Bill Text: MI HB4108 | 2017-2018 | 99th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Traffic control; speed restrictions; passing vehicle on certain roads; allow to pass at rate above speed limit under certain circumstances. Amends sec. 638 of 1949 PA 300 (MCL 257.638).

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-01-31 - Bill Electronically Reproduced 01/26/2017 [HB4108 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2017-HB4108-Introduced.html

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HOUSE BILL No. 4108

 

 

January 26, 2017, Introduced by Rep. LaFave and referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.

 

     A bill to amend 1949 PA 300, entitled

 

"Michigan vehicle code,"

 

by amending section 638 (MCL 257.638).

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 638. (1) A vehicle shall not be driven to the left side

 

of the center of a 2-lane highway or in the center lane of a 3-lane

 

highway in overtaking and passing another vehicle proceeding in the

 

same direction unless the left side or center lane is clearly

 

visible and is free of oncoming traffic for a sufficient distance

 

ahead to permit the overtaking and passing to be completely made

 

without interfering with the safe operation of a vehicle

 

approaching from the opposite direction or the vehicle overtaken.

 

     (2) The driver of a vehicle that is overtaking and passing

another vehicle proceeding in the same direction in the manner

 

described in subsection (1) may exceed the speed limit for the

 

portion of highway upon which that vehicle is traveling, subject to

 

all of the following:

 

     (a) The driver may exceed the speed limit by no more than 10

 

miles per hour.

 

     (b) The driver may only exceed the speed limit during the

 

period of time that he or she is overtaking and passing the other

 

vehicle as described in subsection (1) and for no longer than 10

 

seconds after he or she has safely overtaken and passed the other

 

vehicle.

 

     (c) This subsection only applies while the vehicle is

 

traveling on a portion of a highway that is not within the limits

 

of a village or city or within a school zone.

 

     (3) (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.