People v. Tadd

The State, appeals from a judgment dismissing speeding charges. It contends that the Illinois Vehicle Code (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1971, ch. 95%, par. 11 — 601(b)) applied to the offense which occurred on Circle and Graham Drives on the campus of Northern Illinois State University in DeKalb.

If the alleged offense did not take place on a “highway” within the meaning of chapter 11 of the Vehicle Code, defendant cannot be convicted of speeding under Ill. Rev. Stat. 1971, ch. 95%, pars. 11 — 201, 11 — 601(b).

The Code defines a highway as:

“(t)he entire width between boundary lines of every way or place…