Bill Text: MI SB1192 | 2011-2012 | 96th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Traffic control; traffic regulation; notice of "no passing" area on the approach to a construction zone; provide for. Amends sec. 640 of 1949 PA 300 (MCL 257.640).

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-06-14 - Referred To Committee On Transportation [SB1192 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2011-SB1192-Introduced.html

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SENATE BILL No. 1192

 

 

June 14, 2012, Introduced by Senator GLEASON and referred to the Committee on Transportation.

 

 

 

     A bill to amend 1949 PA 300, entitled

 

"Michigan vehicle code,"

 

by amending section 640 (MCL 257.640).

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 640. (1) The state highway transportation commission and

 

county road commissions shall determine those portions of a highway

 

under their jurisdiction where overtaking and passing or driving to

 

the left of the roadway would be especially hazardous, and by

 

appropriate signs or markings on the roadway shall indicate the

 

beginning and end of those zones in a manner enabling an ordinary

 

observant driver of a vehicle to observe the directions and obey

 

them. A sign shall be placed to the left of the highway on those

 

portions of a highway where additional notice is considered

 

necessary.

 

     (2) The no-passing zones provided for by this

 

sectiondetermined under this subsection shall be based upon a

 

traffic survey and engineering study.

 

     (2) A person who operates a motor vehicle shall not pass

 

another vehicle for a distance of not less than 1 mile on the

 

approach to a work zone. The authority with jurisdiction over the

 

road where the work zone is located shall post, or cause to be

 

posted, the following signs:

 

     (a) A warning sign located 2 miles before the beginning of the

 

work zone in each direction indicating that passing is prohibited

 

beginning in 1 mile.

 

     (b) A sign located 1 mile before the beginning of the work

 

zone in each direction indicating that passing is prohibited on the

 

next 1 mile of the road.

 

     (3) Traffic-control devices installed pursuant to as

 

prescribed under this section shall conform to the state manual and

 

specifications as provided for by Michigan manual of uniform

 

traffic control devices adopted under section 608.

 

     (4) (3) A person who fails to obey the traffic-control devices

 

installed pursuant to as prescribed under this section is

 

responsible for a civil infraction.