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625 ILCS 5/11-708 (2026)

One-way roadways and rotary traffic islands

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(625 ILCS 5/11-708) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-708)
    Sec. 11-708. One-way roadways and rotary traffic islands. (a) The Department and local authorities, with respect to highways under their respective jurisdictions, may designate any highway, roadway, part of a roadway or specific lanes upon which vehicular traffic shall proceed in one direction at all or such times as shall be indicated by official traffic control devices.
    (b) Upon a roadway so designated for one-way traffic, a vehicle shall be driven only in the direction designated at all or such times as shall be indicated by official traffic control devices.
    (c) A vehicle passing around a rotary traffic island must be driven only to the right of such island.
    (d) Whenever any highway has been divided into 2 or more roadways by leaving an intervening space or by a physical barrier or a clearly indicated dividing section so constructed as to impede vehicular traffic, every vehicle must be driven only upon the right-hand roadway unless directed or permitted to use another roadway by official traffic-control devices or police officers. No vehicle may be driven over, across, or within any such dividing space, barrier, or section, except through an opening in the physical barrier, or dividing section, or space, or at a cross-over or intersection as established by public authority.
    (e) The driver of a vehicle may turn left across a paved noncurbed dividing space unless prohibited by an official traffic-control device.
(Source: P.A. 84-873.)

    
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 9 cases (4 in the last 5 years), 1997–2025 · leading case: People v. Kirk, 681 N.E.2d 1073 (Ill. App. Ct. 1997).
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People v. Kirk, 681 N.E.2d 1073 (Ill. App. Ct. 1997). “Kirk was charged with driving under the influence of alcohol (DUI) (625 ILCS 5/11-501(a)(2) (West 1994)) and improper lane usage for driving the wrong direction on a one-way road (625 ILCS 5/11-708 (West 1994)). Following a jury trial, defendant was convicted on both counts.”
People v. Wunderlich, 2019 IL App (3d) 180360 (Ill. App. Ct. 2020). “I agree dismissal is proper for count II, driving in the wrong direction (625 ILCS 5/11-708(b) (West 2016)), and count III, improper lane use (625 ILCS 5/11-709(a) (West 2016)), and I concur as to those charges.”
People v. Wunderlich, 2019 IL App (3d) 180360 (Ill. App. Ct. 2019). “I agree dismissal is proper for count II, driving in the wrong direction (625 ILCS 5/11-708(b) (West 2016)), and count III, improper lane use (625 ILCS 5/11-709(a) (West 2016)), and I concur as to those charges.”
People v. Harris, 2025 IL App (1st) 231315-U (Ill. App. Ct. 2025). · cites it 5× “BACKGROUND ¶4 Harris was formally charged with several offenses, including DUI (625 ILCS 5/11-501(a)(2) (West 2022)), improper lane usage (625 ILCS 5/11-708(b) (West 2022)), operating an uninsured motor vehicle (625 ILCS 5/3-707(a) (West 2022)), and driving without a valid…”
People v. Robertson, 2024 IL App (1st) 220796-U (Ill. App. Ct. 2024). · cites it 2× “¶3 BACKGROUND ¶4 Defendant was arrested and charged with improper lane usage (625 ILCS 5/11-708 (West 2018)) and three counts of driving under the influence (625 ILCS 5/11-501(a)(1), (2), (6) (West 2018)).”
Lund v. City of Rockford (N.D. Ill. 2019). · cites it 2× “RANDUM OPINION AND ORDER Plaintiff, William Lund, brings an action against defendants, Officer Sean Welsh, Officer Timothy Campbell, Sergeant Eddie Torrance, and the City of Rockford, arising out of plaintiffs arrest for obstructing an undercover prostitution detail in violation…”
People v. Harris, 2022 IL App (5th) 200313-U (Ill. App. Ct. 2022). “” 625 ILCS 5/11-708(b) (West 2014). 8 ¶ 30 Officer Harsy testified that Graham Street was designated for one-way traffic, and he observed defendant’s vehicle driving in the wrong direction.”
People v. Mendoza, 2024 IL App (3d) 220363-U (Ill. App. Ct. 2024). “625 ILCS 5/11-708(d) (West 2020). The Code defines a “vehicle,” in pertinent part, as “[e]very device, in, upon or by which any person or property is or may be transported or drawn upon a highway ***.”
People v. Kirk (Ill. App. Ct. 1997). “Kirk was charged with driving under the influence of alcohol (DUI) (625 ILCS 5/11-501(a)(2) (West 1994)) and improper lane usage for driving the wrong direc­tion on a one-way road (625 ILCS 5/11-708 (West 1994)). Follow­ing a jury trial, defendant was convicted on both counts.”
— 625 ILCS 5/11-708(b) — 5 cases
People v. Wunderlich, 2019 IL App (3d) 180360 (Ill. App. Ct. 2020). “I agree dismissal is proper for count II, driving in the wrong direction (625 ILCS 5/11-708(b) (West 2016)), and count III, improper lane use (625 ILCS 5/11-709(a) (West 2016)), and I concur as to those charges.”
People v. Wunderlich, 2019 IL App (3d) 180360 (Ill. App. Ct. 2019). “I agree dismissal is proper for count II, driving in the wrong direction (625 ILCS 5/11-708(b) (West 2016)), and count III, improper lane use (625 ILCS 5/11-709(a) (West 2016)), and I concur as to those charges.”
People v. Harris, 2025 IL App (1st) 231315-U (Ill. App. Ct. 2025). “BACKGROUND ¶4 Harris was formally charged with several offenses, including DUI (625 ILCS 5/11-501(a)(2) (West 2022)), improper lane usage (625 ILCS 5/11-708(b) (West 2022)), operating an uninsured motor vehicle (625 ILCS 5/3-707(a) (West 2022)), and driving without a valid…”
Lund v. City of Rockford (N.D. Ill. 2019). “RANDUM OPINION AND ORDER Plaintiff, William Lund, brings an action against defendants, Officer Sean Welsh, Officer Timothy Campbell, Sergeant Eddie Torrance, and the City of Rockford, arising out of plaintiffs arrest for obstructing an undercover prostitution detail in violation…”
People v. Harris, 2022 IL App (5th) 200313-U (Ill. App. Ct. 2022). “” 625 ILCS 5/11-708(b) (West 2014). 8 ¶ 30 Officer Harsy testified that Graham Street was designated for one-way traffic, and he observed defendant’s vehicle driving in the wrong direction.”
— 625 ILCS 5/11-708(d) — 1 case
People v. Mendoza, 2024 IL App (3d) 220363-U (Ill. App. Ct. 2024). “625 ILCS 5/11-708(d) (West 2020). The Code defines a “vehicle,” in pertinent part, as “[e]very device, in, upon or by which any person or property is or may be transported or drawn upon a highway ***.”
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