Illinois Administrative Code › Title 92 - TRANSPORTATION › Part 1030 - ISSUANCE OF LICENSES › Section 1030.84 - Vehicle Inspection

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
a) An
			 applicant, who is required to take the road test, as defined in Section
			 1030.85,
			 must provide a representative vehicle for the test. The vehicle will be safety
			 inspected by an examiner prior to the road test. A vehicle that is not properly
			 equipped or that does not have equipment in safe operating order will be
			 rejected for use in the road test. The following equipment shall be safety
			 inspected as required for the type of representative vehicles being used to
			 administer the road test:
1) Registration
			 plates shall be attached or affixed to the motor vehicle pursuant to IVC
			 Section 3-413. The owner of a vehicle who does not have registration plates
			 and/or a registration sticker shall present proper documentation, pursuant to
			 IVC Section 3-407, showing that proper registration has been applied for, prior
			 to use of the vehicle for road test.
2) When lighted lamps are required pursuant
			 to IVC Section 12-201(b) for the road test, motor vehicles shall have mounted,
			 exhibit and operate such lamps pursuant to IVC Sections 12-201, 12-202, 12-204,
			 12-205, 12-207, 12-208, 12-209, 12-210 and/or 12-215. A motorized pedalcycle
			 must have mounted and display a lamp and reflector as required in IVC Section
			 11-1507.1.
3) When windshield
			 wipers are required pursuant to IVC Section 12-503(d), they must be in proper
			 operating condition.
4) The horn
			 must be in proper working order pursuant to IVC Section 12-601. Horns do not
			 include a siren, whistle or bell.
5) No person shall drive a motor vehicle with
			 any sign, poster, window application, reflective material or nonreflective
			 material upon the front windshield, sidewings or side windows immediately
			 adjacent to each side of the driver that materially obstructs, obscures or
			 impairs the view from within or without the vehicle. No person shall drive a
			 motor vehicle with any objects placed or suspended between the driver and the
			 front windshield or rear window that materially obstruct the driver's view. No
			 person shall drive a motor vehicle when the windshield or side or rear windows
			 are in such defective condition or repair as to materially impair the driver's
			 view to the front, side or rear. A vehicle equipped with an unobstructed
			 rearview mirror will be deemed to be in compliance in the event the rear window
			 of the vehicle is materially obscured (see IVC Section 12-503).
6) No vehicle may be used for the road test
			 if one or more tires are unsafe as defined in IVC Section 12-405. A vehicle
			 equipped with metal studded tires may not be used for the road test.
7) The service brakes, foot or hand operated,
			 must be in a condition that allows activation with one movement of the
			 activating device. All First and Second Division vehicles must be equipped with
			 an operable emergency brake. A Class M motorcycle shall have two methods of
			 braking. A Class L motor-driven cycle or pedalcycle shall have at least one
			 method of braking.
8) Each driver
			 and front seat passenger of a 1965 or later model motor vehicle operated on a
			 street or highway in this State shall wear a properly adjusted and fastened
			 seat safety belt pursuant to IVC Section 12-603.1. Such requirements shall not
			 apply to a driver possessing a written statement from a physician that the
			 person is unable, for medical or physical reasons, to wear a seat safety belt,
			 or to certain motor vehicles that are not required to be equipped with seat
			 safety belts under
			 49
			 CFR 393.93. A retractable lap seat belt shall
			 be provided for the driver of a school bus and must be used by the driver at
			 all times while the bus is being operated, as required by IVC Section
			 12-807.
9) Every motor vehicle
			 shall be equipped with a mirror so located as to reflect to the driver a view
			 of the highway for a distance of at least 200 feet to the rear of the motor
			 vehicle. A rectangular rearview mirror shall be located on the right and left
			 sides of each Second Division school bus forward of the driver's seat. The
			 mirrors shall have a minimum horizontal dimension of five inches and a minimum
			 vertical dimension of 10 inches.
10) The seat for the person giving the test
			 must be securely affixed in a location that assures the examiner's safety and
			 allows the examiner to perform proper scoring of the road test pursuant to
			 Section 1030.85. The seat must be free from excessive soil or grease and should
			 have no protruding springs. Vehicles must not have loose objects on the seats
			 or floors that could pose a danger to the driver or examiner.
11) The steering wheel must not be broken or
			 have any part missing. The steering wheel when worked back and forth shall not
			 have more than 5-10 degrees of free play (approximately 2" at the rim of a 20"
			 steering wheel). Vehicles that have excessive free play (more than 10 degrees)
			 in the steering mechanism shall be rejected as unsafe. Free play is the degree
			 of movement the steering wheel must have before the front wheels
			 move.
12) Both front vehicle doors
			 must be operable from the inside and outside of the vehicle with the standard
			 latching mechanism. Doors may not be wired or strapped shut.
13) Every motor vehicle of a width or design
			 that would not allow hand signals to be adequately visible from the front and
			 rear shall be equipped with an electric turn signal device that indicates the
			 intention of the driver to turn to the right or to the left. The signaling
			 device shall be in the form of flashing red or amber lights located at the rear
			 of the vehicle on the side toward which the turn is to be made, mounted on the
			 same level and as widely spaced laterally as practicable. Turn signal lamps
			 must be visible from a distance of not less than 300 feet in normal
			 sunlight.
14) Any motor vehicle or
			 combination vehicle that operates with air brakes must have air brake hoses
			 that are free from breaks, leaks or bulges that may prevent or hinder the safe
			 operation of the vehicle braking system. Any motor vehicle or combination
			 vehicle that operates with air brakes will not be permitted to be used for the
			 road test if the air pressure gauge reading fails to maintain 95 pounds per
			 square inch pressure during normal pressure buildup.
15) Three safety flags, flares, fuses or
			 reflectors shall be provided in all Second Division vehicles as described in
			 IVC Section 12-702.
16) An
			 operating speedometer shall be mounted in all vehicles designated as a school
			 bus in a manner that it is readable to the seated driver.
17) The emergency doors at the front and the
			 rear of a designated school bus should open from the inside. The latch must be
			 in operable condition. An alarm system that is visible and audible to the
			 driver must be activated when the engine is running and the emergency door is
			 unlatched.
18) One fire
			 extinguisher shall be located in a position readily accessible to the driver of
			 a school bus pursuant to IVC Section 12-808.
19) A school bus shall carry a removable and
			 readily identifiable first aid and bodily fluid kit, mounted in full view of
			 and readily accessible to the driver as required by IVC Section
			 12-809.
20) All school buses shall
			 be equipped with an 8-lamp flashing signal system consisting of two alternately
			 flashing red signal lights and two flashing yellow signal lights mounted at the
			 front and rear of the bus as required by IVC Section 12-805. Each signal lamp
			 shall be a sealed beam at least 51/2 inches in diameter and shall have
			 sufficient intensity to be visible at 500 feet in normal sunlight. The system
			 shall be actuated only by means of a manual switch. There shall be a device for
			 indicating to the driver that the system is operating properly or is
			 inoperative.
21) All Second
			 Division vehicles, as required by IVC Section 12-202, shall have mounted and
			 properly display clearance, identification and side marker lamps. The lamps
			 shall be illuminated for the road test, during periods when headlamps are
			 required by IVC Section 12-201.
22)
			 A stop arm shall be placed on the driver's side of each Second Division school
			 bus and may be operated either manually or mechanically. The design of this
			 stop arm shall comply with IVC Section 12-803.
23) The tailpipes of each Second Division
			 school bus should extend beyond the rear end of the chassis frame at least one
			 inch, but not beyond the rear of the bumper.
24) A religious organization bus or senior
			 citizen transportation vehicle may be of any color and have any markings
			 designating its purpose other than those required for school buses pursuant to
			 IVC Sections 12-801, 12-802, 12-804 and 12-806. A road test, for a religious
			 organization bus or senior citizen transportation vehicle restriction, may be
			 administered in any vehicle of the proper representative type for the license
			 restriction (see Section
			 1030.92).
25) No person shall operate any motorcycle,
			 motor-driven cycle or pedalcycle for the road test with handlebars higher than
			 the height of the shoulders of the operator when seated in the upright driving
			 position.
26) The operator of a
			 motorcycle, motor-driven cycle or pedalcycle used for the road test shall be
			 protected by glasses, goggles or a transparent shield pursuant to IVC Section
			 11-1404.
27) Second Division
			 vehicles or medical transport vehicles shall display a certificate of safety
			 then in effect pursuant to IVC Sections 13-111 and 13-114, except that those
			 vehicles displaying a Department of Transportation federal census number on the
			 side of the vehicle shall not require the certificate.
28) No vehicle may be used for a road test
			 that has any lighting or combination of lighting with a smoked or tinted lens
			 or cover per IVC Section 12-212.