SB-1092, As Passed Senate, October 22, 2014

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SENATE BILL No. 1092

 

 

September 24, 2014, Introduced by Senator CASPERSON and referred to the Committee on Transportation.

 

 

 

     A bill to amend 1949 PA 300, entitled

 

"Michigan vehicle code,"

 

by amending section 612 (MCL 257.612), as amended by 2006 PA 339.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 612. (1) When traffic is controlled by traffic control

 

signals, not fewer than 1 signal shall be located over the traveled

 

portion of the roadway so as to give vehicle operators a clear

 

indication of the right-of-way assignment from their normal

 

positions approaching the intersection. The vehicle signals shall

 

exhibit different colored lights successively, 1 at a time, or with

 

arrows. Red arrow and yellow arrow indications have the same

 

meaning as the corresponding circular indications, except that they

 

apply only to vehicle operators intending to make the movement

 

indicated by the arrow. The following colors shall be used, and the

 


terms and lights shall indicate and apply to vehicle operators as

 

follows:

 

     (a) If the signal exhibits a green indication, vehicular

 

traffic facing the signal may proceed straight through or turn

 

right or left unless a sign at that place prohibits either turn.

 

Vehicular traffic, including vehicles turning right or left, shall

 

yield the right-of-way to other vehicles and to pedestrians and

 

bicyclists lawfully within the intersection or an adjacent

 

crosswalk at the time the signal is exhibited.

 

     (b) If the signal exhibits a steady yellow indication,

 

vehicular traffic facing the signal shall stop before entering the

 

nearest crosswalk at the intersection or at a limit line when

 

marked, but if the stop cannot be made in safety, a vehicle may be

 

driven cautiously through the intersection.

 

     (c) If the signal exhibits a steady red indication, the

 

following apply:

 

     (i) Vehicular traffic facing a steady red signal alone shall

 

stop before entering the crosswalk on the near side of the

 

intersection or at a limit line when marked or, if there is no

 

crosswalk or limit line, before entering the intersection and shall

 

remain standing until a green indication is shown, except as

 

provided in subparagraph (ii).

 

     (ii) Vehicular traffic facing a steady red signal, after

 

stopping before entering the crosswalk on the near side of the

 

intersection or at a limit line when marked or, if there is no

 

crosswalk or limit line, before entering the intersection, may make

 

a right turn from a 1-way or 2-way street into a 2-way street or

 


into a 1-way street carrying traffic in the direction of the right

 

turn or may make a left turn from a 1-way or 2-way street into a 1-

 

way roadway carrying traffic in the direction of the left turn,

 

unless prohibited by sign, signal, marking, light, or other traffic

 

control device. The vehicular traffic shall yield the right of way

 

to pedestrians and bicyclists lawfully within an adjacent crosswalk

 

and to other traffic lawfully using the intersection.

 

     (d) If the signal exhibits a steady green arrow indication,

 

vehicular traffic facing the green arrow signal, shown alone or in

 

combination with another indication, may cautiously enter the

 

intersection only to make the movement indicated by the arrow or

 

other movement permitted by other indications shown at the same

 

time. The vehicular traffic shall yield the right-of-way to

 

pedestrians and bicyclists lawfully within an adjacent crosswalk

 

and to other traffic lawfully using the intersection.

 

     (2) If a traffic control signal is erected and maintained at a

 

place other than an intersection, the provisions of this section

 

apply except for those provisions that by their nature cannot

 

apply. Any stop required shall be made at a sign or marking on the

 

pavement indicating where the stop shall be made, but in the

 

absence of a sign or marking, the stop shall be made at the signal.

 

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

 

for a civil infraction.

 

     (4) A vehicle operator who approaches a person using a

 

wheelchair or a device to aid the person to walk at a crosswalk or

 

any other pedestrian crossing shall take necessary precautions to

 

avoid accident or injury to the person using the wheelchair or

 


device. A person who violates this subsection is guilty of a

 

misdemeanor.

 

     (5) A sign prohibiting a turn on a red signal as provided in

 

subsection (1)(c)(ii) shall be located above or adjacent to the

 

traffic control signal or as close as possible to the point where

 

the turn is made, or at both locations, so that 1 or more of the

 

signs are visible to a vehicle operator intending to turn, at the

 

point where the turn is made. An additional sign may be used at the

 

far side of the intersection in the direct line of vision of the

 

turning vehicle operator.

 

     (6) Subject to federal law, a temporary traffic control signal

 

may be located on, over, or adjacent to the traveled portion of the

 

roadway.