May 10, 2016, Introduced by Rep. Lucido and referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
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:
Sec.
684. (1) (a) Every
vehicle upon a highway within of
this
state at any time from a half hour after sunset to a half hour
before sunrise and at any other time when there is not sufficient
light to render clearly discernible persons and vehicles on the
highway at a distance of 500 feet ahead shall display lighted lamps
and
illuminating devices as hereinafter respectively required in
this
chapter for different classes of
vehicles, subject to
exceptions
with respect to except for parked vehicles as
hereinafter
stated.provided in this
chapter.
(2) When lighted lamps and illuminated devices are required by
law, no
a vehicle shall not be operated upon any
highway of this
state with only the parking lights illuminated on the front of the
vehicle.
(3) (b)
Whenever requirement is hereinafter declared as to the
distance
from which certain lamps and devices shall render objects
visible
or within which such lamps or devices shall be visible,
said
provisions shall apply during the times stated in paragraph
(a)
of this section Requirements
of this chapter concerning the
distance from which lamps and devices shall render objects visible
or from which the lamps and devices shall be visible apply during
the period provided in subsection (1) upon a straight, level,
unlighted highway under normal atmospheric conditions unless a
different time or condition is expressly stated.
(4) (c)
Whenever requirement is hereinafter declared as to the
mounted
height of lamps or devices, it shall mean Requirements of
this chapter concerning the mounted height of lamps and devices
shall
be calculated from the center of such
the lamp or device to
the
level ground upon which the vehicle stands when such the
vehicle is without a load.
(5) A motor vehicle in this state shall display lighted lamps
and illuminating devices at all times that the vehicle's windshield
wipers are deployed in a continuous fashion to clear rain, snow, or
other moisture from the windshield.
(6) Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, a person
who operates a motor vehicle in violation of subsection (5) is
responsible for a civil infraction. A person who has previously
been found responsible for a civil infraction under this subsection
and who commits a second or subsequent violation of subsection (5)
is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for not more
than 93 days or a fine of not less than $500.00, or both.
Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days
after the date it is enacted into law.