I just bought a Subaru Baja, and have pickup truck plates on it. Can I drive it on Lakeshore drive? I know "trucks" are banned, but it seems that all kinds of huge SUV's drive there. Is my car banned there?
2006-09-28 10:55:40 · 9 answers · asked by MaryBridget G 4 in Travel ➔ United States ➔ Chicago
OK. So who drives their pickup there with impunity?
2006-09-28 15:31:25 · update #1
Does anyone actually know the ordinance?
2006-09-30 02:54:29 · update #2
that traffic ordinance 0-072-020-
the unposted rule relating to the prohibition of commercial vehicles on any boulevard there
if you have car plates you will be fine
2006-10-01 14:44:43 · answer #1 · answered by funschooling m 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You're NOT supposed to drive your truck on Lake Shore Drive. Period. I know because I was a passenger in a friend's truck that was stopped by the cops. Sorry if it doesn't seem fair that big honkin' SUVs and Hummers and such can drive on LSD, but them's the rules. Any anyone who says they do drive their truck on LSD and haven't gotten busted should consider themselves lucky.
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Oh, and to all of the "Chicagoans" (most likely college grads who moved here a few years ago after work), take a drive from Hollywood to, say, 55th St. and count how many pick-up trucks you see on the drive. I'm guessing that after the end of that ride, both ways, you can count them all on one hand.
2006-09-29 04:25:22 · answer #2 · answered by bodinibold 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I was up in Chicagoland earlier this week and asked this same question. I was told by a local, you can but no commercial motor vehicles. It might be an urban legend because I imagine not a whole lot of people in that part of town are into pickup trucks.
2006-09-28 15:32:54 · answer #3 · answered by Slow Poke 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I have always been told you can't drive a pickup on Lake Shore Drive unless it has a camper top.
But I wouldn't know for sure. It might just be an urban myth.
I would love to know the truth about this.
2006-09-28 10:59:13 · answer #4 · answered by kbc10 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes....I see it all the time and I never see cops pulling them over...now you cant drive one of those highway trucks...
2006-09-30 02:39:15 · answer #5 · answered by gayman 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
can you pull a trailor on lakeshore dr.
2016-09-05 15:22:17 · answer #6 · answered by Jim & PatU 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
if you have car plates you can drive on LSD. only commercial plates (they end in a letter) are banned.
2006-09-28 11:04:06 · answer #7 · answered by luv78779 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you are risking a ticket there or any boulevard in the city limits!
2006-09-29 14:41:53 · answer #8 · answered by cadaholic 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
of course you can
2006-09-28 11:36:45 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋