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625 ILCS 5/12-608(625 ILCS 5/12-608) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 12-608)
Sec. 12-608. Bumpers.
(a) It shall be unlawful to operate any motorvehicle with a gross vehicle weight rating of 9,000 pounds or less orany motor vehicle registered as a recreational vehicle under this Codeon any highway of this State unless such motor vehicle is equipped withboth a front and rear bumper.
Except as indicated below, maximum bumper heights of such motor vehiclesshall be determined by weight category of gross vehicle weight rating (GVWR)measured from a level surface to the highest point of the bottom of thebumper when the vehicle is unloaded and the tires are inflated to themanufacturer's recommended pressure.
Maximum bumper heights are as follows:
| Maximum Front | Maximum Rear | | Bumper height | Bumper Height | | All motor vehicles of the first | | | division except multipurpose | | | passenger vehicles: | 22 inches | 22 inches | Multipurpose passenger vehicles | | | and all other motor vehicles: | | | 4,500 lbs. and under GVWR | 24 inches | 26 inches | 4,501 lbs. through 7,500 | | | lbs. GVWR | 27 inches | 29 inches | 7,501 lbs. through 9,000 | | | lbs. GVWR | 28 inches | 30 inches |
| It is unlawful to operate upon any highway of this State any vehiclewith a front bumper height that exceeds 28 inches or a rear bumper heightthat exceeds 30 inches, regardless of the GVWR of the vehicle, except thosevehicles covered by Chapter 18b of this Code.
For any vehicle with bumpers or attaching components which have beenmodified or altered from the original manufacturer's design in order toconform with the maximum bumper requirements of this section, the bumperheight shall be measured from a level surface to the bottom of the vehicleframe rail at the most forward and rearward points of the frame rail. Thebumper on any vehicle so modified or altered shall be at least 4.5 inchesin vertical height and extend no less than the width of the respectivewheel tracks outermost distance.
However, nothing in this Section shall prevent the installation ofbumper guards.
(b) This Section shall not apply to street rods, custom vehicles, motorvehicles designed or modifiedprimarily for off-highway purposes while such vehicles are in tow orto motorcycles or motor driven cycles, nor tomotor vehicles registered as antique vehiclesor expanded-use antique vehicles when the originaldesign of such antique vehicles or expanded-use antique vehicles did not include bumpers. The provisions ofthisSection shall not apply to any motor vehicle driven during the first 1000recorded miles of that vehicle, when such vehicle is owned oroperated by a manufacturer, dealer or transporter displaying a specialplate or plates as described in Chapter 3 of this Code while such vehicleis (1) being delivered from the manufacturing or assembly plant directly to thepurchasing dealer or distributor, or from one dealership or distributor toanother; (2) being moved by the most direct route from one location toanother for the purpose of installing special bodies or equipment; or (3) beingdriven for purposes of demonstration by a prospective buyer with the dealeror his agent present in the cab of the vehicle during the demonstration.
The dealer shall, prior to the receipt of any deposit made or anycontract signed by the buyer to secure the purchase of a vehicle,inform such buyer, by written statement signed by the purchaser to indicateacknowledgement of the contents thereof, of the legal requirements of thisSection regarding front and rear bumpers if such vehicle is not to beequipped with bumpers at the time of delivery.
(c) Any violation of this Section is a Class C misdemeanor. A secondconviction under this Section shall be punishable with a fine of not lessthan $500. An officer making an arrest under this Section shall order thevehicle driver to remove the vehicle from the highway. A person convictedunder this Section shall be ordered to bring his vehicle into compliancewith this Section.
(Source: P.A. 97-412, eff. 1-1-12.)
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