Katie,

The legislation proposed doesn't offer the elderly any protection. It is for automated speed enforcement (think red-light camera for speeding). Causes a non-moving violation to be issued to the registered owner if their vehicle is caught speeding. The safety buffer their edge to say "it's for the protection of children, not revenue generation".

Anyhow, the bill can be found at the following link:
http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=3851&GAID=11&DocTypeID=HB&LegID=62240&SessionID=84&SpecSess=&Session=&GA=97

Bill has been revised to trim the boundary down to 1/8 mile, only during operating hours, and now exclused controlled access highways with 8 or more lanes (and lake shore drive).

How: Isn't the legislative process a lovely thing?

Fortunately, it doesn't apply to the entire state. Only to "municipalities with a population of 1,000,000 or more inhabitants".

But I would have to subscribe to do that... :)

Known issue:
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