Below you can find helpful information regarding updated traffic laws and important things to remember when driving in Rockdale.
Cell Phone Usage:
625 ILCS 5/12-610.2 Electronic Communication
A person may not operate a motor vehicle on a roadway while using an electronic communication device to compose, send or read an electronic message. Provides that a violation is an offense against traffic regulations governing the movement of vehicles.
625 ILCS 5/12-610.1 No Phone in School/Work Zones
A person, regardless of age, may not use a wireless telephone in a school speed zone or a construction or maintenance speed zone, except for a person engaged in a highway construction or maintenance project for which a construction or maintenance speed zone has been established when the person is using a wireless telephone in furtherance of that project.
Emergency Vehicles In The Roadway:
Every year in the United States, there are almost 16,000 collisions involving emergency vehicles. These collisions result in over 1,000 injuries per year. In 2002, Scott’s Law also known as “Scott’s Law” was enacted in memory of Lt. Scott Gillen of the Chicago Fire Department, who was struck and killed by a drunk driver while assisting at a traffic crash on a busy Chicago expressway.
The Illinois Vehicle Code requires drivers that are approaching a stationary emergency vehicle to proceed with caution, yield and change lanes away from the emergency vehicle, if possible with due regard to safety and traffic conditions or if changing lanes would be impossible or unsafe – proceed with due caution, slow down maintaining a safe speed for road conditions.
A violation is considered a business offense punishable by a minimum fine of $100 and a maximum fine of $10,000. In addition to any other penalties, driving privileges can be suspended for a period not less than 90-days and for as long as two years for violations involving injury or death.