Chapter 625 — VEHICLES

(625 ILCS 5/12-218.5) Sec. 12-218.5. Optional lighting on motorcycles. (a) A motorcycle may be equipped with 2 forward facing electric turn signals mounted on or near the handlebar grip assembly, or on the front fork assembly, or front fender shroud. The lamps shall be mounted on…

(625 ILCS 5/12-301) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 12-301) Sec. 12-301. Brakes. (a) Brake equipment required. 1. 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 vehic…

(625 ILCS 5/12-302) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 12-302) Sec. 12-302. Brake fluid. 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. (Source: P.A. 78-74…

(625 ILCS 5/12-401) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 12-401) Sec. 12-401. Restriction as to tire equipment. No metal tired vehicle, including tractors, motor vehicles of the second division, traction engines and other similar vehicles, shall be operated over any improved highway of this St…

(625 ILCS 5/12-402) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 12-402) Sec. 12-402. Sale or lease of siped or regrooved pneumatic tire. No person or organization shall sell or lease or offer for sale or lease, for use on a highway, any pneumatic tire, either original tread or retread, on which the t…

(625 ILCS 5/12-403) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 12-403) Sec. 12-403. Sale or lease of retreaded or "recapped" pneumatic tire. No person or organization shall sell or lease or offer for sale or lease, for use on a highway, any pneumatic tire produced or rebuilt by a process in which tr…

(625 ILCS 5/12-404) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 12-404) Sec. 12-404. Sale or lease of pneumatic tire without marking. No person or organization shall sell or lease or offer for sale or lease, for use on a highway, any pneumatic tire that does not bear the special marking required by t…

(625 ILCS 5/12-405) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 12-405) Sec. 12-405. Operating condition of pneumatic tires. (a) Definition. The term "spare tire" as used in this Section 12-405 means any new, used or specially constructed tire that is either carried or installed for short term emerge…

(625 ILCS 5/12-407) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 12-407) Sec. 12-407. Rules and regulations. The Department may promulgate rules and regulations to clarify or specify the requirements of this Article IV. (Source: P.A. 83-213.)

(625 ILCS 5/12-500) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 12-500) Sec. 12-500. (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 77-37. Repealed by P.A. 90-89, eff. 1-1-98.)

(625 ILCS 5/12-501) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 12-501) Sec. 12-501. Windshields and safety glazing material in motor vehicles. (a) Every motor vehicle operated upon the highways of this State shall be equipped with a front windshield which complies with those standards as established…

(625 ILCS 5/12-502) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 12-502) Sec. 12-502. Mirrors. 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 re…

(625 ILCS 5/12-503) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 12-503) Sec. 12-503. Windshields must be unobstructed and equipped with wipers. (a) No person shall drive a motor vehicle with any sign, poster, window application, reflective material, nonreflective material, or tinted film upon the fro…

(625 ILCS 5/12-600) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 12-600) Sec. 12-600. (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 86-498. Repealed by P.A. 90-89, eff. 1-1-98.)

(625 ILCS 5/12-601) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 12-601) (Text of Section from P.A. 104-81) 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 norma…

(625 ILCS 5/12-601.1) Sec. 12-601.1. Traffic control signal preemption devices. (a) As used in this Section, "traffic control signal preemption device" means any device, either mechanical or electrical, that emits a pulse of light or other signal that, when received by a detector…

(625 ILCS 5/12-601.2) Sec. 12-601.2. (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 94-373, eff. 1-1-06. Repealed by P.A. 99-576, eff. 7-15-16.)

(625 ILCS 5/12-602) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 12-602) Sec. 12-602. Mufflers, prevention of noise. Every motor vehicle driven or operated upon the highways of this State shall at all times be equipped with an adequate muffler or exhaust system in constant operation and properly maint…

(625 ILCS 5/12-602.1) Sec. 12-602.1. Excessive engine braking noise signs. (a) A county or municipality may post signs that prohibit the driver of a commercial vehicle, as defined in Section 1-111.8 of this Code, from operating or actuating any engine braking system that emits ex…

(625 ILCS 5/12-603) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 12-603) Sec. 12-603. Seat safety belts. (a) No person shall sell any 1965 or later model motor vehicle of the first division unless the front seat of such motor vehicle is equipped with 2 sets of seat safety belts. Motorcycles are exempt…

(625 ILCS 5/12-603.1) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 12-603.1) Sec. 12-603.1. Driver and passenger required to use safety belts, exceptions and penalty. (a) Each driver and passenger of a motor vehicle operated on a street or highway in this State shall wear a properly adjusted and faste…

(625 ILCS 5/12-604) Sec. 12-604. (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 88-415. Repealed by P.A. 94-185, eff. 1-1-06.)

(625 ILCS 5/12-604.1) Sec. 12-604.1. Video devices. (a) A person may not operate a motor vehicle if a television receiver, a video monitor, a television or video screen, or any other similar means of visually displaying a television broadcast or video signal that produces enterta…

(625 ILCS 5/12-604.3) Sec. 12-604.3. Video event recorder notice. A contract carrier vehicle carrying passengers that is equipped with a video event recorder shall have a notice posted in a visible location stating that a passenger's conversation may be recorded. Any data recorde…

(625 ILCS 5/12-605) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 12-605) Sec. 12-605. Taxicabs-Bullet proof shields. In municipalities with 1,000,000 or more population, any taxicab manufactured, owned or operated after September 1, 1970, and regularly operated in such a municipality must have a bulle…

(625 ILCS 5/12-605.1) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 12-605.1) Sec. 12-605.1. (a) On or after two years from the effective date of this Act, no bus which was first placed in service after July 1, 1969, or which has undergone complete renovation and restoration since July 1, 1969 shall be…

(625 ILCS 5/12-605.2) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 12-605.2) Sec. 12-605.2. Beginning 30 days after the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1988, no person shall consume any food or drink, excluding any medicine, upon any bus operated as a part of any local mass transit system in …

(625 ILCS 5/12-606) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 12-606) Sec. 12-606. Tow trucks; identification; equipment; insurance. (a) Every tow truck, except those owned by governmental agencies, shall have displayed on each side thereof, a sign with letters not less than 2 inches in height, con…

(625 ILCS 5/12-607) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 12-607) Sec. 12-607. Suspension System. (a) It shall be unlawful to operate a motor vehicle on any highway of this State when the suspension system has been modified from the original manufactured design by lifting the body from the chas…

(625 ILCS 5/12-607.1) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 12-607.1) Sec. 12-607.1. Frame and floor height. (a) No person shall operate upon a highway a first division vehicle which has a clearance between the frame and ground in excess of 22 inches. The lowest portion of the body floor shall …

(625 ILCS 5/12-608) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 12-608) Sec. 12-608. Bumpers. (a) It shall be unlawful to operate any motor vehicle with a gross vehicle weight rating of 9,000 pounds or less or any motor vehicle registered as a recreational vehicle under this Code on any highway of th…

(625 ILCS 5/12-609) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 12-609) Sec. 12-609. (a) No official or employee of the State, any political subdivision thereof, any county, municipality, or local authority, and no owner or employee of any new vehicle dealer, used vehicle dealer, or vehicle auctionee…

(625 ILCS 5/12-610) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 12-610) Sec. 12-610. Headset receivers. (a) Except as provided under Section 11-1403.3, no driver of a motor vehicle on the highways of this State shall wear headset receivers while driving. (b) This Section does not prohibit the use of …

(625 ILCS 5/12-610.1) Sec. 12-610.1. Wireless telephones. (a) As used in this Section, "wireless telephone" means a device that is capable of transmitting or receiving telephonic communications without a wire connecting the device to the telephone network. (b) A person under the …

(625 ILCS 5/12-610.2) Sec. 12-610.2. Electronic communication devices. (a) As used in this Section: "Electronic communication device" means an electronic device, including, but not limited to, a hand-held wireless telephone, hand-held personal digital assistant, tablet, or a port…

(625 ILCS 5/12-610.5) Sec. 12-610.5. (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 97-672, eff. 7-1-12. Repealed by P.A. 97-743, eff. 1-1-13.)

(625 ILCS 5/12-611) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 12-611) Sec. 12-611. No driver of any motor vehicle within this State shall operate or permit operation of any sound amplification system which can be heard outside the vehicle from 75 or more feet when the vehicle is being operated upon…

(625 ILCS 5/12-612) Sec. 12-612. False or secret compartment in a vehicle. (a) Offenses. It is unlawful for any person: (1) to own or operate with criminal intent any vehicle he or she knows to contain a false or secret compartment that is used or has been used to conceal a firea…

(625 ILCS 5/12-613) Sec. 12-613. Possession and use of radar or laser jamming devices prohibited. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), a person may not operate or be in actual physical control of a motor vehicle while the motor vehicle is equipped with any instrument designe…

(625 ILCS 5/12-701) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 12-701) Sec. 12-701. Tractors, traction engines and motor trucks-Operation on highways-Turning on highways during farming operations-Violations. No tractor, traction engine, motor truck or other similar vehicle shall be operated across, …

(625 ILCS 5/12-702) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 12-702) Sec. 12-702. Certain vehicles to carry flares or other warning devices. (a) No person shall operate any motor vehicle of the second division weighing more than 8,000 pounds or any vehicle of the second division weighing 8,000 pou…

(625 ILCS 5/12-703) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 12-703) Sec. 12-703. Road oil vehicles-Dripping on certain highways forbidden. No person shall operate, on a durable all-weather highway of a type other than gravel or crushed stone, any vehicle used for the purpose of applying road oil,…

(625 ILCS 5/12-704) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 12-704) Sec. 12-704. (Repealed). (Source: Repealed by P.A. 88-415.)

(625 ILCS 5/12-704.1) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 12-704.1) Sec. 12-704.1. (Repealed). (Source: Repealed by P.A. 88-415.)

(625 ILCS 5/12-704.3) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 12-704.3) Sec. 12-704.3. Motor vehicles using alternate fuels; markings. Notwithstanding any other regulation or requirement, every motor vehicle using liquefied petroleum gas or compressed natural gas must be marked in accordance with…

(625 ILCS 5/12-705) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 12-705) Sec. 12-705. (Repealed). (Source: Repealed by P.A. 88-415.)

(625 ILCS 5/12-705.1) Sec. 12-705.1. Required use of biodiesel by certain vehicles. (a) Beginning July 1, 2006, any diesel powered vehicle owned or operated by this State, any county or unit of local government, any school district, any community college or public college or univ…

(625 ILCS 5/12-706) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 12-706) Sec. 12-706. Fire apparatus-Safety belts. No fire apparatus equipped to carry firemen on the outside of such vehicle on the sides, or rear, or both, shall be operated without first installing on the fire apparatus on the sides an…

(625 ILCS 5/12-707) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 12-707) Sec. 12-707. Vehicle passenger capacity. No school bus, commuter van or motor vehicle owned by or used for hire by and in connection with the operation of private or public schools, day camps, summer camps or nursery schools or i…

(625 ILCS 5/12-707.01) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 12-707.01) Sec. 12-707.01. Liability insurance. (a) No school bus, first division vehicle including a taxi which is used for a purpose that requires a school bus driver permit, commuter van or motor vehicle owned by or used for hire b…