(a) Every motor vehicle participating in a funeral procession shall have its headlights lighted and shall display on the right-hand side of the windshield a square or rectangular card or sticker, which shall be bright orange and upon which shall be printed or stamped in black a cross, a star, or the word funeral. The reverse side of the sticker shall contain the following statements:
Alert
In order to ensure a safe funeral procession, the distance between vehicles shall not be too small or too great. Please be attentive and maintain a reasonable distance between your vehicle and the vehicle in front of yours according to the speed of the vehicles.
(b) Vehicles in a funeral procession may be equipped with flashing, oscillating or rotating amber lights which may be used only during such funeral processions. As required by Section 11-1420(e) of the Illinois Vehicle Code, all such lights shall be of sufficient intensity, when illuminated, to be visible at 500 feet in normal sunlight.
(c) Vehicles in a funeral procession may be equipped with pennants, flags, cards, or stickers, in addition to the card or sticker described herein which shall further identify such vehicles as being part of a funeral procession.
(d) It shall be the duty of the funeral director having charge of the funeral procession to supply each vehicle in such procession with a card or sticker as described in subsection (a). The decision to use any of the equipment described in subsections (b) and (c) shall be made only by the funeral director, and such equipment, if used, shall be furnished only by the funeral director and must be the same for each vehicle in the procession, except that the lead vehicle may alone be equipped with a flashing, oscillating, or rotating light.
(Added Coun. J. 7-12-90, p. 18634)