Bill Text: MI HB6150 | 2017-2018 | 99th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Traffic control; pedestrians; right-of-way rules for pedestrians; modify. Amends sec. 649 of 1949 PA 300 (MCL 257.649) & adds secs. 612a & 613e.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-08-15 - Bill Electronically Reproduced 06/12/2018 [HB6150 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2017-HB6150-Introduced.html

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HOUSE BILL No. 6150

 

 

June 12, 2018, Introduced by Reps. Peterson, Dianda, Cochran, Garrett, Neeley, Lasinski and Jones and referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.

 

     A bill to amend 1949 PA 300, entitled

 

"Michigan vehicle code,"

 

by amending section 649 (MCL 257.649), as amended by 2018 PA 109,

 

and by adding sections 612a and 613e.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 612a. (1) When traffic is not controlled by traffic

 

signals or traffic signals are not in operation, the driver of a

 

vehicle shall yield the right-of-way, slowing down or stopping the

 

vehicle if necessary, to a pedestrian within a crosswalk when the

 

pedestrian is on the half of the roadway on which the vehicle is

 

traveling or when the pedestrian is approaching so closely from the

 

opposite half of the roadway as to be in danger. A pedestrian shall

 

not suddenly leave a curb or other place of safety and walk or run

 

into the path of a vehicle that is so close that it is impossible

 

for the driver to yield to that pedestrian.

 

     (2) A person who violates subsection (1) is responsible for a

 

civil infraction.

 

     Sec. 613e. (1) A pedestrian shall not cross a roadway other

 

than by the shortest route to the opposite curb, except when

 

crossing within a crosswalk.

 

     (2) A pedestrian who crosses a roadway at a point other than

 

within a crosswalk shall yield the right-of-way to all vehicles on

 

the roadway.

 

     (3) All of the following rules are rescinded:

 

     (a) R 28.1707 of the Michigan Administrative Code.

 

     (b) R 28.1709 of the Michigan Administrative Code.

 

     (c) R 28.1710 of the Michigan Administrative Code.

 

     (4) A person who violates subsection (1) or (2) is responsible

 

for a civil infraction.

 

     Sec. 649. (1) The driver of a vehicle approaching an

 

intersection shall yield the right of way right-of-way to a vehicle

 

that has entered the intersection from a different highway.

 

     (2) When 2 vehicles enter an intersection from different

 

highways at approximately the same time, the driver of the vehicle

 

on the left shall yield the right of way right-of-way to the

 

vehicle on the right.

 

     (3) The right of way right-of-way rules in subsections (1) and

 

(2) are modified at through highways and otherwise as provided in

 

subsection (4) and in this chapter.

 

     (4) The driver of a vehicle approaching an intersection that

is controlled by a traffic control signal shall do all of the

 

following, if the signal facing the driver exhibits no colored

 

lights or colored lighted arrows, exhibits a combination of colored

 

lights or colored lighted arrows that fails to clearly indicate the

 

assignment of right of way, right-of-way, or the signals are

 

otherwise malfunctioning:

 

     (a) Stop at a clearly marked stop line, or, if there is no

 

clearly marked stop line, stop before entering the crosswalk on the

 

near side of the intersection, or, if there is no crosswalk, stop

 

before entering the intersection.

 

     (b) Yield the right of way right-of-way to all vehicles in the

 

intersection or approaching on an intersecting road, if those

 

vehicles will constitute an immediate hazard during the time the

 

driver is moving across or within the intersection.

 

     (c) Exercise ordinary care while proceeding through the

 

intersection.

 

     (5) Subsection (4) does not apply to either of the following:

 

     (a) An intersection that is controlled by a traffic control

 

signal that is flashing yellow unless certain events occur,

 

including, but not limited to, activation by an emergency vehicle.

 

     (b) A traffic control signal that is located in a school zone

 

and is flashing yellow only during prescribed periods of time.

 

     (6) The driver of a vehicle approaching a yield sign, in

 

obedience to the sign, shall slow down to a speed reasonable for

 

the existing conditions and shall yield the right of way right-of-

 

way to a vehicle in the intersection or approaching on another

 

highway so closely as to constitute an immediate hazard during the

time the driver would be moving across or within the intersection.

 

However, if required for safety to stop, the driver shall stop

 

before entering the crosswalk on the near side of the intersection

 

or, if there is not a crosswalk, at a clearly marked stop line; but

 

if there is not a crosswalk or a clearly marked stop line, then at

 

the point nearest the intersecting roadway where the driver has a

 

view of approaching traffic on the intersecting roadway.

 

     (7) The driver of a vehicle traveling at an unlawful speed

 

forfeits a right of way right-of-way that the driver might

 

otherwise have under this section.

 

     (8) Except when directed to proceed by a police officer, the

 

driver of a vehicle approaching a stop intersection indicated by a

 

stop sign shall stop before entering the crosswalk on the near side

 

of the intersection, or if there is not a crosswalk shall stop at a

 

clearly marked stop line; or if there is not a crosswalk or a

 

clearly marked stop line, then at the point nearest the

 

intersecting roadway where the driver has a view of approaching

 

traffic on the intersecting roadway. After having stopped, the

 

driver shall yield the right of way right-of-way to a vehicle that

 

has entered the intersection from another highway or that is

 

approaching so closely on the highway as to constitute an immediate

 

hazard during the time when the driver would be moving across or

 

within the intersection.

 

     (9) When a vehicle approaches the intersection of a highway

 

from an intersecting highway or street that is intended to be, and

 

is constructed as, a merging highway or street, and is plainly

 

marked at the intersection with appropriate merge signs, the

vehicle shall yield right of way right-of-way to a vehicle so close

 

as to constitute an immediate hazard on the highway about to be

 

entered and shall adjust its speed so as to enable it to merge

 

safely with the through traffic.

 

     (10) When a vehicle is stopped at a crosswalk to permit a

 

pedestrian to cross the roadway, the driver of another vehicle

 

approaching from the rear shall not overtake or pass the stopped

 

vehicle.

 

     (11) (10) 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.