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The Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices for Streets and Highways (usually referred to as the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices, abbreviated MUTCD) is a document issued by the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) of the United States Department of Transportation (USDOT) to specify the standards by which traffic signs, road surface markings, and signals are designed, installed ...
The Uniform Vehicle Code (UVC) is a model act by the National Committee on Uniform Traffic Laws and Ordinances, a private non-profit organization. Most of the members are state governments, in addition to some related organizations. The extent to which the code is used varies by each state, territory, and Native American tribe. It was last ...
Level of service (LOS) is a qualitative measure used to relate the quality of motor vehicle traffic service. LOS is used to analyze roadways and intersections by categorizing traffic flow and assigning quality levels of traffic based on performance measure like vehicle speed, density, congestion, etc.
Scott's Law, 625 ILCS 5/11-907(c), is a mandatory move over law in the state of Illinois. [1] The law requires that all motorists move over when encountering stopped or disabled emergency vehicles displaying warning lights. [2]
0.9 m (large), 0.6 m (small) Stop † written in black or dark blue inside red inverted triangle: Priority road: Diamond: White: Black: 0.5 m (large), 0.35 m (small) Yellow or orange square: End of priority road: Diamond: White: Black: 0.5 m (large), 0.35 m (small) Yellow or orange square with black or grey diagonal lines crossing the sign ...
State highways may be maintained by either the municipalities if within a municipality, or the Illinois Department of Transportation. [5] Should a highway run through a municipality, IDOT is authorized to choose a route through the municipality in order to make a route contiguous for through traffic. [6]
[6] [7] By 1979, IL 5 finished completing the FAP 403 freeway. [8] The reason for I-88's original designation and continued existence as an Interstate has to do with a technicality in the old National Maximum Speed Law (NMSL). Originally passed in 1973, the NMSL was amended in 1987 to permit 65-mile-per-hour (105 km/h) speed limits on rural ...
The Illinois Compiled Statutes (ILCS) are the codified statutes of a general and permanent nature of Illinois. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The compilation organizes the general Acts of Illinois into 67 chapters arranged within 9 major topic areas. [ 3 ]