SENATE BILL No. 1389

 

 

September 14, 2004, Introduced by Senator McMANUS and referred to the Committee on Transportation.

 

 

        

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                 A bill to amend 1949 PA 300, entitled                                             

                                                                                

    "Michigan vehicle code,"                                                    

                                                                                

    by amending section 660 (MCL 257.660), as amended by 2002 PA                

                                                                                

    494.                                                                        

                                                                                

                THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:                      

                                                                                

1       Sec. 660.  (1) A person operating a bicycle, electric                       

                                                                                

2   personal assistive mobility device, low-speed vehicle, or moped             

                                                                                

3   upon a roadway shall ride as near to the right side of the                  

                                                                                

4   roadway as practicable, exercising due care when passing a                  

                                                                                

5   standing vehicle or one proceeding in the same direction.  A                

                                                                                

6   motorcycle is entitled to full use of a lane and a motor vehicle            

                                                                                

7   shall not be driven in such a manner as to deprive a motorcycle             

                                                                                

8   of the full use of a lane.  This subsection  shall  does not                

                                                                                

9   apply to motorcycles operated 2 abreast in a single lane.                   

                                                                                

10      (2) A person riding  a bicycle,  an electric personal                       

                                                                                


                                                                                

1   assistive mobility device, motorcycle, or moped upon a roadway              

                                                                                

2   shall not ride more than 2 abreast except on a path or part of a            

                                                                                

3   roadway set aside for the exclusive use of those vehicles.  A               

                                                                                

4   person riding a bicycle shall not ride abreast of another person            

                                                                                

5   riding a bicycle, electric personal assistive mobility device,              

                                                                                

6   motorcycle, or moped, except as otherwise provided by state law             

                                                                                

7   or local ordinance.                                                         

                                                                                

8       (3)  Where  If a usable and designated path for bicycles is                 

                                                                                

9   provided adjacent to a roadway, a bicycle rider or an electric              

                                                                                

10  personal assistive mobility device operator may, by local                   

                                                                                

11  ordinance, be required to use that path.   Where  If a usable and           

                                                                                

12  designated path for bicycles is provided adjacent to a roadway, a           

                                                                                

13  bicycle rider who is less than 16 years of age shall use that               

                                                                                

14  path unless accompanied by an adult.                                        

                                                                                

15      (4) A person operating a motorcycle, moped, low-speed                       

                                                                                

16  vehicle, electric personal assistive mobility device, or bicycle            

                                                                                

17  shall not pass between lines of traffic, but may pass on the left           

                                                                                

18  of traffic moving in his or her direction in the case of a 2-way            

                                                                                

19  street, or on the left or right of traffic in the case of a 1-way           

                                                                                

20  street, in an unoccupied lane.                                              

                                                                                

21      (5) A person operating a bicycle or an electric personal                    

                                                                                

22  assistive mobility device on a sidewalk constructed for the use             

                                                                                

23  of pedestrians shall yield the right of way to a pedestrian and             

                                                                                

24  shall give an audible signal before overtaking and passing the              

                                                                                

25  pedestrian.                                                                 

                                                                                

26      (6) A moped or low-speed vehicle shall not be operated on a                 

                                                                                

27  sidewalk constructed for the use of pedestrians.                            


                                                                                

1       (7) A low-speed vehicle shall be operated at a speed of not                 

                                                                                

2   to exceed 25 miles per hour and shall not be operated on a                  

                                                                                

3   highway, road, or street with a speed limit of more than 35 miles           

                                                                                

4   per hour except for the purpose of crossing that highway, road,             

                                                                                

5   or street.  The state transportation department may prohibit the            

                                                                                

6   operation of a low-speed vehicle on any highway under its                   

                                                                                

7   jurisdiction if it determines that the prohibition is necessary             

                                                                                

8   in the interest of public safety.                                           

                                                                                

9       (8) This section  shall  does not apply to a police officer                 

                                                                                

10  in the performance of his or her official duties.                           

                                                                                

11      (9) An electric personal assistive mobility device shall be                 

                                                                                

12  operated at a speed not to exceed 15 miles per hour and shall not           

                                                                                

13  be operated on a roadway with a speed limit of more than 25 miles           

                                                                                

14  per hour except to cross that roadway.                                      

                                                                                

15      (10) The governing body of a county, city, village, an entity               

                                                                                

16  created under the urban cooperation act of 1967, 1967 (Ex Sess)             

                                                                                

17  PA 7, MCL 124.501 to 124.512, or township may, by ordinance  ,              

                                                                                

18  which  that is based on the health, safety, and welfare of the              

                                                                                

19  citizens, regulate the operation of electric personal assistive             

                                                                                

20  mobility devices on sidewalks, roadways, or crosswalks.  Except             

                                                                                

21  as otherwise provided in this subsection, a governing body of a             

                                                                                

22  county, city, village, an entity created under the urban                    

                                                                                

23  cooperation act of 1967, 1967 (Ex Sess) PA 7, MCL 124.501 to                

                                                                                

24  124.512, or township may prohibit the operation of electric                 

                                                                                

25  personal assistive mobility devices in an area open to pedestrian           

                                                                                

26  traffic adjacent to a waterfront or on a trail under  their  its            

                                                                                

27  jurisdiction or in a downtown or central business district.                 


                                                                                

1   Signs indicating the regulation shall be conspicuously posted in            

                                                                                

2   the area where the use of an electric personal assistive mobility           

                                                                                

3   device is regulated.                                                        

                                                                                

4       (11) Operation of an electric personal assistive mobility                   

                                                                                

5   device is prohibited in a special charter city and a state park             

                                                                                

6   under the jurisdiction of the Mackinac Island state park                    

                                                                                

7   commission.                                                                 

                                                                                

8       (12) Operation of an electric personal assistive mobility                   

                                                                                

9   device may be prohibited in a historic district.                            

                                                                                

10      (13) The department of natural resources may by order                       

                                                                                

11  regulate the use of electric personal assistive mobility devices            

                                                                                

12  on all lands under its control.