Google it or try a cut and paste to that site because your statement
has (20 MPH+ over the speed limit is a felony) absolutely no basis in
Illinois law.

At least two more possibilities exist BTW.

3. Your friend misunderstands the law (very doubtful because even if he
did, the Assistant State's Attorney would set him straight the very
first time he called in to felony review for approval of charges on a
simple speeder) or;
4. You misunderstood him.

Regards,
Bob Hunt

He's a cop, cops lie.  His boss is a cop, cops lie.  You're a
semi-anonymous Usenet poster repeating a friend-of-a-friend story...

http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/ilcs/ilcs.asp

65 ILCS 5/11-601.5 says that doing 40 over is a class A misdemeanor.

I've seen another tendency out there. The smaller vehicle yields to the
bigger one irrelevant of right or wrong. Very similar to the Law of the
Jungle. Which is why many people consider bigger vehicles a necessity
for survival.

You must admit that some places are more civilized than others. In the
UK, for example, they have figured out that order and cooperation is
better than chaos and competition. Well, at least when it comes to
driving...

How 2 Deal With Driving On Motorways
Many new drivers worry about their first time alone on a motorway.

Motorways are safer, than normal roads, but they are also faster.
Sometimes things do happen quicker, and you have to concentrate.

When you are on the main carriageway of the motorway, remain in the
first lane until you get used to the speed. If you need to overtake you
must return to the first lane as soon as possible but only if its safe
to do so! Many motorists try to stay in the overtaking lanes for normal
driving. This is bad practice and causes inconvenience and tailbacks
and annoys other users.

There are two types of motorway, rural and urban. You need to think of
them as quiet and busy. Quiet motorways are boring, so you need to
concentrate on the road and traffic conditions way ahead. Busy
motorways need your attention all around you rather than just focused
ahead.

Motorways are like dual carriageways only safer. They are safer because
every motorway user is travelling in the same direction and at similar
speeds. Another reason why motorways are safer is due to the fact that
traffic is restricted to those who can make best use of it i.e. no
pedestrians, cyclists, moped, no L drivers (except HGV), agricultural
vehicles, and animals. Motorways are also safer because there are no
sharp bends, no oncoming traffic, no right turn, and no roundabouts.
The lanes are always wide, and well marked, and are usually straight
for long distances.

Remember you are not allowed to reverse, cross the central reservation,
or to drive in the wrong direction on motorways.

On urban (busy) motorways each lane of traffic has an electronic signal
system which applies to traffic in each lane. Care needs to be taken to
make sure you know the various signals and what they mean. Motorway
signs are being used with increasing frequency to warn you of hold ups
or accidents ahead.

When joining a motorway you usually join from a roundabout or a main
road by means of a slip road. This leads to an acceleration lane. The
rule here is not to interfere with the traffic already on the motorway.
Make sure your speed is the same as the traffic already on the
motorway. Vehicles already on the motorway usually realise you need to
join the main carriageway and they try and move over to the other lane.
(This is not always possible if the traffic is busy). This makes room
for you to join the first lane of the motorway. Mirrors and signals
must be used correctly to avoid interfering with the following traffic.
Full and proper observation as you enter usually involves looking over
your right shoulder as well as using your door mirrors. Don't rely on
mirrors alone.

To get off the motorway the normal procedure is to look for the first
advance warning sign (1 mile from the exit). This sign gives the exit
number and the road number.

At half a mile from the exit a second sign identifies the towns for the
exit. Then at 300 yards from the deceleration lane there is a three
line countdown marker, (at this point you should begin to signal left
to say you are turning off - but don't slow down yet), followed by the
200 yd and 100 yd marker signs. Only when you have crossed into the
deceleration lane should you begin to slow down.

Once you get back on to ordinary roads again, you need to watch your
speed until you are acclimatised to the new lower speeds on the road.
Don't forget too, that these roads are likely to have roundabouts,
oncoming traffic, and sharp bends on them.

Breaking Down on the Motorway

Hopefully if your vehicle is well maintained and fuelled up, you should
be in no danger of breaking down on the motorway, but we all know that
even a car which is only a few hours old can still break down.

If you do break down then the hard shoulder is there to help you. When
you are stopping on the hard shoulder (remember, only use the hard
shoulder in an emergency), try to stop at one of the emergency
telephones. This will save you time if you have to walk to the phone.
Switch on your hazard lights and try to stop as near to the left as
possible. If you have passengers get them out of the car, off the hard
shoulder, and as far away from danger as possible. Do this before you
go to use the phone. The phone is always within half a mile from any
spot on the motorway. Look at the arrows on the nearest post, like the
one in the picture on the left. These will tell you the direction to
walk to the nearest phone. The phones are free to use, and connect you
straight to the police who control that stretch of motorway. When you
return to your vehicle to wait for help, do not get back into the car,
but stay on the embankment, or as far away from the traffic as
possible. If you have a mobile phone it's O.K. to use this initially,
but the police do prefer you to use the roadside phones to confirm your
exact location.

Remember that motorways are safe, but they are fast, you need to
concentrate because things happen quicker than a normal road.

Lane Discipline

When driving along motorways always remain in the left lane unless you
are travelling faster than traffic ahead of you and it is safe to move
over to the right lanes. If you use these lanes you must return to the
left lane as soon as it is safe to do so.

It is bad practice to try and stay in the overtaking lanes for normal
driving. This annoys other users because they can see that you are
avoiding the empty lanes on the left, or never using your mirrors to
see the tailbacks that you are causing. Remember the two-second rule.
Four seconds will give you time to react easily and you will be more
relaxed.

http://www.2pass.co.uk/motorway.htm

Sadly, the answer is obvious. If you are going too fast, slow down. Of
course. But that's not the problem:

What is sadder is that I see all the time drivers coming down the
merge lane, at 10 to 20 MPH *LESS* than the traffic, and hit the
brakes.

I've learned that if you are going the speed of the highway traffic it
is most rare that you can't merge. If you are going faster, it is
difficult to merge, but experience at the particular ramp can help
with this. But if you are going slower then it is *IMPOSSIBLE* to
merge, and hitting the brakes only makes things worse.

I usually drive a truck. If I see a car trying to merge, and
accelerating I'll do everything I can possibly do to help that driver
get in. But if the brake lights flash on, all bets are off--there's
nothing I can do. I can't slow down (way too unsafe), usually speeding
up isn't an option. Often times, moving over (especially if I"m in a
slower truck) doesn't (usually) always work.