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Whenever authorized signs are erected indicating that no right or left or U-turn is permitted no driver of a vehicle shall disobey the directions of the sign. When authorized marks, buttons, or other indications are placed within an intersection indicating the course to be travelled by vehicles, no driver of a vehicle shall disobey the directions of the indications.
(A) Preferential right-of-way at an intersection may be indicated by stop signs or yield signs as authorized in ILCS Ch. 625, Act 5, § 11-302.
(B) Except when directed to proceed by a police officer or traffic-control signal, every driver of a vehicle and every motorman of a streetcar approaching a stop intersection indicated by a stop sign shall stop before entering the crosswalk on the near side of the intersection or, in the event there is no crosswalk, shall stop at a clearly marked stop line, but if none, then at the point nearest the intersection roadway where the driver has a view of approaching traffic on the intersecting roadway before entering the intersection.
(C) The driver of a vehicle approaching a yield sign if required for safety to stop shall stop before entering the crosswalk on the near side of the intersection or, in the event there is no crosswalk, at a clearly marked stop line, but if none, then at the point nearest the intersecting roadway where the driver has a view of approaching traffic on the intersecting roadway.
(ILCS Ch. 625, Act 5, § 11-1204) Penalty, see § 70.99
(A) Whoever violates any provision of this traffic code for which another penalty is not already otherwise provided by ordinance or by appropriate statutory penalty as generally set forth in ILCS Ch. 625, Act 5, §§ 16-101 et seq. shall, upon conviction, be subject to a fine of not less than $50 nor more than $750.
(B) Any person convicted of violating § 70.10 is guilty of a petty offense and shall be subject to a mandatory fine of $150. (ILCS Ch. 625, Act 5, § 11-203)