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§ 70.20 SIGNALLING DEVICES.
   (A)   It shall be unlawful for any person to operate any horn or other audible signalling device on any motor vehicle except in an emergency or when required by law.
   (B)   Burglar alarms on light motor vehicles shall only be of the electronic signalling types which transmit nonaudible signals to receivers which can be carried by the owners or operators of the vehicles.
('69 Code, § 20-104) (Ord. 0-77-8, passed 10-10-77) Penalty, see § 70.99
§ 70.21 NO WAKE AREA ON GALENA RIVER.
   A “no wake” area is hereby established in the Galena River within the corporate limits of the city. A wake is defined as a movement of the water created by a boat underway great enough to disturb a boat at rest, but under no circumstances shall a boat underway exceed five miles per hour while in a posted “no wake” area. The operator or person in control of any boat which creates a wake in the “no wake” area shall be deemed to have violated this section.
('69 Code, § 20-98) (Ord. 0-77-8, passed 10-10-77; Am. Ord. 0-85-15, passed 9-23-85) Penalty, see § 70.99
OBEDIENCE TO AND EFFECT OF TRAFFIC LAWS
§ 70.40 OBEDIENCE TO POLICE OFFICERS.
   No person shall willfully fail or refuse to comply with any lawful order or direction of any police officer, fireman, person authorized by a local authority to direct traffic, or school crossing guard invested by law with authority to direct, control, or regulate traffic. Any person convicted of violating this section is guilty of a petty offense and shall be subject to a mandatory fine of $150.
(ILCS Ch. 625, Act 5, § 11-203)
§ 70.41 PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES TO OBEY TRAFFIC CODE; EXCEPTIONS.
   (A)   The provisions of this traffic code applicable to the drivers of vehicles upon the highways shall apply to the drivers of all vehicles owned or operated by the United States, the state, or any county, city, town, district, or any other political subdivision of the state, except as provided in this section, and subject to specific exceptions as set forth in this title with reference to authorized emergency vehicles.
   (B)   The driver of an authorized emergency vehicle, when responding to an emergency call, or when in the pursuit of an actual or suspected violator of the law, or when responding to but not upon returning from a fire alarm, may exercise the privileges set forth in this section, but subject to the conditions herein stated.
   (C)   The driver of an authorized emergency vehicle may:
      (1)   Park or stand, irrespective of the provisions of this traffic code;
      (2)   Proceed past a red or stop signal or stop sign, but only after slowing down as may be required and necessary for safe operation;
      (3)   Exceed the maximum speed limits so long as he does not endanger life or property;
      (4)   Disregard regulations governing the direction of movement or turning in specified directions.
   (D)   The exceptions herein granted to an authorized emergency vehicle, other than a police vehicle, shall apply only when the vehicle is making use of either an audible signal when in motion, or visual signals meeting the requirements of ILCS Ch. 625, Act 5, § 12-215.
   (E)   The foregoing provisions do not relieve the driver of an authorized emergency vehicle from the duty of driving with due regard for the safety of all persons, nor do these provisions protect the driver from the consequences of his reckless disregard for the safety of others.
   (F)   Unless specifically made applicable, the provisions of this traffic code shall not apply to persons, motor vehicles, and equipment while actually engaged in work upon the highway, but shall apply to such persons and vehicles when traveling to or from such work.
(ILCS Ch. 625, Act 5, § 11-205) Penalty, see § 70.99
§ 70.42 TRAFFIC LAWS APPLY TO PERSONS RIDING ANIMALS OR DRIVING ANIMAL- DRAWN VEHICLES.
   Every person riding an animal or driving an animal-drawn vehicle upon a roadway shall be granted all of the rights, and shall be subject to all of the duties applicable to the driver of a vehicle by this chapter, except those provisions of this chapter which by their very nature can have no application.
(ILCS Ch. 625, Act 5, § 11-206) Penalty, see § 70.99
§ 70.43 FLEEING OR ATTEMPTING TO ELUDE POLICE OFFICER.
   It shall be unlawful for any driver or operator of a motor vehicle who, having been given a visual or audible signal by a police officer directing the driver or operator to bring his vehicle to a stop, willfully fails or refuses to obey that direction, increases his speed, extinguishes his lights, or otherwise flees or attempts to elude the officer. The signal given by the police officer may be by hand, voice, siren, or a red or blue light. However, the officer giving the signal shall be in police uniform and, if driving a vehicle, the vehicle shall be marked showing it to be an official police vehicle.
TRAFFIC SIGNS, SIGNALS, AND MARKINGS
§ 70.50 OBEDIENCE TO TRAFFIC-CONTROL DEVICES.
   (A)   The driver of any vehicle shall obey the instructions of any official traffic-control device applicable thereto placed or held in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, unless otherwise directed by a police officer, subject to the exceptions granted the driver of an authorized emergency vehicle in this chapter.
   (B)   It is unlawful for any person to leave the roadway and travel across private property to avoid an official traffic control device.
   (C)   No provision of this chapter for which official traffic-control devices are required shall be enforced against an alleged violator if at the time and place of the alleged violation an official device is not in proper position and sufficiently legible to be seen by an ordinarily observant person. Whenever a particular section does not state that official traffic-control devices are required, such section shall be effective even though no devices are erected or in place.
   (D)   Whenever any official traffic-control device is placed or held in position approximately conforming to the requirements of this chapter and purports to conform to the lawful requirements pertaining to such device, such device shall be presumed to have been so placed or held by the official act or direction of lawful authority, and comply with the requirements of this chapter, unless the contrary shall be established by competent evidence.
   (E)   The driver of a vehicle approaching a traffic control signal on which no signal light facing such vehicle is illuminated shall stop before entering the intersection in accordance with rules applicable in making a stop at a stop sign. This provision does not apply to the driver of a vehicle approaching a pedestrian hybrid beacon.
   (F)   Any violation of division (A) of this section that occurs within a designated highway construction zone or maintenance zone shall result in a fine of no less than $100 and no more than $1,000.
(ILCS Ch. 625, Act 5, § 11-305) Penalty, see § 70.99
§ 70.51 TRAFFIC-CONTROL SIGNAL LEGEND.
   Whenever traffic is controlled by traffic-control signals exhibiting different colored lights or color lighted arrows, successively one at a time or in combination, only the colors green, red, and yellow shall be used, except for special pedestrian signals carrying a word legend, and the lights shall indicate and apply to drivers of vehicles and pedestrians as follows:
   (A)   Green indication.
      (1)   Vehicular traffic facing a circular green signal may proceed straight through or turn right or left unless a sign at such place prohibits either such turn. Vehicular traffic, including vehicles turning right or left, shall yield the right-of-way to other vehicles and to pedestrians lawfully within the intersection or an adjacent crosswalk at the time such signal is exhibited.
      (2)   Vehicular traffic facing a green arrow signal, shown alone or in combination with another indication, may cautiously enter the intersection only to make the movement indicated by the arrow, or such other movement as is permitted by other indications shown at the same time. Such vehicular traffic shall yield the right-of-way to pedestrians lawfully within an adjacent crosswalk and to other traffic lawfully using the intersection.
      (3)   Unless otherwise directed by a pedestrian-control signal, as provided in § 70.52, pedestrians facing any green signal, except when the sole green signal is a turn arrow, may proceed across the roadway within any marked or unmarked crosswalk.
   (B)   Steady yellow indication.
      (1)   Vehicular traffic facing a steady circular yellow or yellow arrow signal is thereby warned that the related green movement is being terminated or that a red indication will be exhibited immediately thereafter.
      (2)   Pedestrians facing a steady circular yellow or yellow arrow signal, unless otherwise directed by a pedestrian-control signal as provided in § 70.52, are thereby advised that there is insufficient time to cross the roadway before a red indication is shown, and no pedestrian shall then start to cross the roadway.
   (B-5)   Flashing yellow arrow indication.
      (1)   Vehicular traffic facing a flashing yellow arrow indication may cautiously enter the intersection only to make the movement indicated by the arrow and shall yield the right-of-way to other vehicles and pedestrians lawfully within the intersection or an adjacent crosswalk at the time the signal is exhibited.
      (2)   Pedestrians facing a flashing yellow arrow indication, unless otherwise directed by a pedestrian-control signal as provided in § 70.52, may proceed across the roadway within any marked or unmarked crosswalk that crosses the lane or lanes used to depart the intersection by traffic controlled by the flashing yellow arrow indication. Pedestrians shall yield the right-of-way to vehicles lawfully within the intersection at the time that the flashing yellow signal indication is first displayed.
   (C)   Steady red indication.
      (1)   Except as provided in division (C)(3) or (4) of this section, vehicular traffic facing a steady circular red signal alone shall stop at a clearly marked stop line, but if there is no such stop line, before entering the crosswalk on the near side of the intersection, or if there is no such crosswalk, then before entering the intersection; and shall remain standing until an indication to proceed is shown.
      (2)   Except as provided in division (C)(3) or (4) of this section, vehicular traffic facing a steady red arrow signal shall not enter the intersection to make the movement indicated by the arrow and, unless entering the intersection to make a movement permitted by another signal, shall stop at a clearly marked stop line, but if there is no such stop line, before entering the crosswalk on the near side of the intersection, or if there is no such crosswalk, then before entering the intersection; and shall remain standing until an indication permitting the movement indicated by such red arrow is shown.
      (3)   Except when a sign is in place prohibiting a turn and the city authorities by ordinance or state authorities by rule or regulation prohibit any such turn, vehicular traffic facing any steady red signal may cautiously enter the intersection to turn right, or to turn left from a one-way street into a one- way street, after stopping as required by division (C)(1) or (C)(2) of this section. After stopping, the driver shall yield the right-of-way to any vehicle in the intersection or approaching on another roadway so closely as to constitute an immediate hazard during the time the driver is moving across or within the intersection or junction or roadways. The driver shall yield the right-of-way to pedestrians within the intersection or an adjacent crosswalk.
      (4)   After stopping as required by division (C)(1) or (C)(2) of this section, the driver of a motorcycle or bicycle, facing a steady red signal which fails to change to a green signal within a reasonable period of time not less than 120 seconds because of a signal malfunction or because the signal has failed to detect the arrival of the motorcycle or bicycle due to the vehicle’s size or weight, shall have the right to proceed, after yielding the right of way to oncoming traffic facing a green signal, subject to the rules applicable after making a stop at a stop sign as required by § 70.61.
      (5)   Unless otherwise directed by a pedestrian-control signal as provided in § 70.52, pedestrians facing a steady circular red or red arrow signal alone shall not enter the roadway.
   (D)   In the event an official traffic-control signal is erected and maintained at a place other than an intersection, the provisions of this section shall be applicable except as to provisions which by their nature can have no application. Any stop required shall be at a traffic sign or a marking on the pavement indicating where the stop shall be made; or, in the absence of such sign or marking, the stop shall be made at the signal.
(ILCS Ch. 625, Act 5, § 11-306) Penalty, see § 70.99
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