Driving in CHICAGO.

[BlasterBob]

Anyone here know if it is NOW legal to drive a pick up truck on the Chicago Outer Drive ( Lake Shore Drive).... Many years ago PU's were not allowed on that route. Back in those days Illinois PU's had a "B" prefix on their license plate and those were not allowed on the Outer Drive. Does that restriction still exist?[blaster]

[kidicarus13]

I have a small pickup with truck license plates. Can I drive it on Lake Shore Drive?
No. You cannot drive any vehicle designed to carry freight or other commercial goods on Lake Shore Drive--or on any thoroughfare designated as a boulevard-- even if you are not using the vehicle for that purpose. If you are coming to Chicago on I-55 to attend a game at Soldier Field, you may drive a truck on Lake Shore Drive from I-55 to the Soldier Field parking lot.


​https://portal.chicagopolice.org/portal/page/portal/ClearPath/FAQ/Traffic%20Related

[TFOGGER]

I am a graduate of the Illinois School of Combat Driving. NEVER AGAIN!

[Goodburbon]

My God that's the most retarded thing I've heard today. No wonder Illinois drivers are such assholes.

[Irving]

There are highways in New York that restrict commercial vehicles, even school busses.

[Mtn.man]

Worked in Chicago many moons ago, bunch O retarded people. But they had great jazz and booze, and horny chicks.

[def90]

If the weather is nice and it's the weekend Lake Shore Drive is the last place you want to be. I was there a couple years ago in the spring working on a project and made that mistake on one of the first nice 80 degree spring Saturdays of the year. I've never been stuck in anything that bad before, skier traffic is a cakewalk.

[TFOGGER]

Traffic wouldn't suck half as bad in the Chicago metro area if there weren't fucking toll booths every 6 feet along all the interstates...

[Drucker]

^ truth. And say what you will about Chicago drivers, at least they don't have a cell phone glued in their ears as they try to kill you going down the road. Unlike here.

[ZERO THEORY]

There are highways in New York that restrict commercial vehicles, even school busses.

You literally can't take a school bus on the Westside Highway.

[Great-Kazoo]

You literally can't take a school bus on the Westside Highway.

But unlike trucks / commercial tags. They can go on the L.I.E (495) & the S.O.B (seaford oyster bay) expressway.