Illinois Compiled Statutes
625 ILCS 5/11-905 (2026)
Merging traffic
✓ laws through the 2026 session (checked Sept. 2026)
Find cases:
SyfertCases citing this section
IL-ILGAilga.gov
JustiaChapter on Justia
CornellLII Search
CasesGoogle Scholar
(625 ILCS 5/11-905)
(from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-905)
Sec. 11-905. Merging traffic. Notwithstanding the right-of-way provision
in Section 11-901 of this Act, at an intersection where traffic lanes are provided
for merging traffic the driver of each vehicle on the converging roadways
is required to adjust his vehicular speed and lateral position
so as to avoid a collision with another vehicle.
(Source: P.A. 100-201, eff. 8-18-17.)
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2
cases, 2007–2019 · leading case: Hudson v. City of Chicago, 881 N.E.2d 430 (Ill. App. Ct. 1st Dist. 2007).
Hudson v. City of Chicago, 881 N.E.2d 430 (Ill. App. Ct. 1st Dist. 2007). “If plaintiff pulled in front of the officers, this accident would essentially be his fault and surely the verdict would reflect some substantial percentage of negligence on the part of plaintiff. I believe it to be common knowledge on the part of drivers that one is required to…”
Fields v. Ashford, No. 2:17-cv-11812 (E.D. Mich. Nov. 5, 2019). “27, 2015) (holding “experts may not opine on whether defendants’ actions violated Illinois’ statutes governing merging traffic (625 ILCS 5/11-905) and minimum speed regulations (625 ILCS 5/11-606), as such opinions constitute legal conclusions”).”
Annotations are extracted automatically from the opinions in the
Syfert caselaw corpus and ranked by authority, recency, and
treatment. Dots show Syfertize treatment of the citing case itself.
|