HB-5640, As Passed House, September 5, 2018
February 27, 2018, Introduced by Reps. Cole, Lucido, Sabo and Greimel and referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
A bill to amend 1949 PA 300, entitled
"Michigan vehicle code,"
by amending section 670 (MCL 257.670), as amended by 2002 PA 534.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 670. (1) A person shall not operate or move a caterpillar
tractor, shovel, derrick, roller, boiler, machinery, or other
structure or object upon rollers, or other equipment or structure,
which, because of its limited power, or weight, character, or load,
has a normal operating speed of 4 miles per hour or less, or which
has a vertical load or body clearance of less than 9 inches above
the level surface of the roadway, upon or across the tracks of a
railroad at grade level without first complying with this section,
except this section shall not apply to the movement of electrically
propelled cars on fixed rails or to their loads.
(2) Notice of the intended crossing described in subsection
(1) shall be given to the nearest agent or officer of the railroad
in time to afford protection to its locomotives, trains, or cars at
the crossing.
(3) Before making the crossing, the person operating or moving
the vehicle or equipment shall first stop not less than 15 feet or
more than 50 feet from the nearest rail of the track and while
stopped shall listen and look in both directions along the track
for an approaching railroad train or other on-track equipment and
for signals indicating the approach of a railroad train or other
on-track equipment, and shall not proceed until the crossing can be
made safely.
(4) A crossing shall not be made when warning is given by
automatic signal or crossing gates or a flagman or otherwise of the
immediate approach of a railroad train or car.
(5) 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.