Sometimes I can't believe that we actually elect the people who come up with this stuff and not only that we pay them for it.
While looking for a law to cover a unique parking problem a citizen is having, I discovered these two gems in the Illinois Vehicle Code:
http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/ilc...&SeqEnd=116000&ActName=Illinois+Vehicle+Code.
The last time I checked, there were no mountains or mountain highways in Illinois. I'm not sure if the legislature wanted to be prepared in case one suddenly sprang up from the ground and someone built a highway on it, or if it's a Daley sponsored law because he wants to build a mountain next to Navy Pier :banghead:
The next is a speed limit on power chairs. You know the kind you see advertised on late night TV where they say if medicare denies it you get the chair free....
I'm sure that somewhere they had a problem with drag racing outside of a retirement home....Do any of those chairs even do 8 miles an hour down hill?
Look up the laws from your own state. I bet you find some real winners. Post em here:
While looking for a law to cover a unique parking problem a citizen is having, I discovered these two gems in the Illinois Vehicle Code:
http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/ilc...&SeqEnd=116000&ActName=Illinois+Vehicle+Code.
(625 ILCS 5/11‑1409) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11‑1409)
Sec. 11‑1409. Driving on mountain highways.
The driver of a motor vehicle traveling through defiles or canyons or on mountain highways shall hold such motor vehicle under control and as near the right‑hand edge of the roadway as reasonably possible and, except when driving entirely to the right of the center of the roadway, shall give audible warning with the horn of such motor vehicle upon approaching any curve where the view is obstructed within a distance of 200 feet along the highway.
(Source: P.A. 79‑1069.)
The last time I checked, there were no mountains or mountain highways in Illinois. I'm not sure if the legislature wanted to be prepared in case one suddenly sprang up from the ground and someone built a highway on it, or if it's a Daley sponsored law because he wants to build a mountain next to Navy Pier :banghead:
The next is a speed limit on power chairs. You know the kind you see advertised on late night TV where they say if medicare denies it you get the chair free....
(625 ILCS 5/11‑1412.2)
Sec. 11‑1412.2. Operating an electric personal assistive mobility device on a public sidewalk.
A person may not operate an electric personal assistive mobility device upon a public sidewalk at a speed greater than 8 miles per hour. Nothing in this Section shall be deemed to limit or preempt the authority of any home rule or non‑home rule unit of local government from regulating or prohibiting the use of electric personal assistive mobility devices.
(Source: P.A. 92‑868, eff. 6‑1‑03.)
I'm sure that somewhere they had a problem with drag racing outside of a retirement home....Do any of those chairs even do 8 miles an hour down hill?
Look up the laws from your own state. I bet you find some real winners. Post em here: