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Giannoulias pointed to statistics from the Illinois Department of Transportation that show in 2023, the crash rate for drivers 75 and older is 24.6 per 1,000 drivers, which is lower than every age ...
Illinois raised the mandatory testing age from 75 to 79 during the COVID-19 pandemic. Current law requires drivers age 79 or 80 to take a driving test to renew their license.
A new bill has been sent to Gov. JB Pritzker's desk that would raise the age at which seniors in Illinois are required to take behind-the-wheel driving tests. The legislation was drafted by ...
Legislation has advanced that would free senior citizens of the need to take a behind the wheel driving test to maintain their drivers license, until they reach the age of 87. If signed by Gov. JB ...
Drivers who are between 79 and 86 years old would no longer have to take a behind-the-wheel driving test to maintain a driver's license in Illinois under proposed legislation.
SPRINGFIELD — Illinois lawmakers advanced a measure that would eliminate mandatory road testing for drivers under 87 and allow people to report close relatives they believe are no longer capable ...
Current law requires drivers who are 79 or 80 to take a vision test and a behind-the-wheel exam to renew their licenses. From age 81 to 86, they have to test every two years, and after that it’s ...
(The Center Square) – A bill to raise the age at which Illinois drivers must take a road test is one step closer to becoming law. The Illinois Senate Transportation Committee passed House Bill ...
Illinois bill may raise age when seniors must take behind-the-wheel driving test to renew license. Here’s what test you must pass to keep your IL license.
SPRINGFIELD -- Road tests to renew driver's licenses could be a thing of the past for many seniors in Illinois under a bill unanimously approved Wednesday by the Illinois House. The House voted ...
If Pritzker signs House Bill 1226, only drivers 87 and older will have to take an annual driver’s test. Illinois drivers between 79 and 86 won’t be required to take a driver’s test to renew ...