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(A) (1) No person shall drive a motor vehicle with any sign, poster, window application, reflective material, nonreflective material or tinted film upon the front windshield, except that a nonreflective tinted film may be used along the uppermost portion of the windshield if such material does not extend more than 6 inches down from the top of the windshield.
(2) No new or used motor vehicle dealer shall permit a driver to drive a motor vehicle offered for sale or lease off the premises where the motor vehicle is being offered for sale or lease, including when the driver is test driving the vehicle, with signs, decals, paperwork, or other material on the front windshield or on the windows immediately adjacent to each side of the driver that would obstruct the driver’s view in violation of division (A)(1) above. For purposes of this division (A)(2), “TEST DRIVING” means when a driver, with permission of the new or used vehicle dealer or employee of the new or used vehicle dealer, drives a vehicle owned and held for sale or lease by a new or used vehicle dealer that the driver is considering to purchase or lease.
(3) No window treatment or tinting shall be applied to the windows immediately adjacent to each side of the driver, except:
(a) On vehicles where none of the windows to the rear of the driver’s seat are treated in a manner that allows less than 30% light transmittance, a nonreflective tinted film that allows at least 50% light transmittance, with a 5% variance observed by any law enforcement official metering the light transmittance, may be used on the side windows immediately adjacent to each side of the driver.
(b) On vehicles where none of the windows to the rear of the driver’s seat are treated in a manner that allows less than 35% light transmittance, a nonreflective tinted film that allows at least 35% light transmittance, with a 5% variance observed by any law enforcement official metering the light transmittance, may be used on the side windows immediately adjacent to each side of the driver.
(c) On vehicles where a nonreflective smoked or tinted glass that was originally installed by the manufacturer on the windows to the rear of the driver’s seat, a nonreflective tint that allows at least 50% light transmittance, with a 5% variance observed by a law enforcement official metering the light transmittance, may be used on the vehicle windows immediately adjacent to each side of the driver.
(4) No person shall install or repair any material prohibited by this subsection (A).
(a) Nothing in this subsection (A)(4) shall prohibit a person from removing or altering any material prohibited by subsection (A)(1) to make a motor vehicle comply with the requirements of this section.
(b) Nothing in this subsection shall prohibit a person from installing window treatment for a person with a medical condition described in subsection (G) below. An installer who installs window treatment for a person with a medical condition described in subsection (G) must obtain a copy of the certified statement or letter written by a physician described in subsection (G) from the person with the medical condition prior to installing the window treatment. The copy of the certified statement or letter must be kept in the installer’s permanent records.
(B) On motor vehicles where window treatment has not been applied to the windows immediately adjacent to each side of the driver, the use of a perforated window screen or other decorative window application on windows to the rear of the driver’s seat shall be allowed. Any motor vehicle with a window to the rear of the driver’s seat treated in this manner shall be equipped with a side mirror on each side of the motor vehicle which are in conformance with ILCS Ch. 625, Act 5, § 12-502.
(C) No person shall drive a motor vehicle with any objects placed or suspended between the driver and the front windshield, rear window, side wings or side windows immediately adjacent to each side of the driver which materially obstructs the driver's view.
(D) Every motor vehicle, except motorcycles, shall be equipped with a device, controlled by the driver, for cleaning rain, snow, moisture or other obstructions from the windshield; and no person shall drive a motor vehicle with snow, ice, moisture or other material on any of the windows or mirrors, which materially obstructs the driver's clear view of the highway.
(E) No person shall drive a motor vehicle when the windshield, side or rear windows are in such defective condition or repair as to materially impair the driver's view to the front, side or rear. A vehicle equipped with a side mirror on each side of the vehicle which are in conformance with ILCS Ch. 625, Act 5, § 12-502 will be deemed to be in compliance in the event the rear window of the vehicle is materially obscured.
(F) Divisions (A)(1), (A)(3), and (B) of this section shall not apply to those motor vehicles properly registered in another jurisdiction.
(G) Divisions (A)(1) and (A)(3) of this section shall not apply to a window treatment, including, but not limited to, a window application, nonreflective material, or tinted film, applied or affixed to a motor vehicle for which distinctive license plates or license plate stickers have been issued pursuant to ILCS Ch. 625, Act 5, § 3-412(k), and which:
(1) Is owned and operated by a person afflicted with or suffering from a medical disease, including but not limited to systemic or discoid lupus erthematosus, disseminated superficial actinic porokeratosis, light sensitivity as a result of a traumatic brain injury, or albinism, which would require that person to be shielded from the direct rays of the sun; or
(2) Is used in transporting a person when such person resides at the same address as the registered owner of the vehicle and such person is afflicted with or suffering from a medical disease which would require such person to be shielded from the direct rays of the sun, including but not limited to systemic or discoid lupus erthematosus, disseminated superficial actinic porokeratosis, light sensitivity as a result of a traumatic brain injury, or albinism.
The owner must obtain a certified statement or letter written by a physician licensed to practice medicine in Illinois that such person owning and operating or being transported in a motor vehicle is afflicted with or suffers from such disease, including but not limited to systemic or discoid lupus erthematosus, disseminated superficial actinic porokeratosis, light sensitivity as a result of a traumatic brain injury, or albinism. However, no exemption from the requirements of division (A)(3) of this section shall be granted for any condition for which protection from the direct rays of the sun can be adequately obtained by the use of sunglasses or other eye protective devices.
Such certification must be carried in the motor vehicle at all times. The certification shall be legible and shall contain the date of issuance, the name, address and signature of the attending physician, and the name, address, and medical condition of the person requiring exemption. The information on the certificate for a window treatment must remain current and shall be renewed every four years by the attending physician. The owner shall also submit a copy of the certification to the Secretary of State. The Secretary of State may forward notice of certification to law enforcement agencies.
(3) Installers shall only install window treatment authorized by this division (G) on motor vehicles for which distinctive plates or license plate stickers have been issued pursuant to ILCS Ch. 625, Act 5, § 3-412(k). The distinctive license plates or plate sticker must be on the motor vehicle at the time of window treatment installation.
(H) Division (A)(1) of this section shall not apply to motor vehicle stickers or other certificates issued by state or local authorities which are required to be displayed upon motor vehicle windows to evidence compliance with requirements concerning motor vehicles.
(I) A person found guilty of violating divisions (A), (B) or (G)(3) of this section shall be guilty of a petty offense and fined no less than $50 nor more than $500. A second or subsequent violation of divisions (A), (B) or (G)(3) of this section shall be treated as a class C misdemeanor and fined no less than $100 nor more than $500. Any person convicted under divisions (A) or (B) of this section shall be ordered to alter any nonconforming windows into compliance with this section.
(J) Except as provided in division (A)(2) of this section, nothing in this section shall create a cause of action on behalf of a buyer against a vehicle dealer or manufacturer who sells a motor vehicle with a window which is in violation of this section.
(K) A home rule unit may not regulate motor vehicles in a manner inconsistent with this section. This section is a limitation under subsection (i) of Section 6 of Article VII of the Illinois Constitution on the concurrent exercise by home rule units of powers and functions exercised by the state.
('64 Code, § 21-144) Penalty, see § 70.999
Editor’s note:
For similar provisions under state law, see ILCS Ch. 625, Act 5, § 12-503
(A) 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 city if the vehicle has on the periphery of any of the road wheels any block, stud, flange, cleat, ridge, lug, or any projection of metal or wood which projects radially beyond the tread or traffic surface of the tire. This prohibition does not apply to pneumatic tires with metal studs used on vehicles operated by rural letter carriers who are employed or enjoy a contract with the United States postal service for the purpose of delivering mail, if the vehicle is actually used for that purpose during operations between November 15 of any year and April l of the following year, or to motor vehicles displaying a disability license plate or a license plate for veterans with disabilities whose owner resides in an unincorporated area located upon a county or township highway or road and possesses a valid driver’s license and operates the vehicle with such tires only during the period heretofore described, or to tracked type motor vehicles when that part of the vehicle coming in contact with the road surface does not contain any projections of any kind likely to injure the surface of the road; however, tractors, traction engines, and similar vehicles may be operated which have upon their road wheels V-shaped, diagonal, or other cleats arranged in a manner as to be continuously in contact with the road surface, provided that the gross weight upon the wheels per inch of width of the cleats in contact with the road surface, when measured in the direction of the axle of the vehicle, does not exceed 800 pounds.
(B) All motor vehicles and all other vehicles in tow thereof, or thereunto attached,operating upon any roadway, shall have tires of rubber or some material of equal resiliency. Solid tires shall be considered defective, and shall not be permitted to be used if the rubber or other material has been worn or otherwise reduced to a thickness of less than 3/4 inch, or if the tires have been so worn or otherwise damaged as to cause undue vibration when the vehicle is in motion, or to cause undue concentration of the wheel load on the surface of the road. The requirements of this section do not apply to agricultural tractors or traction engines or to agricultural machinery, including wagons being used for agricultural purposes in tow thereof, or to road rollers or road building machinery operated at a speed not in excess of 10 miles per hour. All motor vehicles of the second division, operating upon any roadway shall have pneumatic tires, unless exempted herein.
(C) Nothing in this section shall be deemed to prohibit the use of tire chains of reasonable proportion upon any vehicle when required for safety because of snow, ice, or other conditions tending to cause a vehicle to skid.
(ILCS Ch. 625, Act 5, § 12-401) ('64 Code, § 21-145) (Ord. , passed ; amend. Ord. 7140, passed 8-20-85) Penalty, see § 70.999
(A) For the purpose of this section, "SIPED" shall mean cut without removing material, and "REGROOVED" shall mean the tread groove pattern is renewed, or a new pattern generated, or both, without additional tread material being added.
(B) 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 tread is siped or regrooved to a depth equal to or deeper than the molded groove depth, unless the tire was constructed or retreaded with sufficient tread material and type of labels to permit such siping or regrooving. Such labels and siping or regrooving shall be in compliance with Part 569 of Title 49 of the Code of Federal Regulations, and after siping or regrooving the tire shall conform to that part.
(ILCS Ch. 625, Act 5, § 12-402) (Ord. 7140, passed 8-20-85) Penalty, see § 70.999
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 tread material is attached to a used tire, unless the tire, tread material, labelling, and certification, before and after processing, conform to Part 571.117 of Title 49 of the Code of Federal Regulations.
(ILCS Ch. 625, Act 5, § 12-403) (Ord. 7140, passed 8-20-85) Penalty, see § 70.999
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 this section.
(A) Regrooved or siped tire. In addition to the identification, labelling, and certification required under § 74.023, either the word "regrooved" or the word "siped" shall be branded on each side of a pneumatic tire on which the tread is either regrooved or siped, as the case may be. In the case of a tire that is both regrooved and siped, the word "regrooved" alone on each side shall suffice, although both words may appear on each side. Each branding shall be conspicuous but shall be sized, located, and applied so as not to weaken or damage the tire or otherwise degrade the performance of the tire or shorten its useful life.
(B) Retreaded tire. In addition to the labelling, identification, certification, and other marking required under § 74.024, the word "retreaded" shall be branded or molded into or onto each side of a pneumatic tire that has been retreaded or "recapped". Each molding or branding shall be conspicuous but shall be sized, located, and applied so as not to weaken or damage the tire or otherwise degrade the performance of the tire or shorten its useful life.
(C) New tire. The labelling, identification, certification, and other marking required by Part 571.109 of Title 49 of the Code of Federal Regulations shall appear on each new pneumatic tire intended for use on a passenger car other than a multipurpose passenger vehicle. The labelling, identification, certification, and other marking required by Part 571.119 of Title 49 of the Code of Federal Regulations shall appear on each new pneumatic tire intended for use on either a multipurpose passenger vehicle or other type of vehicle that is not a passenger car.
(ILCS Ch. 625, Act 5, § 12-404) (Ord. 7140, passed 8-20-85) Penalty, see § 70.999
(A) Definition. The term "SPARE TIRE" as used in this section means any new, used, or specially constructed tire that is either carried or installed for short term emergency use.
(B) Promulgated rules. The Department of Transportation shall promulgate rules concerning unsafe operating conditions of pneumatic tires. The rules shall be enforced by police officers by visual inspection of tires, including visual comparison with simple measuring scales or gauges. The rules shall include precepts and standards for determining unsafe conditions, including the determination of an effective depth of tread groove, and shall be based upon, to the extent that it is reasonable and practical, all provisions set forth in division (D) below.
(C) Use of unsafe tire.
(1) No person or organization shall place, drive, or move, or cause or allow to be placed, driven, or moved, on a highway of this state, any vehicle equipped with one or more pneumatic tires deemed to be unsafe under a provision of division (D) below or a rule promulgated under division (B) above.
(2) Any restriction stated in this division shall not apply:
(a) To a tire on a damaged, disabled, abandoned, or other unsafe or unwanted vehicle being legally towed, pushed, or otherwise transferred to a repair, relocation, storage, salvage, junking, or other collection site;
(b) To a tire on a racing or other competitive vehicle being legally moved or transported, not under its own power, to a lawful competition site or to a bona fide testing site; or
(c) To a spare tire either carried or in short term emergency use for only such distance or time as is reasonably necessary to accomplish the repair or replacement of the damaged or unsafe tire for which the spare was substituted.
(D) Criteria for unsafe pneumatic tires. A pneumatic tire shall be deemed to be unsafe if it has:
(1) Any part of a ply or cord exposed;
(2) A tread or sidewall crack, cut, snag, or other surface interruption deep enough to expose a ply or cord;
(3) Any bulge, knot, or separation;
(4) Tread wear indicators flush with the tread outer surface in any two or more adjacent tread grooves at three locations approximately equally spaced around the circumference of the tire;
(5) A depth of tread groove less than 2/32 of an inch or less than 1/32 of an inch if on a motorcycle or truckster, measured in any two or more adjacent tread grooves at three locations approximately equally spaced around the circumference of the tire, at least one of which, in the judgment of the inspecting officer, is a location at which the tread is thinnest, providing that any measurement over a tie bar, tread wear indicator, hump, or fillet is excluded;
(6) A depth of tread groove less than 4/32 of an inch at any one location and the tire is mounted on the front wheel of a motor vehicle subject to the provisions of ILCS Ch. 625, Act 5, § 18b-100 et seq., provided that any measurement over a tie bar, tread wear indicator, hump, or fillet is excluded;
(7) A marking which indicates that the tire is not intended for use on a public highway;
(8) Been regrooved or recut below the bottom of an original tread groove, except in the case of a special regroovable tire that was manufactured or retreaded with thick undertread, identified, and regrooved in compliance with the applicable federal standard in Title 49 of the Code of Federal Regulations, and in compliance with each applicable section of this chapter; or
(9) Other condition, marking, or lack of marking that may be reasonably demonstrated to identify the tire as unsuitable for highway use, including inflation, load, speed, or installation condition seriously incompatible with the tire size, construction, or other pertinent marking or feature.
(E) Sale, lease, or installation of pneumatic tires.
(1) No person or organization shall sell, lease, or offer for sale or lease, or mount, install, or cause or allow to be mounted or installed, for use on a highway, any pneumatic tire deemed to be unsafe under division (D) above or under a rule promulgated under division (B) above. Except as provided in division (C) above, any person or organization offering a vehicle for sale or lease shall, prior to its being placed, driven, or moved on a highway, correct any unsafe tire condition.
(2) No person or organization shall sell, lease, or offer for sale or lease, for highway use, any pneumatic tire, or any vehicle equipped with a pneumatic tire, which has a depth of tread groove less than 3/32 of an inch; except a pneumatic tire on a motorcycle or truckster may have a depth of tire groove of not less than 2/32 of an inch. Groove depth shall not be measured where a tie bar, tread wear indicator, hump, or fillet is located.
(F) Compliance and enforcement. Any police officer, upon reasonable cause to believe that a person or organization has acted or is acting in violation of any provision of this section, shall require the driver, owner, or other appropriate custodian to submit the tire or tires to an inspection. When so required, the owner or other appropriate custodian shall allow the tire inspection and the driver of a vehicle or combination of vehicles shall stop at a designated location and allow the tire or tires to be inspected, or shall move the vehicle or combination to a location that is reasonably convenient and is suitable for the inspection.
(ILCS Ch. 625, Act 5, § 12-405) (Ord. 7140, passed 8-20-85) Penalty, see § 70.999
(A) No person shall sell any 1965 or later model motor vehicle of the first division unless the front seat of the motor vehicle is equipped with two sets of seat safety belts. Motorcycles are exempted from the provisions of this section.
(B) No person shall operate any 1965 or later model motor vehicle of the first division that is titled or licensed by the secretary of state unless the front seat of the motor vehicle is equipped with two sets of seat safety belts.
(C) No person under the age of 18 years shall operate any motor vehicle, except a motor driven cycle or motorcycle, with more than one passenger in the front seat of the motor vehicle and no more passengers in the back seats than the number of available seat safety belts, except that each driver under the age of 18 years operating a second division vehicle having a gross vehicle weight rating of 8,000 pounds or less that contains only a front seat may operate the vehicle with more than one passenger in the front seat, provided that each passenger is wearing a properly adjusted and fastened seat safety belt.
(D) The department of law enforcement shall establish performance specifications for seat safety belts, and for the attachment and installation thereof.
(ILCS Ch. 625, Act 5, § 12-603) Penalty, see § 70.999
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