Bill Text: MI SB0123 | 2017-2018 | 99th Legislature | Introduced
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 left; establish. Amends sec. 636 of 1949 PA 300 (MCL 257.636).
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2018-05-23 - Referred To Committee On Transportation And Infrastructure [SB0123 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2017-SB0123-Introduced.html
SENATE BILL No. 123
February 9, 2017, Introduced by Senators KNEZEK and O'BRIEN and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
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 the 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) The driver of a vehicle overtaking a bicycle proceeding in
the same direction shall pass at a safe distance of at least 5 feet
to the left of that bicycle, and when safely clear of the overtaken
bicycle shall take up a position as near the right-hand edge of the
main traveled portion of the highway as is practicable.
(3) Notwithstanding section 640, if it is safe to do so, the
driver of a vehicle overtaking a bicycle proceeding in the same
direction may overtake and pass the bicycle in a no-passing zone.
(4)
(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.
