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Public Act 92-0766
HB3210 Enrolled LRB9208358DHmb
AN ACT in relation to vehicles.
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 15-107 as follows:
(625 ILCS 5/15-107) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 15-107)
Sec. 15-107. Length of vehicles.
(a) The maximum length of a single vehicle on any
highway of this State may not exceed 42 feet except the
following:
(1) Semitrailers.
(2) Charter or regulated route buses may be up to
45 feet in length, not including energy absorbing
bumpers.
(a-1) A motor home as defined in Section 1-145.01 may be
up to 45 feet in length, not including energy absorbing
bumpers. The length limitations described in this subsection
(a-1) shall be exclusive of energy-absorbing bumpers and rear
view mirrors.
(b) On all non-State highways, the maximum length of
vehicles in combinations is as follows:
(1) A truck tractor in combination with a
semitrailer may not exceed 55 feet overall dimension.
(2) A truck tractor-semitrailer-trailer may not
exceed 60 feet overall dimension.
(3) Combinations specially designed to transport
motor vehicles or boats may not exceed 60 feet overall
dimension.
Vehicles operating during daylight hours when
transporting poles, pipes, machinery, or other objects of a
structural nature that cannot readily be dismembered are
exempt from length limitations, provided that no object may
exceed 80 feet in length and the overall dimension of the
vehicle including the load may not exceed 100 feet. This
exemption does not apply to operation on a Saturday, Sunday,
or legal holiday. Legal holidays referred to in this Section
are the days on which the following traditional holidays are
celebrated: New Year's Day; Memorial Day; Independence Day;
Labor Day; Thanksgiving Day; and Christmas Day.
Vehicles and loads operated by a public utility while en
route to make emergency repairs to public service facilities
or properties are exempt from length limitations, provided
that during night operations every vehicle and its load must
be equipped with a sufficient number of clearance lamps on
both sides and marker lamps on the extreme ends of any
projecting load to clearly mark the dimensions of the load.
A tow truck in combination with a disabled vehicle or
combination of disabled vehicles, as provided in paragraph
(6) of subsection (c) of this Section, is exempt from length
limitations.
All other combinations not listed in this subsection (b)
may not exceed 60 feet overall dimension.
(c) Combinations of vehicles may not exceed a total of 2
vehicles except the following:
(1) A truck tractor semitrailer may draw one
trailer.
(2) A truck tractor semitrailer may draw one
converter dolly.
(3) A truck tractor semitrailer may draw one
vehicle that is defined in Chapter 1 as special mobile
equipment, provided the overall dimension does not exceed
60 feet.
(4) A truck in transit may draw 3 trucks in transit
coupled together by the triple saddlemount method.
(5) Recreational vehicles consisting of 3 vehicles,
provided the following:
(A) The total overall dimension does not
exceed 60 feet.
(B) The towing vehicle is a properly
registered vehicle capable of towing another vehicle
using a fifth-wheel type assembly.
(C) The second vehicle in the combination of
vehicles is a recreational vehicle that is towed by
a fifth-wheel assembly. This vehicle must be
properly registered and must be equipped with
brakes, regardless of weight.
(D) The third vehicle must be the lightest of
the 3 vehicles and be a trailer or semitrailer
designed or used for transporting a boat,
all-terrain vehicle, personal watercraft, or
motorcycle.
(E) The towed vehicles may be only for the use
of the operator of the towing vehicle.
(F) All vehicles must be properly equipped
with operating brakes and safety equipment required
by this Code, except the additional brake
requirement in subdivision (C) of this subparagraph
(5).
(6) A tow truck in combination with a disabled
vehicle or combination of disabled vehicles, provided the
towing vehicle:
(A) Is specifically designed as a tow truck
having a gross vehicle weight rating of at least
18,000 pounds and equipped with air brakes, provided
that air brakes are required only if the towing
vehicle is towing a vehicle, semitrailer, or
tractor-trailer combination that is equipped with
air brakes. For the purpose of this subsection,
gross vehicle weight rating, or GVWR, means the
value specified by the manufacturer as the loaded
weight of the tow truck.
(B) Is equipped with flashing, rotating, or
oscillating amber lights, visible for at least 500
feet in all directions.
(C) Is capable of utilizing the lighting and
braking systems of the disabled vehicle or
combination of vehicles.
(D) Does not engage a tow exceeding 50 highway
miles from the initial point of wreck or disablement
to a place of repair. Any additional movement of the
vehicles may occur only upon issuance of
authorization for that movement under the provisions
of Sections 15-301 through 15-319 of this Code.
The Department may by rule or regulation prescribe
additional requirements regarding length limitations for a
tow truck towing another vehicle.
For purposes of this Section, a tow-dolly that merely
serves as substitute wheels for another legally licensed
vehicle is considered part of the licensed vehicle and not a
separate vehicle.
(d) On Class I highways there are no overall length
limitations on motor vehicles operating in combinations
provided:
(1) The length of a semitrailer, unladen or with
load, in combination with a truck tractor may not exceed
53 feet.
(2) The distance between the kingpin and the center
of the rear axle of a semitrailer longer than 48 feet, in
combination with a truck tractor, may not exceed 45 feet
6 inches.
(3) The length of a semitrailer or trailer, unladen
or with load, operated in a truck
tractor-semitrailer-trailer combination, may not exceed
28 feet 6 inches.
(4) Maxi-cube combinations, as defined in Chapter
1, may not exceed 65 feet overall dimension.
(5) Combinations of vehicles specifically designed
to transport motor vehicles or boats may not exceed 65
feet overall dimension. The length limitation is
inclusive of front and rear bumpers but exclusive of the
overhang of the transported vehicles, as provided in
paragraph (i) of this Section.
(6) Stinger steered semitrailer vehicles as defined
in Chapter 1, specifically designed to transport motor
vehicles or boats, may not exceed 75 feet overall
dimension. The length limitation is inclusive of front
and rear bumpers but exclusive of the overhang of the
transported vehicles, as provided in paragraph (i) of
this Section.
(7) A truck in transit transporting 3 trucks
coupled together by the triple saddlemount method may not
exceed 75 feet overall dimension.
Vehicles operating during daylight hours when
transporting poles, pipes, machinery, or other objects of a
structural nature that cannot readily be dismembered are
exempt from length limitations, provided that no object may
exceed 80 feet in length and the overall dimension of the
vehicle including the load may not exceed 100 feet. This
exemption does not apply to operation on a Saturday, Sunday,
or legal holiday. Legal holidays referred to in this Section
are the days on which the following traditional holidays are
celebrated: New Year's Day; Memorial Day; Independence Day;
Labor Day; Thanksgiving Day; and Christmas Day.
Vehicles and loads operated by a public utility while en
route to make emergency repairs to public service facilities
or properties are exempt from length limitations, provided
that during night operations every vehicle and its load must
be equipped with a sufficient number of clearance lamps on
both sides and marker lamps on the extreme ends of any
projecting load to clearly mark the dimensions of the load.
A tow truck in combination with a disabled vehicle or
combination of disabled vehicles, as provided in paragraph
(6) of subsection (c) of this Section, is exempt from length
limitations.
The length limitations described in this paragraph (d)
shall be exclusive of safety and energy conservation devices,
such as bumpers, refrigeration units or air compressors and
other devices, that the Department may interpret as necessary
for safe and efficient operation; except that no device
excluded under this paragraph shall have by its design or use
the capability to carry cargo.
Section 5-35 of the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act
relating to procedures for rulemaking shall not apply to the
designation of highways under this paragraph (d).
(e) On Class II highways there are no overall length
limitations on motor vehicles operating in combinations,
provided:
(1) The length of a semitrailer, unladen or with
load, in combination with a truck tractor, may not exceed
53 feet overall dimension.
(2) The distance between the kingpin and the center
of the rear axle of a semitrailer longer than 48 feet, in
combination with a truck tractor, may not exceed 45 feet
6 inches.
(3) A truck tractor-semitrailer-trailer combination
may not exceed 65 feet overall dimension.
(4) The length of a semitrailer or trailer, unladen
or with load, operated in a truck
tractor-semitrailer-trailer combination, may not exceed
28 feet 6 inches.
(5) Maxi-cube combinations, as defined in Chapter
1, may not exceed 65 feet overall dimension.
(6) A combination of vehicles, specifically
designed to transport motor vehicles or boats, may not
exceed 65 feet overall dimension. The length limitation
is inclusive of front and rear bumpers but exclusive of
the overhang of the transported vehicles, as provided in
paragraph (i) of this Section.
(7) Stinger steered semitrailer vehicles, as
defined in Chapter 1, specifically designed to transport
motor vehicles or boats, may not exceed 75 feet overall
dimension. The length limitation is inclusive of front
and rear bumpers but exclusive of the overhang of the
transported vehicles, as provided in paragraph (i) of
this Section.
(8) A truck in transit transporting 3 trucks
coupled together by the triple saddlemount method may not
exceed 75 feet overall dimension.
Vehicles operating during daylight hours when
transporting poles, pipes, machinery, or other objects of a
structural nature that cannot readily be dismembered are
exempt from length limitations, provided that no object may
exceed 80 feet in length and the overall dimension of the
vehicle including the load may not exceed 100 feet. This
exemption does not apply to operation on a Saturday, Sunday,
or legal holiday. Legal holidays referred to in this Section
are the days on which the following traditional holidays are
celebrated: New Year's Day; Memorial Day; Independence Day;
Labor Day; Thanksgiving Day; and Christmas Day.
Vehicles and loads operated by a public utility while en
route to make emergency repairs to public service facilities
or properties are exempt from length limitations, provided
that during night operations every vehicle and its load must
be equipped with a sufficient number of clearance lamps on
both sides and marker lamps on the extreme ends of any
projecting load to clearly mark the dimensions of the load.
A tow truck in combination with a disabled vehicle or
combination of disabled vehicles, as provided in paragraph
(6) of subsection (c) of this Section, is exempt from length
limitations.
Local authorities and road district commissioners, with
respect to streets and highways under their jurisdiction, may
also by ordinance or resolution allow length limitations of
this subsection (e).
The length limitations described in this paragraph (e)
shall be exclusive of safety and energy conservation devices,
such as bumpers, refrigeration units or air compressors and
other devices, that the Department may interpret as necessary
for safe and efficient operation; except that no device
excluded under this paragraph shall have by its design or use
the capability to carry cargo.
(e-1) Combinations of vehicles not exceeding 65 feet
overall length are allowed access as follows:
(1) From any State designated highway onto any
county, township, or municipal highway for a distance of
5 highway miles for the purpose of loading and unloading,
provided:
(A) The vehicle does not exceed 73,280 pounds
in gross weight and 8 feet 6 inches in width.
(B) There is no sign prohibiting that access.
(C) The route is not being used as a
thoroughfare between State designated highways.
(2) From any State designated highway onto any
county or township highway for a distance of 5 highway
miles or onto any municipal highway for a distance of one
highway mile for the purpose of food, fuel, repairs, and
rest, provided:
(A) The vehicle does not exceed 73,280 pounds
in gross weight and 8 feet 6 inches in width.
(B) There is no sign prohibiting that access.
(C) The route is not being used as a
thoroughfare between State designated highways.
(e-2) Except as provided in subsection (e-3),
combinations of vehicles over 65 feet in length, with no
overall length limitation except as provided in subsections
(d) and (e) of this Section, are allowed access as follows:
(1) From a Class I highway onto any street or
highway for a distance of one highway mile for the
purpose of loading, unloading, food, fuel, repairs, and
rest, provided there is no sign prohibiting that access.
(2) From a Class I or Class II highway onto any
State highway or any locally designated highway for a
distance of 5 highway miles for the purpose of loading,
unloading, food, fuel, repairs, and rest.
(e-3) Combinations of vehicles over 65 feet in length
operated by household goods carriers, with no overall length
limitations except as provided in subsections (d) and (e) of
this Section, have unlimited access to points of loading and
unloading.
Section 5-35 of the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act
relating to procedures for rulemaking shall not apply to the
designation of highways under this paragraph (e).
(f) On Class III and other non-designated State
highways, the length limitations for vehicles in combination
are as follows:
(1) Truck tractor-semitrailer combinations, must
comply with either a maximum 55 feet overall wheel base
or a maximum 65 feet extreme overall dimension.
(2) Semitrailers, unladen or with load, may not
exceed 53 feet overall dimension.
(3) No truck tractor-semitrailer-trailer
combination may exceed 60 feet extreme overall dimension.
(4) The distance between the kingpin and the center
axle of a semitrailer longer than 48 feet, in combination
with a truck tractor, may not exceed 42 feet 6 inches.
(g) Length limitations in the preceding subsections of
this Section 15-107 do not apply to the following:
(1) Vehicles operated in the daytime, except on
Saturdays, Sundays, or legal holidays, when transporting
poles, pipe, machinery, or other objects of a structural
nature that cannot readily be dismembered, provided the
overall length of vehicle and load may not exceed 100
feet and no object exceeding 80 feet in length may be
transported unless a permit has been obtained as
authorized in Section 15-301.
(2) Vehicles and loads operated by a public utility
while en route to make emergency repairs to public
service facilities or properties, but during night
operation every vehicle and its load must be equipped
with a sufficient number of clearance lamps on both sides
and marker lamps upon the extreme ends of any projecting
load to clearly mark the dimensions of the load.
(3) A tow truck in combination with a disabled
vehicle or combination of disabled vehicles, provided the
towing vehicle meets the following conditions:
(A) It is specifically designed as a tow truck
having a gross vehicle weight rating of at least
18,000 pounds and equipped with air brakes, provided
that air brakes are required only if the towing
vehicle is towing a vehicle, semitrailer, or
tractor-trailer combination that is equipped with
air brakes.
(B) It is equipped with flashing, rotating, or
oscillating amber lights, visible for at least 500
feet in all directions.
(C) It is capable of utilizing the lighting
and braking systems of the disabled vehicle or
combination of vehicles.
(D) It does not engage in a tow exceeding 50
miles from the initial point of wreck or
disablement.
The Department may by rule or regulation prescribe
additional requirements regarding length limitations for a
tow truck towing another vehicle.
For the purpose of this subsection, gross vehicle weight
rating, or GVWR, shall mean the value specified by the
manufacturer as the loaded weight of the tow truck. Legal
holidays referred to in this Section shall be specified as
the day on which the following traditional holidays are
celebrated:
New Year's Day;
Memorial Day;
Independence Day;
Labor Day;
Thanksgiving Day; and
Christmas Day.
(h) The load upon any vehicle operated alone, or the
load upon the front vehicle of a combination of vehicles,
shall not extend more than 3 feet beyond the front wheels of
the vehicle or the front bumper of the vehicle if it is
equipped with a front bumper. The provisions of this
subsection (h) shall not apply to any vehicle or combination
of vehicles specifically designed for the collection and
transportation of waste, garbage, or recyclable materials
during the vehicle's operation in the course of collecting
garbage, waste, or recyclable materials if the vehicle is
traveling at a speed not in excess of 15 miles per hour
during the vehicle's operation and in the course of
collecting garbage, waste, or recyclable materials. However,
in no instance shall the load extend more than 7 feet beyond
the front wheels of the vehicle or the front bumper of the
vehicle if it is equipped with a front bumper.
(i) The load upon the front vehicle of a combination of
vehicles specifically designed to transport motor vehicles
shall not extend more than 3 feet beyond the foremost part of
the transporting vehicle and the load upon the rear
transporting vehicle shall not extend more than 4 feet beyond
the rear of the bed or body of the vehicle. This paragraph
shall only be applicable upon highways designated in
paragraphs (d) and (e) of this Section.
(j) Articulated vehicles comprised of 2 sections,
neither of which exceeds a length of 42 feet, designed for
the carrying of more than 10 persons, may be up to 60 feet in
length, not including energy absorbing bumpers, provided that
the vehicles are:
1. operated by or for any public body or motor
carrier authorized by law to provide public
transportation services; or
2. operated in local public transportation service
by any other person and the municipality in which the
service is to be provided approved the operation of the
vehicle.
(j-1) (Blank).
(k) Any person who is convicted of violating this
Section is subject to the penalty as provided in paragraph
(b) of Section 15-113.
(l) (Blank).
(Source: P.A. 92-417, eff. 1-1-02.)
Passed in the General Assembly May 15, 2002.
Approved August 06, 2002.
Effective January 01, 2003.
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