Bill Text: MI HB5003 | 2017-2018 | 99th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Traffic control; traffic regulation; requirement for operator of a motor vehicle to maintain a 5-foot distance when passing a bicyclist on the right; establish. Amends sec. 637 of 1949 PA 300 (MCL 257.637).

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-09-27 - Bill Electronically Reproduced 09/26/2017 [HB5003 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2017-HB5003-Introduced.html

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HOUSE BILL No. 5003

 

 

September 26, 2017, Introduced by Rep. Schor and referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.

 

     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 shall, when

 

otherwise permitted by this section, pass at a safe distance of at

 

least 5 feet to the right of that bicycle.

 

     (4) (3) A person who violates this section is responsible for

 

a civil infraction.

 

     Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days

 

after the date it is enacted into law.