Ill. Pattern Jury Instr. (Criminal) 23.66A

To sustain the charge of speeding while passing a school, the State must prove the

following propositions:

First Proposition: That the defendant drove a motor vehicle at a speed in excess of 20

miles per hour; and

Second Proposition: That at the time the defendant drove the motor vehicle he was

[(passing through a school zone) (traveling on a roadway on public school property) (upon any

public thoroughfare where children pass going to and from school)]; and

Third Proposition: That at the time the defendant drove the motor vehicle it was a school

day between the hours of 7 a.m. and 4 p.m.; and

Fourth Proposition: That at the time the defendant drove the motor vehicle school

children were present and so close thereto that a potential hazard existed because of the close

proximity of the motorized traffic; and

Fifth Proposition: That at the time the defendant drove the motor vehicle appropriate

signs had been posted and maintained upon the streets and highways which gave proper due

warning that a school zone was being approached and which indicated the school zone and the

maximum speed limit in effect during school days when school children are present.

If you find from your consideration of all the evidence that each one of these propositions

has been proved beyond a reasonable doubt, you should find the defendant guilty.

If you find from your consideration of all the evidence that any one of these propositions

has not been proved beyond a reasonable doubt, you should find the defendant not guilty.