Special speed limits while passing schools or while traveling
through highway construction or maintenance zones:
A. While passing schools.
(1) Definitions.
(a)
For the purpose of this section, "school" means the following
entities:
[1]
A public or private primary or secondary school.
[2]
A primary or secondary school operated by a religious institution.
[3]
A public, private, or religious nursery school.
(b)
For the purpose of this section, a "school day" shall begin
at 7:00 a.m. and shall conclude at 4:00 p.m.
(2) On a school day when school children are present and so close thereto
that a potential hazard exists because of the close proximity of the
motorized traffic, no person shall drive a motor vehicle at a speed
in excess of 20 miles per hour while passing a school zone, or while
traveling on a roadway on public school property or while traveling
upon any public thoroughfare where children pass going to and from
school.
]Amended 7-27-2016 by Ord. No. 16-16]
(3) This section shall not be applicable unless appropriate signs are
posted upon streets wherein the school zone is located. With regard
to the special speed limit while passing schools, the signs shall
give proper due warning that a school zone is being approached, and
shall indicate the school zone and the maximum speed limit in effect
during school days when school children are present.
(4) Nothing in this chapter shall prohibit the use of electronic speed-detecting
devices within 500 feet of signs within a special school speed zone
indicating the zone, as defined in this section, nor shall evidence
obtained thereby be inadmissible in any prosecution for speeding,
provided the use of the device shall apply only to the enforcement
of the speed limit in the special school speed zone.
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(ILCS Ch. 625, Act 5, § 11-605)
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B. While traveling through highway construction or maintenance zones.
(1) A person may not operate a motor vehicle in a construction or maintenance
speed zone at a speed in excess of the posted speed limit.
(2) Nothing in this chapter prohibits the use of electronic speed-detecting
devices within 500 feet of signs within a construction or maintenance
speed zone indicating the zone, as defined in this section, nor shall
evidence obtained by use of those devices be inadmissible in any prosecution
for speeding, provided the use of the device shall apply only to the
enforcement of the speed limit in the construction or maintenance
speed zone.
(3) As used in this section, a "construction or maintenance speed zone"
is an area in which the Department, toll highway authority, a local
agency, or the Village has posted signage advising drivers that a
construction or maintenance speed zone is being approached, or determined
that the preexisting established speed limit through a highway construction
or maintenance project is greater than is reasonable or safe with
respect to the conditions expected to exist in the construction or
maintenance speed zone and has posted a lower speed limit with a highway
construction or maintenance speed zone special speed limit sign.
[Amended 7-27-2016 by Ord. No. 16-16]
(4) Highway construction or maintenance speed zone special speed limit
signs shall be of a design approved by the Department. The signs must
give proper due warning that a construction or maintenance speed zone
is being approached and must indicate the maximum speed limit in effect.
The signs must also state the amount of the minimum fine for a violation.
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(ILCS Ch. 625, Act 5, § 11-605.1)
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No person shall drive or operate any motor vehicle on any street
or highway in this Village where the minimum allowable speed on that
street or highway, as posted, is greater than the maximum attainable
operating speed of the vehicle. Maximum attainable operating speed
shall be determined by the manufacturer of the vehicle and clearly
published in the manual of specifications and operation, or it shall
be determined by applicable rule and regulation promulgated by the
Secretary of State. (ILCS Ch. 625, Act 5, § 11-611)
No person shall drive a motor vehicle at such a slow speed as
to impede or block the normal and regular movement of traffic except
when reduced speed is necessary for safe operation of his or her vehicle
or in compliance with law. [ILCS Ch. 625, Act 5, § 11-606(a)]