The Illinois Vehicle Code, Illinois Compiled Statutes Chapter
625, § 11, entitled "Rules of the Road", as passed, approved
and amended by the Illinois General Assembly, is hereby adopted by
the Village, and the provisions thereof shall be controlling within
the corporate limits of the Village except for the following changes,
deletions and omissions:
(A)
Omissions:
(1)
Omit §§ 11-207, 11-208.1, 11-208.2, 11-209.1,
11-302, 11-303, 11-310(f), 11-313, 11-401 to and including 11-416,
11-500 to and including 11-502, 11-502.1, 11-502.15, 11-602, 11-603,
11-604, 11-606(b), 11-608, and 11-1422.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, Administration,
Art. I, General Code Provisions, Div. I)]
(B)
Changes and Additions:
(1)
Change § 11-904(a) to read: "Preferential right-of-way
at an intersection may be indicated by stop or yield signs as authorized
by this code."
(2)
Change 11-1416(a) to read: "Any person who shall willfully and
unnecessarily attempt to delay, hinder or obstruct any other person
in lawfully driving and traveling upon or along any highway within
this state or who shall offer for barter or sale, merchandise on said
highway so as to interfere with the effective movement of traffic
shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a violation of this code."
(A)
Careless Driving. It shall be unlawful to operate a vehicle in the
Village in a careless manner so as to interfere with the safe or lawful
operation of any other vehicle or so as to interfere with or to injure,
damage, or endanger persons or property engaged in the lawful use
of the street.
(B)
Street racing. No person shall participate within the Village in
street racing as such activity is defined by 625 ILCS 5/11-506.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, Administration,
Art. I, General Code Provisions, Div. I)]
(C)
Fleeing or Attempting to Elude Police Officer. Any driver or operator
of a motor vehicle who, having been given a visual or audible signal
by a police officer directing such driver or operator to bring his
vehicle to a stop, willfully fails to or refuses to obey such direction,
increases his speed, extinguishes his lights or otherwise flees or
attempts to elude the officer is guilty of a violation of this chapter.
The signal given by the police officer may be by hand, voice, siren,
red or blue light; provided, however, the officer giving such signal
shall be in police uniform and if driving a vehicle, such vehicle
shall be marked showing it to be an official police vehicle.
(D)
Unlawful Possession of Highway Sign or Marker. Traffic control signals,
signs or markers owned by the Village shall be possessed only by the
Village's employees, police officers, contractors, or their employees
engaged in highway construction, contract or work upon the roadways
or public ways approved by the Village. No person shall possess a
traffic control signal, sign or marker owned by the Village except
as provided in this subsection without the prior written authority
of the Village. It shall be a violation of this chapter for a person
to possess such a traffic control signal, sign or marker without lawful
authority.
(E)
General Speed Restrictions. The speed limits on the various streets
shall be approved by the Village Board, but shall not exceed 20 miles
per hour in a school zone and not to exceed 25 miles per hour on a
residential street; otherwise, 30 miles per hour on an arterial street
unless otherwise posted. (See Schedule D.)[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Schedule D is included as an attachment to this chapter.
(F)
Special Speed Limit While Passing Schools. 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 upon any public thoroughfare on or
across which children pass going to and from school during school
days when school children are present. This subsection shall not be
applicable unless appropriate signs are posted upon streets and maintained
by the Village or state wherein the school zone is located.
(G)
Failure to Reduce Speed. A vehicle shall be driven upon the streets
and alleys of this Village at a speed which is reasonable and proper
with regard to traffic conditions and the use of the street or alley.
The fact that the vehicle does not exceed the applicable maximum speed
limit does not relieve the driver of the duty to decrease speed when
approaching and crossing an intersection or when special hazard exists
with respect to pedestrian or other traffic or by reason of weather
or highway conditions. Speed must be decreased as may be necessary
to avoid colliding with any person or vehicle on or entering the highway
in compliance with legal requirements and the duty of all persons
to use due care.
(H)
Traffic Lane Usage. Whenever any roadway within the Village has been
divided into two or more clearly marked lanes for traffic, a vehicle
shall be driven as nearly as practicable entirely within a single
lane and shall not be moved from such lane until the driver has first
ascertained that such movement can be made with safety.
(I)
U-Turns Prohibited. No driver of a vehicle shall make a U-turn on
any street or at any intersection of any streets in the Village.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, Administration,
Art. I, General Code Provisions, Div. I)]
The driver of a vehicle that is in any manner involved in an
accident within this state, resulting in injury to or death of any
person, or in which damage to the property of any one person, including
himself, in excess of $1,500 (or $500 if any of the vehicles involved
in the accident is subject to 625 ILCS 5/7-601 but is not covered
by a liability insurance policy in accordance with 625 ILCS 5/7-601)
is sustained, shall, as soon as possible but not later than 10 days
after the accident, forward a written report of the accident to the
Administrator.
No person shall transport, carry, possess or have any alcoholic
liquor within the passenger area of any motor vehicle in this Village
except in the original container and with the seal unbroken.
No operator of a motor vehicle shall, when the motor vehicle
is stopped, unreasonably accelerate the engine thereof with the gears
of the vehicle in neutral, thereby causing an unreasonably loud or
excessive noise.
No operator of a motor vehicle shall when the motor vehicle
is stopped, accelerate the engine with the gears of such vehicle in
neutral and while so accelerating the engine, shift the gears of the
vehicle into a forward or reverse movement, thereby causing an unreasonably
loud noise with the drive wheels of the vehicle.
No operator of a motor vehicle shall cause the wheels of such
vehicle to spin violently, thereby causing an unreasonably loud or
excessive noise.
It shall be unlawful to operate any vehicle in the Village in
a careless, reckless, negligent or wanton manner, or carelessly so
as to endanger life or property.
No operator of a motor vehicle shall, when operating the vehicle,
accelerate the vehicle or rapidly stop the vehicle causing an unreasonably
loud noise.
