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1    AN ACT concerning transportation.
  
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
3represented in the General Assembly:
  
 
 
4    Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended  by changing 
5Section 11-1002 as follows:
 



6    (625 ILCS 5/11-1002)  (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-1002)



7    Sec. 11-1002. Pedestrians' right-of-way at crosswalks. 
8    (a) When
traffic control signals are not in place or not in 
9operation the driver of
a vehicle shall stop and yield the 
10right-of-way to a pedestrian crossing the roadway within a 
11crosswalk when the pedestrian
is upon the half of the roadway 
12upon which the vehicle is traveling, or when
the pedestrian is 
13approaching so closely from the opposite half of the roadway
as 
14to be in danger.

15    (b) No pedestrian shall suddenly leave a curb or other 
16place of safety
and walk or run into the path of a moving 
17vehicle which is so close as to
constitute an immediate hazard.

18    (c) Paragraph (a) shall not apply under the condition 
19stated in Section
11-1003(b).

20    (d) Whenever any vehicle is stopped at a marked crosswalk

21or at any unmarked crosswalk at an intersection to permit a 
22pedestrian to
cross the roadway, the driver of any other 
23vehicle approaching from the rear
shall not overtake and pass 
 
 
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1such stopped vehicle.

2    (e) Whenever stop signs or flashing red signals are in

3place at an intersection or at a plainly marked crosswalk 
4between
intersections, drivers shall yield right-of-way to 
5pedestrians as
set forth in Section 11-904 of this Chapter.

6    (f) Whenever a pedestrian crossing warning sign with a 
7rectangular rapid flashing beacon  is in place at an 
8intersection where traffic control signals are not in place or 
9at a plainly marked crosswalk, a driver of a vehicle shall stop 
10and yield the right-of-way to a pedestrian when the rectangular 
11rapid flashing beacon is activated. For purposes of this 
12subsection (f), "rectangular rapid flashing beacon" means a 
13pedestrian-activated LED beacon system with 2 rapidly and 
14alternately flashing rectangular yellow lights that conforms 
15to Federal Highway Administration guidelines. 
16    A  violation of this subsection is a Class C misdemeanor, 
17except that a violation  that results in serious bodily injury 
18or death to another is a  Class 4 felony. 
19(Source: P.A. 96-1165, eff. 7-22-10.)