Bill Text: MI HB5504 | 2017-2018 | 99th Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Traffic control; traffic regulation; requirement of audible signal when being overtaken and passed by another vehicle on the right; eliminate. Amends sec. 636 of 1949 PA 300 (MCL 257.636).
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2018-05-02 - Referred To Committee On Transportation [HB5504 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2017-HB5504-Engrossed.html
HB-5504, As Passed House, May 1, 2018
HOUSE BILL No. 5504
January 31, 2018, Introduced by Reps. Wittenberg, Liberati, Hammoud, Gay-Dagnogo, Zemke, Lasinski, Elder, Cambensy, Sabo, Lucido, VanSingel, Sheppard, Maturen, Geiss, Ellison and Howrylak and referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
A bill to amend 1949 PA 300, entitled
"Michigan vehicle code,"
by amending section 636 (MCL 257.636).
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec.
636. (1) The following rules shall govern the overtaking
and passing of vehicles proceeding in the same direction, subject
to
those limitations, exceptions, and special rules stated in
sections 637 to 643a:
(a) The driver of a vehicle overtaking another vehicle
proceeding in the same direction shall pass at a safe distance to
the left of that vehicle, and when safely clear of the overtaken
vehicle shall take up a position as near the right-hand edge of the
main traveled portion of the highway as is practicable.
(b) Except when overtaking and passing on the right is
permitted, the driver of an overtaken vehicle shall give way to the
right
in favor of the overtaking vehicle on audible signal and
shall not increase the speed of his or her vehicle until completely
passed by the overtaking vehicle.
(2) 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.
