requirements of this Act and
purports to conform to the lawful |
requirements pertaining to such device,
such device shall be |
presumed to have been so placed or held by the
official act or |
direction of lawful authority, and comply with the
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requirements of this Act, unless the contrary shall be |
established by
competent evidence.
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(e) The driver of a vehicle approaching a traffic control |
signal on
which no signal light facing such vehicle is |
illuminated shall stop before
entering the intersection in |
accordance with rules applicable in making a
stop at a stop |
sign. This provision does not apply to the driver of a vehicle |
approaching a pedestrian hybrid beacon.
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(f) Any violation of subsection (a) that occurs within a |