HOUSE BILL No. 4527


     March 19, 1997, Introduced by Reps. Brewer, Griffin, LaForge, Gire, Callahan and Hale and referred to the Committee on Transportation.


        A bill to amend 1949 PA 300, entitled

   "Michigan vehicle code,"

   by amending section 684 (MCL 257.684).

               THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 1         Sec. 684.  (1)  (a) Every  EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN SECTION 694

 2    WITH RESPECT TO PARKED VEHICLES, A vehicle upon a highway within

 3    this state  at any time from a half hour after sunset to a half

 4     hour before sunrise and at any other time when there is not suf-

 5     ficient light to render clearly discernible persons and vehicles

 6     on the highway at a distance of 500 feet ahead  shall display

 7    lighted lamps and illuminating devices as  hereinafter

 8     respectively  required IN THIS ACT for different classes of vehi-

 9    cles  , subject to exceptions with respect to parked vehicles as

10     hereinafter stated.  AT ALL OF THE FOLLOWING TIMES:




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 1         (A) FROM 1/2 HOUR AFTER SUNSET TO 1/2 HOUR BEFORE SUNRISE.

 2         (B) WHEN THERE IS NOT SUFFICIENT LIGHT TO RENDER CLEARLY

 3    DISCERNIBLE PERSONS AND VEHICLES ON THE HIGHWAY AT A DISTANCE OF

 4    500 FEET AHEAD.

 5         (C) DURING ANY TYPE OF PRECIPITATION SUCH AS RAIN, FOG, OR

 6    SNOW.

 7         (2) When lighted lamps and illuminated devices are required

 8    by law,  no  A vehicle shall NOT be operated upon any highway of

 9    this state with only the parking lights illuminated on the front

10    of the vehicle.

11         (3)  (b) Whenever  IF A requirement is  hereinafter

12     declared  PROVIDED IN THIS ACT as to the distance from which cer-

13    tain lamps and devices shall render objects visible or within

14    which such lamps or devices shall be visible,  said provisions 

15    THE REQUIREMENT shall apply during the times stated in  paragraph

16     (a) of this section  SUBSECTION (1) upon a straight, level,

17    unlighted highway under normal atmospheric conditions unless a

18    different time or condition is expressly stated.

19         (4)  (c) Whenever  IF A requirement is  hereinafter

20     declared  PROVIDED IN THIS ACT as to the mounted height of lamps

21    or devices, it shall mean from the center of  such  THE lamp or

22    device to the level ground upon which the vehicle stands when

23     such  THE vehicle is without a load.











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