Public Act 100-0182
 
HB3469 EnrolledLRB100 10204 AXK 20386 b


  
    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 
Section 12-601 as follows:
 



    (625 ILCS 5/12-601)  (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 12-601)



    Sec. 12-601. Horns and warning devices. 

    (a) Every motor vehicle when
operated upon a highway shall 
be equipped with a horn in good working order
and capable of 
emitting sound audible under normal conditions from a distance

of not less than 200 feet, but no horn or other warning device 
shall emit an
unreasonable loud or harsh sound or a whistle.  
The driver of a motor vehicle
shall when reasonably necessary 
to insure safe operation give audible warning
with his horn but 
shall not otherwise use such horn when upon a highway.

    (b) No vehicle shall be equipped with nor shall any person 
use upon a
vehicle
any siren, whistle, or bell, except as 
otherwise permitted in this section.
Any authorized emergency 
vehicle or organ transport vehicle as defined in
Chapter 1 of 
this Code or a vehicle operated by a fire chief or the Director 
or Coordinator of a municipal or county emergency services and 
disaster agency, Act may be
equipped with a siren, whistle, or 
bell, capable of emitting sound audible
under normal conditions 
from a distance of not less than 500 feet, but such
siren, 
whistle or bell, shall not be used except when such vehicle is 
operated
in response to an emergency call or in the immediate 
pursuit
of an actual or
suspected violator of the law in either 
of which events the driver of such
vehicle shall sound such 
siren, whistle or bell, when necessary to warn
pedestrians and 
other drivers of the approach thereof.

    (c) Trackless trolley coaches, as defined by Section 1-206 
of this Code,
and replica trolleys, as defined by Section 
1-171.04 of this Code, may
be equipped with a bell or bells in 
lieu of a horn, and may, in addition to
the requirements of 
paragraph (a) of this Section, use a bell or bells for the

purpose of indicating arrival or departure at designated stops 
during the hours
of scheduled operation.

(Source: P.A. 89-345, eff. 1-1-96; 89-687, eff. 6-1-97; 90-347, 
eff.
1-1-98; 90-655, eff. 7-30-98.)