Bill Text: MI HB4265 | 2017-2018 | 99th Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Traffic control; traffic regulation; requirement for operator of a motor vehicle to maintain a 5-foot distance when passing a bicyclist; establish. Amends sec. 637 of 1949 PA 300 (MCL 257.637).
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2018-08-15 - Assigned Pa 280'18 With Immediate Effect [HB4265 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2017-HB4265-Engrossed.html
HB-4265, As Passed Senate, June 12, 2018
SENATE SUBSTITUTE FOR
HOUSE BILL NO. 4265
A bill to amend 1949 PA 300, entitled
"Michigan vehicle code,"
by amending section 637 (MCL 257.637).
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 637. (1) The driver of a vehicle may overtake and pass
upon the right of another vehicle only if 1 or more of the
following conditions exist:
(a) When the vehicle overtaken is making or about to make a
left turn.
(b) Upon a street or highway with unobstructed pavement not
occupied by parked vehicles of sufficient width for 2 or more lines
of moving vehicles in each direction and when the vehicles are
moving in substantially continuous lanes of traffic.
(c) Upon a 1-way street, or upon a roadway on which traffic is
restricted to 1 direction of movement, where the roadway is free
from obstructions and of sufficient width for 2 or more lines of
moving vehicles and when the vehicles are moving in substantially
continuous lanes of traffic.
(2) The driver of a vehicle may overtake and pass another
vehicle upon the right only under conditions permitting the
overtaking and passing in safety. The driver of a vehicle shall not
overtake and pass another vehicle upon the right by driving off the
pavement or main-traveled portion of the roadway.
(3) The driver of a vehicle overtaking a bicycle proceeding in
the same direction shall, when otherwise permitted by this section,
pass at a distance of 3 feet to the right of that bicycle or, if it
is impracticable to pass the bicycle at a distance of 3 feet to the
right, at a safe distance to the right of that bicycle at a safe
speed.
(4) (3)
A person who violates this section
is responsible for
a civil infraction.
Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect August 1,
2019.