(A) Whenever any police officer finds a vehicle in violation of any of the provisions of § 72.11 or any other applicable section of this traffic code or ordinance of the city, the officer is authorized to move the vehicle, or require the driver or other person in charge of the vehicle to move the same, to a position off the roadway.
(B) Any police officer is authorized to remove or cause to be removed to a place of safety any unattended vehicle illegally left standing upon any highway, bridge, causeway, or in a tunnel, or in a position or under circumstances as to obstruct the normal movement of traffic.
(C) Any police officer is authorized to remove or cause to be removed to the nearest garage or other place of safety any vehicle found upon a highway when:
(1) Report has been made that the vehicle has been stolen or taken without the consent of its owner; or
(2) The person or persons in charge of the vehicle are unable to provide for its custody or removal; or
(3) When the person driving or in control of the vehicle is arrested for an alleged offense for which the officer is required by law to take the person arrested before a proper magistrate without unnecessary delay; or
(4) When the registration of the vehicle has been suspended, cancelled, or revoked.
(ILCS Ch. 625, Act 5, § 11-1302) ('74 Code, § 17-166)