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Illinois Speeding Tickets Can Suspend Your Driver's License



Speed Must be Reasonable and Proper

Illinois law provides the following general restriction on operating a motor vehicle: “A person shall not drive a vehicle upon any highway at a speed which is greater than is reasonable and proper with regard to traffic conditions and the use of the highway, or endangers the safety of any person or property.” See 625 ILCS 5/11-601(a).

 

Lake County Speeding Tickets | Illinois Moving Violations | Cook County Tickets for Driving Over the Speed Limit | Cases in Skokie and Rolling Meadows Traffic Court | Mundelein, Park City, & Round Lake Branch Court Speeding TicketsWhat is the Maximum Speed Limit?

  • 65 MPH on Illinois tollways and on divided highways that have at least 4 lanes
  • 55 MPH on all other highways
  • 55 MPH for vehicles that weigh more than 8,001 lbs.
  • 30 MPH on city streets
  • 15 MPH in city alleys
  • See 625 ILCS 5/11-601.

 

Is there a Minimum Speed Limit?

  • State law provides the following general speed restriction for slow vehicles: “No person shall operate a motor vehicle at such a slow speed as to impede or block the normal and reasonable movement of traffic.” 625 ILCS 5/11-606(a).
  • State law also provides that “[a] person, driving at less than the normal speed of traffic, shall drive in the right-hand lane available for traffic or as close as practicable to the right-hand curb or edge of the roadway.” 625 ILCS 5/11-701(b).

 

Criminal Penalties for Speeding Tickets

  • First and second speeding tickets are considered petty offenses (punishable by a fine only - no jail).
  • However, a third or subsequent speeding ticket within one year of the first can be a Class C misdemeanor. See 625 ILCS 5/16-104. These tickets are rarely charged as Class C misdemeanors, because the police officer would have to check the motorist's driving record for prior tickets.
  • Driving 40 MPH over the speed limit is a Class A misdemeanor. See 625 ILCS 5/11-601.5. These tickets are almost always charged as Class A misdemeanors, because the officer issuing the ticket does not have to check the drivers' record of the motorist in order to write the citation as a misdemeanor.

 

Can I Go to Jail for a Speeding Ticket?

  • State law says that speeding offenders can be sentenced to jail. For a third or subsequent ticket within one year, the driver can be sentenced as a Class C misdemeanor offender, which carries up to 30 days in the county jail. See 730 ILCS 5/5-8-3(a)(3).
  • Offenders who are ticketed for driving 40 MPH over the speed limit are sentenced as Class A misdemeanor offenders. They face a sentence of up to 364 days in the county jail and a fine of $2,500. See 730 ILCS 5/5-8-3(1).

 

What are Speeding Ticket Fines?

  • Fines for first or second tickets: up to $1,000 (petty offense)
  • Fine for a third or subsequent ticket within one year: up to $1,500 (Class C misdemeanor). See 730 ILCS 5/5-9-1(a)(3) & (4).
  • Fines for driving 40 MPH over the speed limit: up to $2,500 (Class A misdemeanor). See 730 ILCS 5/5-9-1(a)(2).

Driver's License Suspension
  • Three (3) or more moving violations in a period of 12 months may result in the suspension or revocation of your driver's license.
  • For drivers under 21 years of age, 2 moving violations in 24 months will result in the suspension of driving privileges.
  • Driving while license suspended or revoked is a Class A misdemeanor punishable by up to 364 days jail and a $2,500 fine.