Bill Text: MI HB4036 | 2021-2022 | 101st Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Traffic control: violations; right-of-way violations; modify. Amends sec. 650 of 1949 PA 300 (MCL 257.650).
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-01-28 - Bill Electronically Reproduced 01/27/2021 [HB4036 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2021-HB4036-Introduced.html
HOUSE BILL NO. 4036
January 27, 2021, Introduced by Rep. VanSingel
and referred to the Committee on Transportation.
A bill to amend 1949 PA 300, entitled
"Michigan vehicle code,"
by amending section 650 (MCL 257.650).
the people of the state of michigan enact:
Sec. 650. (1) The
driver of a vehicle within an intersection intending to turn to the left shall
yield the right of way to a vehicle approaching from the opposite direction which that
is within the intersection or so close to the intersection as to
constitute an immediate hazard; but the driver, having
so yielded and having given a signal after
yielding and signaling when and as required by this chapter, may
make the left turn and the drivers of all other vehicles approaching the
intersection from the opposite direction shall yield the right of way to the
vehicle making the left turn. At an intersection at which a traffic signal is
located, a driver intending to make a left turn shall permit vehicles bound
straight through in the opposite direction which
that are waiting for a go signal to pass through the intersection
before making the turn.
(2)
The driver of a vehicle not within an intersection intending to turn to the
left across a lane of traffic traveling in the opposite direction shall yield
the right of way to a vehicle approaching from the opposite direction that is
so close to the driver as to constitute an immediate hazard; but the driver, after
yielding and signaling when and as required by this chapter, may make the left
turn and the drivers of all other vehicles approaching from the opposite
direction shall yield the right of way to the vehicle making the left turn.
(3)
(2) A person who
violates this section is responsible for a civil infraction.
