Bill Text: MI SB1076 | 2015-2016 | 98th Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Traffic control; traffic regulation; requirement for operator of a motor vehicle to maintain a 5-foot distance when passing a bicyclist; establish. Amends secs. 636 & 637 of 1949 PA 300 (MCL 257.636 & 257.637).
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2016-11-09 - Referred To Committee On Transportation And Infrastructure [SB1076 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2015-SB1076-Engrossed.html
SB-1076, As Passed Senate, October 20, 2016
SUBSTITUTE FOR
SENATE BILL NO. 1076
A bill to amend 1949 PA 300, entitled
"Michigan vehicle code,"
by amending section 637 (MCL 257.637).
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 637. (1) The driver of a vehicle may overtake and pass
upon the right of another vehicle only if 1 or more of the
following conditions exist:
(a) When the vehicle overtaken is making or about to make a
left turn.
(b) Upon a street or highway with unobstructed pavement not
occupied by parked vehicles of sufficient width for 2 or more lines
of moving vehicles in each direction and when the vehicles are
moving in substantially continuous lanes of traffic.
(c) Upon a 1-way street, or upon a roadway on which traffic is
restricted to 1 direction of movement, where the roadway is free
from obstructions and of sufficient width for 2 or more lines of
moving vehicles and when the vehicles are moving in substantially
continuous lanes of traffic.
(2) The driver of a vehicle may overtake and pass another
vehicle upon the right only under conditions permitting the
overtaking and passing in safety. The driver of a vehicle shall not
overtake and pass another vehicle upon the right by driving off the
pavement or main-traveled portion of the roadway.
(3) The driver of a motor vehicle overtaking a bicycle shall,
when otherwise permitted by this section, pass at a safe distance
of at least 5 feet to the right of that bicycle.
(4) (3)
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.