[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
A. When upon any street in this City, every motorcycle shall at all
times exhibit at least one lighted lamp, showing a white light, visible
for at least 500 feet in the direction the motorcycle is proceeding.
However, in lieu of such lighted lamp, a motorcycle may be equipped
with and use a means of modulating the upper beam of the head lamp
between high and a lower brightness. No such head lamp shall be modulated,
except to otherwise comply with this Code, during times when lighted
lamps are required for other motor vehicles. All other motor vehicles
shall, during the period from sunset to sunrise, at times when rain,
snow, fog, or other atmospheric conditions require the use of windshield
wipers, and at any other times when, due to insufficient light or
unfavorable atmospheric conditions, persons and vehicles on the highway
are not clearly discernible at a distance of 1,000 feet exhibit at
least two lighted head lamps, with at least one on each side of the
front of the vehicle, showing white lights, including that emitted
by high-intensity discharge (HID) lamps, or lights of a yellow or
amber tint. Parking lamps may be used in addition to but not in lieu
of any such head lamps. Every motor vehicle, trailer or semitrailer
shall also exhibit at least two lighted lamps, commonly known as "tail
lamps," which shall be mounted on the left rear and right rear of
the vehicle so as to throw a red light visible for at least 500 feet
in the reverse direction, except that a truck tractor or road tractor
manufactured before January 1, 1968, and all motorcycles need be equipped
with only one such tail lamp.
B. Either a tail lamp or a separate lamp shall be so constructed and
placed as to illuminate with a white light a rear registration plate
when required and render it clearly legible from a distance of 50
feet to the rear. Any tail lamp or tail lamps, together with any separate
lamp or lamps for illuminating a rear registration plate, shall be
so wired as to be lighted whenever the driving lamps or auxiliary
head lamps are lighted.
A. During the period from sunset to sunrise, every motorcycle or motor
vehicle which is standing on any street within the City shall display
a parking light on the front and at the rear of the same.
B. Any lighted driving lamps upon a parked vehicle shall be depressed
or dimmed.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
Whenever the load upon any vehicle extends to the rear four
feet or more beyond the bed or body of such vehicle, there shall be
displayed at the extreme rear end of the load, between sunset and
sunrise, at times when rain, snow, fog, or other atmospheric conditions
require the use of windshield wipers, and at any other times when,
due to insufficient light or unfavorable atmospheric conditions, persons
and vehicles on the highway are not clearly discernible at a distance
of 1,000 feet, a red light or lantern plainly visible from a distance
of at least 500 feet to the sides and rear. The red light or lantern
required under this section shall be in addition to the red rear light
required upon every vehicle. At any other time there shall be displayed
at the extreme rear end of such load a red flag or cloth not less
than 12 inches square.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
A. Every vehicle, including animal-drawn vehicles, not specifically
required by the provisions of this article to be equipped with lamps
or other lighting devices, shall, between sunset and sunrise, at times
when rain, snow, fog, or other atmospheric conditions require the
use of windshield wipers, and at any other times when, due to insufficient
light or unfavorable atmospheric conditions, persons and vehicles
on the highway are not clearly discernible at a distance of 1,000
feet, be equipped with at least two lamps on the power or towing unit
displaying a white light visible from a distance of not less than
1,000 feet to the front of such vehicle and shall also be equipped
with two lamps displaying a red light visible from a distance of not
less than 1,000 feet to the rear of such vehicle.
(1) Where
the towed unit or any load thereon partially or totally obscures the
two lamps displaying red light to the rear of the towing unit, the
rearmost towed unit shall be equipped with two lamps displaying red
light visible from a distance of not less than 1,000 feet to the rear
of such towed unit which are positioned in such a manner as to not
obstruct the visibility of the red light to any vehicle operator approaching
from the rear of such vehicle or combination of vehicles.
(2) Where
the two lamps displaying red light are not obscured by the towed unit
or its load, then either towing unit or towed unit, or both, may be
equipped with the two lamps displaying red light as required.
B. Subsection
A does not apply to antique vehicles, expanded-use antique vehicles, custom vehicles, or street rods. An antique vehicle or expanded use antique vehicle shall be equipped with lamps of the same type originally installed by the manufacturer as original equipment and in working order.
A. Any motor vehicle may be equipped with not to exceed one spot lamp
and every lighted spot lamp shall be so aimed and used upon approaching
another vehicle that no part of the high-intensity portion of the
beam will be directed to the left of the prolongation of the extreme
left side of the vehicle nor more than 100 feet ahead of the vehicle.
B. Any motor vehicle may be equipped with not to exceed three auxiliary
driving lamps mounted on the front at a height not less than 12 inches
nor more than 42 inches above the level surface upon which the vehicle
stands.
C. The restrictions of Subsections
A and
B shall not apply to authorized emergency vehicles or equipment used for snow and ice removal operations if owned or operated by or for any governmental body.
[Added at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions,
Art. I)]
D. The minimum and maximum height restrictions prescribed in Subsection
B shall not apply to privately owned motor vehicles on which a snow plow is mounted, while in transit between or during snow and ice removal operations. This exemption shall apply only during the period from November 15 through April 1, and only when the snow plow blade, commonly referred to as a "moldboard," is properly and securely affixed to the front of the motor vehicle.
[Added at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions,
Art. I)]
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
A. Whenever the driver of any vehicle equipped with an electric driving
head lamp, driving head lamps, auxiliary driving lamp or auxiliary
driving lamps is within 500 feet of another vehicle approaching from
the opposite direction, the driver shall dim or drop such head lamp
or head lamps and shall extinguish all auxiliary driving lamps.
B. The driver of any vehicle equipped with an electric driving head
lamp, driving head lamps, auxiliary driving lamp or auxiliary driving
lamps shall dim or drop such head lamp or head lamps and shall extinguish
all auxiliary driving lamps when there is another vehicle traveling
in the same direction less than 300 feet to the front of him.
C. No vehicle shall have the lighting system modified to allow more
than two electric head lamps to be lighted while operating in the
dimmed or dropped position.
D. Nothing in this section shall prohibit the use of auxiliary driving
lamps, commonly referred to as "fog" lamps, when used in conjunction
with head lamps, if such auxiliary driving lamps are adjusted and
so aimed that the glaring rays are not projected into the eyes of
drivers of oncoming vehicles.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
A. Between sunset and sunrise, at times when rain, snow, fog, or other
atmospheric conditions require the use of windshield wipers, and at
any other times when, due to insufficient light or unfavorable atmospheric
conditions, persons and vehicles on the highway are not clearly discernible
at a distance of 1,000 feet, at least two lighted lamps shall be displayed,
one on each side at the front of every motor vehicle other than a
motorcycle, except when such vehicle is parked subject to the provisions
of this article governing lights on parked vehicles.
B. Whenever a motor vehicle equipped with driving lamps as required
by this article is also equipped with any auxiliary lamps or a spot
lamp or any other lamp on the front thereof, not more than a total
of four of any such lamps on the front of a vehicle shall be lighted
at any one time when upon a street or highway.
A. No person shall drive or move any vehicle or equipment upon any highway
with any lamp or device thereon displaying a red light visible from
directly in front thereof.
B. Subject to the restrictions in §
285-83, flashing lights are prohibited on motor vehicles except as a means for indicating a right turn or left turn or the presence of a vehicular traffic hazard requiring unusual care in approaching, overtaking or passing.
C. Unless otherwise expressly authorized by this chapter, all other
lighting or combination of lighting on any vehicle shall be prohibited.
[Added at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions,
Art. I)]
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
Except as otherwise provided in this chapter:
A. The use of red or white oscillating, rotating or flashing lights,
whether lighted or unlighted, is prohibited except on:
(1) Law enforcement vehicles of state, federal or local authorities;
(2) A vehicle operated by a police officer or county coroner and designated
or authorized by local authorities, in writing, as a law enforcement
vehicle; however, such designation or authorization must be carried
in the vehicle;
(3) A vehicle operated by a fire chief who has completed an emergency
vehicle operation training course approved by the Office of the State
Fire Marshal and designated or authorized by local authorities, in
writing, as a Fire Department vehicle; however, the designation or
authorization must be carried in the vehicle, and the lights may be
visible or activated only when responding to a bona fide emergency;
(4) Vehicles of local fire departments and state or federal firefighting
vehicles;
(5) Vehicles which are designed and used exclusively as ambulances or
rescue vehicles; furthermore, such lights shall not be lighted except
when responding to an emergency call for and while actually conveying
the sick or injured;
(6) Vehicles which are occasionally used as rescue vehicles that have
been authorized for use as rescue vehicles by a volunteer EMS provider,
provided that the operator of the vehicle has successfully completed
an emergency vehicle operation training course recognized by the Department
of Public Health; furthermore, the lights shall not be lighted except
when responding to an emergency call for the sick or injured;
(7) Tow trucks licensed in a state that requires such lights; furthermore,
such lights shall not be lighted on any such tow truck while the tow
truck is operating in the State of Illinois;
(8) Vehicles of the Illinois Emergency Management Agency, vehicles of
the Office of the Illinois State Fire Marshal, vehicles of the Illinois
Department of Public Health, vehicles of the Illinois Department of
Corrections, and vehicles of the Illinois Department of Juvenile Justice;
(9) Vehicles operated by a local or county emergency management services
agency as defined in the Illinois Emergency Management Agency Act
(20 ILCS 3305/1 et seq.);
(10)
School buses operating alternately flashing head lamps as permitted
under 625 ILCS 5/12-805;
(11)
Vehicles that are equipped and used exclusively as organ transplant
vehicles when used in combination with blue oscillating, rotating,
or flashing lights; furthermore, these lights shall be lighted only
when the transportation is declared an emergency by a member of the
transplant team or a representative of the organ procurement organization;
(12)
Vehicles of the Illinois Department of Natural Resources that
are used for mine rescue and explosives emergency response;
(13)
Vehicles of the Illinois Department of Transportation identified
as "Emergency Traffic Patrol"; the lights shall not be lighted except
when responding to an emergency call or when parked or stationary
while engaged in motor vehicle assistance or at the scene of the emergency;
and
(14)
Vehicles of the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority with a
gross vehicle weight rating of 9,000 pounds or more and those identified
as "Highway Emergency Lane Patrol"; the lights shall not be lighted
except when responding to an emergency call or when parked or stationary
while engaged in motor vehicle assistance or at the scene of the emergency.
B. The use of amber oscillating, rotating or flashing lights, whether
lighted or unlighted, is prohibited except on:
(1) Second Division vehicles designed and used for towing or hoisting vehicles; furthermore, such lights shall not be lighted except as required in this Subsection
B(1); such lights shall be lighted when such vehicles are actually being used at the scene of an accident or disablement; if the towing vehicle is equipped with a flat bed that supports all wheels of the vehicle being transported, the lights shall not be lighted while the vehicle is engaged in towing on a highway; if the towing vehicle is not equipped with a flat bed that supports all wheels of a vehicle being transported, the lights shall be lighted while the towing vehicle is engaged in towing on a highway during all times when the use of headlights is required under §
285-32; in addition, these vehicles may use white oscillating, rotating, or flashing lights in combination with amber oscillating, rotating, or flashing lights as provided in this subsection;
(2) Motor vehicles or equipment of the State of Illinois, the Illinois
State Toll Highway Authority, local authorities and contractors; furthermore,
such lights shall not be lighted except while such vehicles are engaged
in maintenance or construction operations within the limits of construction
projects;
(3) Vehicles or equipment used by engineering or survey crews; furthermore,
such lights shall not be lighted except while such vehicles are actually
engaged in work on a highway;
(4) Vehicles of public utilities, municipalities, or other construction,
maintenance or automotive service vehicles; except that such lights
shall be lighted only as a means for indicating the presence of a
vehicular traffic hazard requiring unusual care in approaching, overtaking
or passing while such vehicles are engaged in maintenance, service
or construction on a highway;
(5) Oversized vehicle or load; however, such lights shall only be lighted
when moving under permit issued by the Department of Transportation
under 625 ILCS 5/15-301;
(6) The front and rear of motorized equipment owned and operated by the
State of Illinois or any political subdivision thereof, which is designed
and used for removal of snow and ice from highways;
(7) The front and rear of motorized equipment or vehicles that a) are
not owned by the State of Illinois or any political subdivision of
the state, b) are designed and used for removal of snow and ice from
highways and parking lots, and c) are equipped with a snow plow that
is 12 feet in width; these lights may not be lighted except when the
motorized equipment or vehicle is actually being used for those purposes
on behalf of a unit of government;
(8) Fleet safety vehicles registered in another state; furthermore, such lights shall not be lighted except as provided for in §
285-39;
(9) Such other vehicles as may be authorized by local authorities;
(10)
Law enforcement vehicles of state or local authorities when
used in combination with red oscillating, rotating or flashing lights;
(12)
Vehicles used for collecting or delivering mail for the United
States Postal Service, provided that such lights shall not be lighted
except when such vehicles are actually being used for such purposes;
(13)
Vehicles of the Office of the Illinois State Fire Marshal, provided
that such lights shall not be lighted except when such vehicles are
engaged in work for the Office of the Illinois State Fire Marshal;
(14)
Any vehicle displaying a slow-moving vehicle emblem as provided
in 625 ILCS 5/12-205.1;
(15)
All trucks equipped with self-compactors or roll-off hoists
and roll-on containers for garbage, recycling, or refuse hauling.
Such lights shall not be lighted except when such vehicles are actually
being used for such purposes;
(16)
Vehicles used by a security company, alarm responder, control
agency, or the Illinois Department of Corrections;
(17)
Security vehicles of the Department of Human Services; however,
the lights shall not be lighted except when being used for security-related
purposes under the direction of the superintendent of the facility
where the vehicle is located; and
(18)
Vehicles of union representatives, except that the lights shall
be lighted only while the vehicle is within the limits of a construction
project.
C. The use of blue oscillating, rotating or flashing lights, whether
lighted or unlighted, is prohibited except on:
(1) Rescue squad vehicles not owned by a fire department and vehicles
owned or operated by a voluntary firefighter; paid firefighter; part-paid
firefighter; call firefighter; member of the board of trustees of
a fire protection district; paid or unpaid member of a rescue squad;
paid or unpaid member of a voluntary ambulance unit; or paid or unpaid
members of a local or county emergency management services agency
as defined in the Illinois Emergency Management Agency Act (20 ILCS
3305/1 et seq.), designated or authorized by local authorities, in
writing, and carrying that designation or authorization in the vehicle.
(a) However, such lights are not to be lighted except when responding
to a bona fide emergency or when parked or stationary at the scene
of a fire, rescue call, ambulance call, or motor vehicle accident.
(b) Any person using these lights in accordance with this Subsection
C(1) must carry on his or her person an identification card or letter identifying the bona fide member of a fire department, fire protection district, rescue squad, ambulance unit, or emergency management services agency that owns or operates that vehicle. The card or letter must include:
[1] The name of the fire department, fire protection district, rescue
squad, ambulance unit, or emergency management services agency;
[2] The member’s position within the fire department, fire protection
district, rescue squad, ambulance unit, or emergency management services
agency;
[3] The member’s term of service; and
[4] The name of a person within the fire department, fire protection
district, rescue squad, ambulance unit, or emergency management services
agency to contact to verify the information provided.
(2) Police department vehicles in cities having a population of 500,000
or more inhabitants.
(3) Law enforcement vehicles of state or local authorities when used
in combination with red oscillating, rotating or flashing lights.
(4) Vehicles of local fire departments and state or federal fire-fighting
vehicles when used in combination with red oscillating, rotating or
flashing lights.
(5) Vehicles which are designed and used exclusively as ambulances or
rescue vehicles when used in combination with red oscillating, rotating
or flashing lights; furthermore, such lights shall not be lighted
except when responding to an emergency call.
(6) Vehicles that are equipped and used exclusively as organ transport
vehicles when used in combination with red oscillating, rotating,
or flashing lights; furthermore, these lights shall only be lighted
when the transportation is declared an emergency by a member of the
transplant team or a representative of the organ procurement organization.
(7) Vehicles of the Illinois Emergency Management Agency, vehicles of
the Office of the Illinois State Fire Marshal, vehicles of the Illinois
Department of Public Health, vehicles of the Illinois Department of
Corrections, and vehicles of the Illinois Department of Juvenile Justice,
when used in combination with red oscillating, rotating, or flashing
lights.
(8) Vehicles operated by a local or county emergency management services
agency as defined in the Illinois Emergency Management Agency Act
(20 ILCS 3305/1 et seq.), when used in combination with red oscillating,
rotating, or flashing lights.
(9) Vehicles of the Illinois Department of Natural Resources that are
used for mine rescue and explosives emergency response, when used
in combination with red oscillating, rotating, or flashing lights.
D. In addition to the blue oscillating, rotating, or flashing lights permitted under Subsection
C, and notwithstanding Subsection
A, a vehicle operated by a voluntary firefighter, a voluntary member of a rescue squad, or a member of a voluntary ambulance unit may be equipped with flashing white headlights and blue grill lights, which may be used only in responding to an emergency call or when parked or stationary at the scene of a fire, rescue call, ambulance call, or motor vehicle accident.
E. In addition to the blue oscillating, rotating, or flashing lights permitted under Subsection
C, and notwithstanding Subsection
A, a vehicle operated by a paid or unpaid member of a local or county emergency management services agency as defined in the Illinois Emergency Management Agency Act (20 ILCS 3305/1 et seq.), may be equipped with white oscillating, rotating, or flashing lights to be used in combination with blue oscillating, rotating, or flashing lights, if authorization by local authorities is in writing and carried in the vehicle.
F. The use of a combination of amber and white oscillating, rotating
or flashing lights, whether lighted or unlighted, is prohibited except
on Second Division vehicles designed and used for towing or hoisting
vehicles or motor vehicles or equipment of the State of Illinois,
local authorities, contractors, and union representatives; furthermore,
such lights shall not be lighted on Second Division vehicles designed
and used for towing or hoisting vehicles or vehicles of the State
of Illinois, local authorities, and contractors except while such
vehicles are engaged in a tow operation, highway maintenance, or construction
operations within the limits of highway construction projects, and
shall not be lighted on the vehicles of union representatives except
when those vehicles are within the limits of a construction project.
G. All oscillating, rotating or flashing lights referred to in this
section shall be of sufficient intensity, when illuminated, to be
visible at 500 feet in normal sunlight.
H. Nothing in this section shall prohibit a manufacturer of oscillating,
rotating or flashing lights or his representative or authorized vendor
from temporarily mounting such lights on a vehicle for demonstration
purposes only. If the lights are not covered while the vehicle is
operated upon a highway, the vehicle shall display signage indicating
that the vehicle is out of service or not an emergency vehicle. The
signage shall be displayed on all sides of the vehicle in letters
at least two inches tall and one-half inch wide. A vehicle authorized
to have oscillating, rotating, or flashing lights mounted for demonstration
purposes may not activate the lights while the vehicle is operated
upon a highway.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
Oscillating, rotating or flashing lights located on or within
police vehicles in this state shall be lighted whenever a police officer
is in pursuit of a violator of a traffic law or regulation.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
A. Every motor vehicle, other than a motor-driven cycle, an antique
vehicle displaying an antique plate, and an expanded-use antique vehicle
displaying expanded-use antique vehicle plates, when operated upon
a highway, shall be equipped with brakes adequate to control the movement
of and to stop and hold such vehicle, including two separate means
of applying the brakes, each of which means shall be effective to
apply the brakes to at least one wheel on a motorcycle and at least
two wheels on all other First Division and Second Division vehicles.
If these two separate means of applying the brakes are connected in
any way, they shall be so constructed that failure of any one part
of the operating mechanism shall not leave the motor vehicle without
brakes.
B. Every motor-driven cycle when operated upon a highway shall be equipped
with at least one brake which may be operated by hand or foot.
C. Every antique vehicle shall be equipped with the brakes of the same
type originally installed by the manufacturer as original equipment
and in working order.
D. Except as provided in Subsection
E, every trailer or semitrailer of a gross weight of over 3,000 pounds, when operated upon a highway, must be equipped with brakes adequate to control the movement of, to stop and to hold such vehicle, and designed so as to be operable by the driver of the towing vehicle from its cab. Such brakes must be so designed and connected that in case of an accidental breakaway of a towed vehicle of over 5,000 pounds, the brakes are automatically applied.
E. Every boat trailer of a gross weight of over 3,000 pounds, when operated
upon a highway, must be equipped with brakes adequate to control the
movement of, to stop, and to hold that boat trailer. The brakes must
be designed to ensure that, in case of an accidental breakaway of
a towed boat trailer over 5,000 pounds, the brakes are automatically
applied.
F. Every motor vehicle, expanded-use antique vehicle, trailer, pole
trailer or semitrailer sold in this state or operated upon the highways
shall be equipped with service brakes upon all wheels of every such
vehicle, except any motor-driven cycle, and except that any trailer,
pole trailer or semitrailer of 3,000 pounds gross weight or less need
not be equipped with brakes, and except that any trailer or semitrailer
with a gross weight of over 3,000 pounds but under 5,001 pounds need
be equipped with brakes on only one wheel on each side of the vehicle.
Any motor vehicle and truck tractor having three or more axles and
manufactured prior to July 25, 1980, need not have brakes on the front
wheels; except when such vehicles are equipped with at least two steerable
axles, the wheels of one such axle need not be equipped with brakes.
However, a vehicle that is more than 30 years of age and which is
driven on the highways only in going to and returning from an antique
auto show or for servicing or for a demonstration need be equipped
with two wheel brakes only.
A. The service brakes upon any motor vehicle or combination of vehicles
operating on a level surface shall be adequate to stop such vehicle
or vehicles when traveling 20 miles per hour within a distance of
30 feet when upon dry asphalt or concrete pavement surface free from
loose material.
B. Under the above conditions, the hand brake shall be adequate to stop
such vehicle or vehicles, except any motorcycle, within a distance
of 55 feet and the hand brake shall be adequate to hold such vehicle
or vehicles stationary on any grade upon which operated.
C. Under the above conditions, the service brakes upon an antique vehicle
or expanded-use antique vehicle shall be adequate to stop the vehicle
within a distance of 40 feet and the hand brake adequate to stop the
vehicle within a distance of 55 feet.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
D. All braking distances specified in this section apply to all vehicles
mentioned, whether such vehicles are unloaded or are loaded to the
maximum capacity permitted under this chapter.
E. All brakes shall be maintained in good working order and shall be
so adjusted as to operate as equally as practicable with respect to
the wheels on opposite sides of the vehicle.
F. Brake assembly requirements for mobile homes shall be the standards
required by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development
adopted under Title VI of the Housing and Community Development Act
of 1974.
[Added at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions,
Art. I)]
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
No person shall sell, offer for sale or distribute brake fluid
for use on motor vehicles for repair purposes unless such fluid conforms
to specifications prescribed by the Department of Transportation.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
Every motor vehicle, operated singly or when towing another
vehicle, shall be equipped with a mirror so located as to reflect
to the driver a view of the highway for a distance of at least 200
feet to the rear of such motor vehicle.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
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 unreasonably loud
or harsh sound or a whistle. The driver of a motor vehicle shall,
when reasonably necessary to ensure 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 subsection. Any authorized emergency vehicle or organ transport
vehicle as defined in 625 ILCS 5/1-154.4 or a vehicle operated by
the Fire Chief of the director of the county or City emergency services
and disaster agency 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. No bicycle shall be equipped with nor shall any person use upon a
bicycle any siren.
Every motor vehicle driven or operated upon the streets and
highways of this City shall at all times be equipped with an adequate
muffler or exhaust system in constant operation and properly maintained
to prevent any excessive or unusual noise. No such muffler or exhaust
system shall be equipped with a cutout, bypass or similar device.
No person shall modify the exhaust system of a motor vehicle in a
manner which will amplify or increase the noise of such vehicle above
that emitted by the muffler originally installed on the vehicle, and
such original muffler shall comply with all the requirements of this
section.
It shall be unlawful to operate on any street or highway any
motor vehicle which is not equipped with tires conforming to the requirements
of the Illinois Vehicle Code.