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RULES OF THE ROAD

TINTED WINDOWS

EQUIPMENT AND LIGHTING

CELLULAR PHONES

SPEED/SPEED LIMITS

MOTORCYCLES

SAFETY BELTS AND Kid RESTRAINTS

GOPEDS/MOPEDS/Electric VEHICLES

TRAFFIC CRASHES AND REPORTS

RULES OF THE Route

Question: How practice I care for a dark traffic signal at an intersection?

Respond:When a signal at an intersection loses power and there are no other traffic control devices (e.g., stop sign, yield sign, temporary point, temporary sign) or police officers present at that intersection to provide management, the intersection volition be treated equally a four fashion stop.

MCL 257.649 requires a driver approaching an intersection with a traffic control signal that does not clearly indicate the correct of way or is malfunctioning to treat the intersection as a four-way cease past doing the following:

• Stop at a clearly marked stop line, or, if there is no clearly marked end line, finish before inbound the crosswalk on the near side of the intersection, or, if there is no crosswalk, stop before entering the intersection.
• Yield the right of way to all vehicles in the intersection or approaching on an intersecting route, if those vehicles create an firsthand take chances when the commuter is moving across or within the intersection.
• Exercise ordinary care while proceeding through the intersection.

The "four-way stop" rules do non apply to the following:

• An intersection that is controlled past a traffic control signal that is flashing yellow unless certain events occur, including, but not express to, activation by an emergency vehicle.
• A traffic control signal that is located in a schoolhouse zone and is flashing yellow only during prescribed periods of time.

Question: I recently encountered a new traffic calorie-free with 4 different signals including flashing arrows in cherry-red, yellow, and green.  What am I supposed to do when the light is flashing a yellow pointer?

Respond: The Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) has recently begun replacing the old flashing red signals for left plough lanes at intersections with a new style of point that incorporates four lights. This is what MDOT has to say about the new signals. "Those lights are a flashing yellow pointer which permits a left turn when oncoming traffic is articulate (oncoming traffic has a green light), a steady green pointer allows you to plough left, a steady yellow arrow warns that the left-plough point is about to plow crimson and y'all should prepare to stop, and a steady crimson arrow which requires you to cease. The steady red arrow will be followed by a flashing yellow arrow on the next bicycle."

For more than information read this brochure on the New Iv-Arrow Signal.

Question: My married man but got a ticket for running a yellow light. How is that possible? I thought as long equally you didn't speed up, you could go through a yellow.

Answer: MCL 257.612 states in function, " ...vehicular traffic facing the indicate shall cease before inbound the nearest crosswalk at the intersection or at a limit line when marked, but if the terminate cannot be made in safety, a vehicle may be driven cautiously through the intersection."

The bottom line is, unless it is dangerous to stop, you must finish when the light turns xanthous.  The but exception is when you are preparing to make a left plow and you are already inside the intersection. You can complete your left plow after oncoming traffic has stopped, even if the light turns red.

Question:Can I take open alcohol in a trailer that is being pulled on the road?

Answer:  In nearly instances transporting or possession of open up intoxicants in a vehicle is not permitted.  MCL 257.624a states in function, "a person who is an operator or occupant shall not transport or possess alcoholic liquor in a container that is open up or uncapped or upon which the seal is broken within the rider compartment of a vehicle upon a highway, or within the passenger compartment of a moving vehicle in whatsoever identify open to the general public or by and large attainable to motor vehicles, including an surface area designated for the parking of vehicles..."  In that location are limited exceptions in cases where the vehicle does not have a body or carve up area from the passenger compartment and in the case of a chartered vehicle such every bit a limousine or chartered bus.

Question: When are turn signals required to be used and does this include changing lanes?

Answer: MCL 257.648 states in office, "The driver...before stopping or turning from a straight line, shall first see that the stopping or turning tin can be fabricated in safety and shall give a indicate as required...".  Common sense and state law agree that whenever you are turning, a bespeak is required, all the same, much fence has occurred over whether that language required the apply of plow signals when simply changing lanes.

The Michigan Courtroom of Appeals has finally clarified the language in MCL 257.648 requiring the use of a signal when changing lanes, or "turning from a directly line."  Their decision--published, and therefore binding on lower courts--states in summary "...a reasonable person of ordinary intelligence is not required to speculate about the phrase's meaning, and MCL 257.648 provides off-white notice of what behave is proscribed. We agree that MCL 257.648 requires drivers to utilise a plough indicate when changing lanes on a highway and is not unconstitutionally vague."

Question: Tin can I plough left on a ruddy light?

Reply: MCL 257.612 (one)(c)(ii) states in part, "Vehicular traffic facing a steady ruby-red signal, after stopping before inbound 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 inbound the intersection, may make…a left plough from a one-mode or 2-way street into a one-style roadway carrying traffic in the direction of the left turn unless prohibited by sign, signal, mark, calorie-free, or other traffic command device.

The same rules apply to turning right on a steady red signal. Unless prohibited, a correct plough on a steady scarlet signal may exist made from a one-way or 2-style street onto a 2-way street or a 1-manner street carrying traffic in the direction of the correct turn.

Question: When merging onto a freeway who has the right-of-manner?

Answer: MCL 257.649(7) governs this question.  A driver entering a roadway from a roadway that is intended for and synthetic as a merging roadway, and is manifestly marked at the intersection with the appropriate merge signs, shall yield the right-of-way to traffic upon the roadway that is so shut as to institute an firsthand hazard and shall adjust their speed to enable them to merge safely with through traffic.  Simply put, a driver merging onto a freeway must yield to traffic upon the freeway. It must exist noted that traffic on the motorway cannot intentionally block a commuter from merging by either speeding up or slowing down.

Question: I have a question regarding a turn around on a road or "Michigan left".  I know you can turn left onto the one way at a turn effectually, merely is it illegal to go straight thru to a driveway across 1 way traffic?

Answer: Many people seem to be confused when information technology comes to what has been termed a "Michigan Left".  The following two graphics depict like intersection and evidence the proper and improper use of a turnaround.

PROPER use of a turnaround or "Michigan Left":

The commuter is traveling east on street A and wants to make a left turn to the north onto street B but there are no left turns allowed at the intersection. Traveling through the intersection and using the turnaround, the driver approaches the steady red calorie-free and makes a left on blood-red when traffic permits. The driver then proceeds west on street A and makes a correct plough to the n onto Street B.

IMPROPER left turn on cerise:

The commuter is eastbound on street A and wants to plow left onto street C. When the driver enters the turnaround and stops at the steady red signal they cannot proceed straight through (north) onto Street C until the signal turns green.

Question: Are U-turns legal in Michigan?

Reply: Under country police force and in the absence of a traffic control device prohibiting same, the maneuver may be completed as long as it can be done in safety, is not devil-may-care or reckless, and gives way to other traffic that accept the right-of-style. This is exterior of a city, hamlet, or township that has adopted the Uniform Traffic Lawmaking.

Within the boundaries of whatsoever city, village, or township, that has adopted the Compatible Traffic Code, rule 434 states...

"R 28.1434 Rule 434. Limitations on turning effectually; violation equally civil infraction.
(i) The driver of any vehicle shall not plough the vehicle so as to proceed in the contrary management on any
street in a business district and shall non, on any other street, so turn a vehicle unless the movement can
exist made in safety and without interfering with other traffic.
(2) A person who violates this rule is responsible for a civil infraction."

Under the UTC the requirement of whether or not in that location must be a sign posted prohibiting u-turns is debatable. Some say yeah and some say no. The final determination volition be up to the individual court.

Question: How far can you bulldoze in a middle plough lane?

Answer: That depends. When preparing for a left turn a commuter tin travel a "reasonable" distance in the center turn lane.

It is unlawful to use the centre left plow lane for a right turn or as a merge lane when entering the roadway.

Question: Is it against the police to drive in the left lane when not passing another vehicle?

Reply: Here is what MCL 257.634 has to say about lane driving.

If the road has 2 or more lanes in 1 direction, vehicles shall exist driven in the extreme right-mitt lane.  If all lanes are occupied by vehicles moving in substantially continuous lanes of traffic and then a driver can utilise any lane available.  A driver may also utilize the left lane for a reasonable distance when preparing for a left plow.

On a motorway having 3 or more lanes, a driver may apply any lane lawfully available.

MCL 257.642 gives further direction and states in function,  "…Upon a roadway with four or more than lanes which provides for ii-way motility of traffic, a vehicle shall be driven within the extreme right-manus lane except when overtaking and passing, but shall not cross the center line of the roadway except where making a left turn.

Question: Can a person ride in the back of a pickup truck?

Answer: Information technology is unlawful for any person nether the age of 18 to ride in the open up bed of a pickup at a speed greater than xv miles per hr on a public roadway.  MCL 257.682b covers this in particular.

TINTED WINDOWS

Question: Tin can I take tinted windows on my vehicle?

Answer: The law that covers window applications is . The employ of tinting is limited to the rear side windows, the rear window if the vehicle has exterior mirrors on both sides, and the meridian iv inches of the front side windows. There is a limited exception for medical necessity with a doctor'due south prescription, which allows for tinting to exist applied to the forepart side windows every bit well. Michigan does non have a specification for the darkness of the window awarding, but does prohibit applications with a solar reflectivity greater than 35%.

Question: If I have a signed letter past my doctor indicating a medical necessity for tinted windows tin another person drive my vehicle if the windows are tinted?

Answer: Yes, provided the special window treatment or application has been determined by a physician or optometrist to be necessary for the protection of a person who is light sensitive or photosensitive, and the owner or operator of a motor vehicle is in possession of a letter signed by a doc or optometrist indicating that the special window treatment or awarding is a medical necessity as required past MCL 257.709(3)(due east). Still, the special window treatment or application shall not interfere with or obstruct the driver'due south articulate vision of the highway or an intersecting highway.

EQUIPMENT AND LIGHTING

Question: Can I install neon lighting within the interior of my vehicle?

Answer:The problem with placing neon lighting inside a vehicle is that the vehicle code is very specific about the color of lamps allowed on a vehicle and what colour tin can be seen from what direction.  For example, the only colour legally allowed to be displayed to the forepart of a vehicle is white or amber.  The but color allowed to be displayed to the rear is red or amber.  To the sides, front end - bister or white, rear - amber or red.  No other colors are allowed and if any permitted color lamp is visible from any direction that is not allowed and then it cannot be equipped that way.  If the lighting causes a visual damage for the commuter or is potentially distracting then such lighting is unlawful.  Finally, like outside neon lighting, there is no provision within the Michigan Vehicle Code that allows the use of interior neon lighting.  Ultimately it volition be a affair for the courts to make up one's mind.

Question: Are neon license plate frames legal?

Answer:  You may equip your vehicle with a license plate frame that contains neon lights still they must exist covered and unlit while on the roadway or within the public correct-of mode. In addition the frame cannot obstruct any of the registration information on the plate or tabs.

Question: Can I take neon underbody lighting on my vehicle?

Respond: MCL 257.698(4) prohibits equipping a vehicle with any lighting that is non expressly required or permitted by Chapter 6, unless both covered and unlit. Neon underbody lighting is neither expressly required nor permitted. If equipped, the lights must be unlit and covered while on a highway, which includes all public roads and the side by side rights-of-way.

Question: I am because equipping my vehicle with neon valve stalk lights. Are they legal?

Answer:  If installed on a vehicle, the lights must exist both covered and unlit while on a highway (any public road, including the right-of-fashion). This prohibition includes, but is not limited to: windshield wiper lights, tire valve stalk lights, overhead/roll bar lights, underbody lights, and interior after-market lighting if visible from outside of the vehicle.

Question: Are smoked-out headlight covers legal?

Answer:  The Michigan Vehicle Lawmaking requires head lamps to emit a white lite, with "high-beams" of intensity to reveal persons and vehicles at a distance of at least 350 feet ahead, and low-beams of intensity to reveal persons and vehicles at a distance of at to the lowest degree 100 feet ahead. Since smoked headlamp covers change the color of light, and/or decrease their intensity below the requirements, they should not exist used when headlamps are required to be on. All the same, smoked headlamp covers may be used when headlamps are not on, and non required.

Question: Is having smoked tail light/restriction covers legal in Michigan?  How virtually the smoked ones with slashes or vents in them showing a pocket-sized function of the original red lens?

Answer: MCL 257.686   requires a tail lamp to emit a red light apparently visible for at to the lowest degree 500 feet to the rear of the vehicle.MCL 257.697  requires stop lamps to emit a red or amber light and be capable of being seen and distinguished from other lamps for a distance of 100 feet, including during normal daylight. If the cover you apply prohibits the lamp from meeting these requirements then information technology is unlawful.

Question: I own a retired Police Cruiser and am looking into adding on some actress equipment (Spotlights, etc.). Before I exercise and then I would like to know what is legal (both on and off the road) hither in Michigan?

Answer:  If your intention is to equip this vehicle to stand for an authorized emergency vehicle yous cannot operate that vehicle on the roadway unless y'all are a peace officer. The utilize and/or possession of a flashing, rotating, or aquiver lite of any color would be prohibited.

Should you determine to operate a vehicle on the roadway equipped as a constabulary vehicle you would be subject area to abort for the criminal act of "Simulated Representation as a Peace Officer".

Question:Would information technology be legal to install a (police type) siren on my car for purposes of an auto warning?

Reply: MCL 257.706 covers sirens on vehicles. Under the circumstances y'all describe the installation and apply of a siren would be illegal.

Question: I would simply like to know if there is any sound level or DB law hither in Michigan for automotive exhausts, specifically aftermarket?

Answer: MCL 257.707c provides the decibel levels at which the noise is considered excessive, while MCL 257.707e addresses the procedure for conducting a test. It is of import to note that while these objective levels are provided, a vehicle below these levels may still exist in violation. MCL 257.707b requires an frazzle system to exist maintained in good working club to prevent excessive or unusual noise, which can exist subjective. MCL 257.707 requires that an exhaust arrangement exist equipped with a muffler, and a resonator and tailpipe, if originally equipped. This precludes the modification of an frazzle system beyond the replacement of worn-out parts.

Question: I am wondering what vehicle equipment requirements must be followed for a 4-wheeled motorcycle. Or what the police force is on making a four-wheeler, able to use on public roads.

Reply: MCL 257.31 defines a motorcycle equally "every motor vehicle having a saddle or seat for the use of the passenger and designed to travel on not more than iii wheels in contact with the ground but excluding a tractor." Therefore, a 4-cycle vehicle is not a motorcycle under Michigan law regardless of the vehicle configuration. The blazon of vehicle that y'all are describing would probably autumn in the category of "ORV," defined in MCL 324.81101.

Vehicles manufactured equally an ORV are not designed for on-route use and the Manufacturer Certificate of Origin of such vehicles will country that it was built for off-road utilize only.  The Michigan Department of Land has determined that a vehicle manufactured as an ORV cannot exist modified and titled as an assembled vehicle for on-route utilize because even if the required equipment listed on the Departments TR-54 class is added, it does non change the original manufacturer's configuration as an ORV.  Additional information may be found on the MDOS website.

Question: Are tire chains legal in Michigan?

Answer: MCL 257.710 of the Michigan Vehicle Code covers the use of tire chains, and states that a person may "use a tire chain of reasonable proportion upon a vehicle when required for safety because of snow, ice, or other condition tending to crusade a vehicle to skid." If used, the chain must not come up in contact with the surface of the roadway.

Question: Are studded tires legal in Michigan?

Answer: In practical terms, no.

MCL 257.710 allows for the apply of studded tires if they meet the specifications listed in subparts (c), (d), and (e).  The function that specifically deals with studded tires is subpart (d) which states; "The department of state highways and transportation shall promulgate rules establishing acceptable standards to permit the employ of a tire with studs or other traction devices to be used on a street or highway after April 1, 1975. The rules shall make separate provision for the extreme winter snow and ice conditions of the Upper Peninsula and the Northern Lower Peninsula. The rules shall include a restriction on the amount and dimension of protrusions that may be allowed on a tire, the blazon of textile that may be used in a stud, traction device, or tire, and the amount of road wear that a tire with studs or other traction devices may cause on a street or highway."

Authoritative Rules 247.171 through 247.175 govern studded tires and gear up the criteria for their use.

These rules country two conditions that must be met for the utilise of studded tires. Note: to date no manufacturer of tire studs has supplied information to the Michigan Section of Transportation that their product meets or exceeds the required pavement wear specifications.

Kickoff, they can only exist used between November 15 and April ane of the succeeding year except in the Upper Peninsula and the Northern Lower Peninsula, where, because of farthermost winter snowfall and ice conditions, they may be used between Oct 1 and May 1 of the succeeding year.  Northern Lower Peninsula is divers equally those counties whose southern boundaries are as far or farther north than the southern boundary of Missaukee county.

2nd, studs or other traction devices shall not be used unless they clothing either concrete or cobblestone pavements, typical of those in this state, at a charge per unit not to exceed 25% of the reference standard studded tire.

Question: Are radar jammers illegal in Michigan?

Respond: RADAR jammers, both active and passive, are illegal under federal constabulary in all 50 states (see excerpt from FCC news release).

FCC FINDS MARKETING OF ROCKY MOUNTAIN RADAR'Due south SPIRIT II RADAR JAMMER TO Be IN VIOLATION OF ITS RULES. Ruled that a radar jamming device manufactured by Rocky Mount Radar that interferes with police radar signals is illegal; institute that interference from these devices creates a threat to public safety. Report No: CI 97-14. past MO&O. Action by: Committee. Adopted: December 4, 1997. (FCC No. 97-404) News Media Contact: David Fiske 202-418-0500. CIB Contact: Ana J. Curtis at 202-418-1160.

Question:Is the use of a radar detector in a private vehicle legal in the State of Michigan?

Answer: Radar detectors are legal for apply in passenger vehicles in the country of Michigan.

CELLULAR PHONES

Question:I was told that you could dial *677 from your cell telephone and it would connect you directly to the state police. Is this true?

Reply:This internet myth is actually based partially in reality, but does not apply to Michigan.  In Michigan, as well as most states, the number to contact for an emergency is 911.  Some states have a non-emergency number as well, with *677 being the variant that works in Ontario(677=OPP on the telephone keypad).

Question:Is it confronting the police force to talk on a cell phone while driving in Michigan?

Answer:Michigan does not have a law specifically prohibiting cell phone use in a vehicle. A driver who becomes distracted by using a jail cell phone, and commits a traffic violation could exist charged with devil-may-care driving, or with the specific violation, such as improper lane use, if they are drifting in and out of their lane.

Some municipalities take recently enacted local ordinances that prohibit using a cellular phone while driving within their respective jurisdiction.  Whatever municipality that establishes such an ordinance should post notification at their jurisdictional boundaries to alert motorists.

SPEED/SPEED LIMITS

Question:Please provide me with the state law, human activity or policy that outlines the speed limits on unmarked rural roads. It is our understanding that the speed limit on an unmarked rural dirt road is 45 mph and 55 mph on an unmarked rural paved road.

Answer: MCL 257.628 of the Michigan Vehicle Code sets the statewide maximum speed limit on all unposted highways at 55 mph. Gravel roads are included in this. Gravel roads are currently excluded from the procedure of lowering posted speeds through a Traffic Command Order due to the changing weather of these roads. The Basic Speed Constabulary, MCL 257.627, adequately covers these changing conditions by requiring drivers to "bulldoze at a careful and prudent speed not greater than nor less than is reasonable and proper, having due regard to the traffic, surface, and width of the highway and of whatsoever other condition then existing."

Question:Under what weather condition may a police officer exceed the posted speed limit?

Reply: MCL 257.632 of the Michigan Vehicle Lawmaking states that an officer may exceed the speed limit "when traveling in emergencies or in the chase or anticipation of violators of the law or of persons charged with or suspected of a violation..."

MOTORCYCLES

Question:I would like to request a list of helmets that have been canonical by the Department of State Police.

Answer: Motorcycle helmets that meet the federal standards of 49 C.F.R. are considered approved in Michigan under administrative rule R 28.951. The Michigan Department of State Police does not maintain a list of those helmets. Motorcycle helmets sold through a reputable dealer will ordinarily exist in compliance. Look for indications of compliance on the box and in the paperwork supplied with the helmet, in addition to a Department of Transportation (DOT) sticker affixed to the helmet.

Please be aware that helmets purchased from individuals, at swap meets and shows, or through not-reputable dealers may not be in compliance with federal standards. Additionally, watch for disclaimers on the box indicating that a helmet is novelty only, and not for street use.

Question:Is at that place a specific age, or weight that children can legally ride as a passenger on a motorcycle?

Answer: There is no minimum age for a kid to ride on a motorcycle, subject to one exception based on size rather than age. MCL 257.658a states "A passenger shall not ride on a motorcycle unless his or her feet can rest on the assigned foot rests or pegs except...due to a permanent concrete disability."

Prophylactic BELTS AND Child RESTRAINTS

Question:I heard that Michigan changed its seat belt police and now requires booster seats. Is that truthful?

Reply:Michigan recently amended it's safety belt law which becomes effective July 1, 2008. A synopsis of the amended police force follows.

• The constabulary does not apply to:
  • A motor vehicle manufactured before Jan one, 1965
  • A bus
  • A motorcycle
  • A moped
  • A person in possession of written verification from a physician that stipulates that they are unable to wear a safety belt for concrete or medical reasons
  • A motor vehicle not required to be equipped with safe belts under federal law
  • A commercial or Us mail vehicle that makes frequent stops for the purpose of pickup and commitment of goods or services
  • A motor vehicle operated by a rural carrier of the U.s. postal service while serving a rural postal road
  • A passenger of a school autobus
• Other than above, each operator and front seat passenger of a motor vehicle operated on a street or highway in this land shall wear a properly adapted and fastened safety belt except the following:
  • A child less than iv years of age shall be protected as required under MCL 257.710d, the kid restraint law
  • A child 4 years of historic period or older, but less than eight years of age, and who is less than 4 feet 9 inches in acme, shall exist properly secured in a kid restraint system (Booster Seat)  in accordance with the child restraint manufacturer's and vehicle manufacturer'south instructions, and the standards prescribed in 49 CFR 517.213
  • A child 4 years of age or older just less than 16 years of historic period, and who is iv feet nine inches in height or greater,  shall be secured in a properly adjusted and fastened safety chugalug

Question: I own a car built in 1957 which did not come from the factory with seatbelts.  Tin can I legally bulldoze this vehicle on the road and take my children with me without seatbelts?

Reply: Yes. MCL 257.710b states in office that a private rider vehicle manufacturedlater Jan 1, 1965 must be equipped with prophylactic belts for the driver and one other forepart seat passenger. MCL 257.710d states in part that child restraint requirements practice not utilize to motor vehicles not required to exist equipped with safety belts nether federal law or regulation.

Question: Where would I find data most what the actual law is regarding the use of seatbelts?

Answer: Basically, Michigan's law states that all front end seat passengers must wear a properly fastened prophylactic chugalug, and all rear seat passengers from the ages of 4 through 15 must wearable a properly fastened safety belt (nosotros also encourage people xvi and over to buckle up in the rear seat).

Children up to the age of 4 must be properly restrained in a kid rubber seat no affair where they are seated in the vehicle.

There are a few exemptions to both of these laws, only nosotros always encourage people to properly fasten their safety belt at all times while traveling in a vehicle. Listed beneath are the links for the full text of Michigan'due south safe belt and kid restraint laws:

Michigan's rubber chugalug law

Michigan's kid restraint law

Question: I accept tried to find information on infant and child car seat laws. Automobile seats come up with recommendations but never list the constabulary. My friends and I want to make certain our children are restrained properly and according to the constabulary but everywhere I turn I can find no information on what those laws are. How long do children have to exist in "car seats" versus but the seat of the car for instance?
Answer: Michigan's kid restraint law states that every child nether the historic period of iv years must be properly restrained in a child restraint seat no matter where they are seated in the vehicle.

The law does not cover where the children should ride but, regardless of what the police states, we know that there are safer means to send children in a motor vehicle. Statistics consistently bear witness that the rear seat is the safest place for all children 12 and under.

Federal standards require child seat manufacturers or automotive manufacturers in the case of built-in child seats, to provide instructions and label these seats with warnings for incorrect placement.  To comply with state constabulary you MUST follow the manufacturers instructions.

Question: When there is an air purse in the front rider side, are children 12 and under supposed to be in the dorsum seat?
Answer:Michigan's child restraint law does not prohibit children of any age riding in the front with an air handbag; even so, research has proven that any small person (even an adult) tin be seriously injured or fifty-fifty killed by the force of an air bag.

The following links to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration volition give you more information regarding air purse condom and statistics, as well as other passenger condom data:

NHTSA home page

Vehicle Safety Q & A'south

Question: Is it legal to ride in a pickup camper secured to the bed of my pickup or in a tow backside camper?

Respond:Michigan Law does non prohibit this type of activeness; nevertheless, in accordance with MCL 257.710e, children nether the age of sixteen would be prohibited from doing and then if at that place were passenger seats available in the pickup or vehicle towing the camper.  The Michigan State Police does non endorse this type of action because a camper, whether it is the type secured in a pickup bed or a trailer type is not designed and manufactured for such use.  The operator and/or registered owner could be held liable both criminally or civilly if a passenger is injured or killed while riding in the camper.

GOPEDS/MOPEDS/ELECTRIC VEHICLES

Question: My husband saw on the news concluding night that golf carts were allowed on the canton roads in the country of Michigan. Is this true?

Answer:MCL 257.657a authorizes a village or urban center of fewer than 30,000 people to allow the operation of golf carts on the streets of that hamlet or urban center past resolution, and sets forth the requirements and restrictions in doing so.  Similarly, a township of fewer than thirty,000 people is also authorized to allow this under certain circumstances unless disapproved past the county board of commissioners.

Previously, information technology was possible to equip, annals and insure your golf cart to be road legal as a low speed vehicle.  Still, the Michigan Department of State (MDOS) has announced that it will no longer process assembled vehicle championship applications for vehicles manufactured as a golf cart and has requested police enforcement personnel to reject or deny whatever request to consummate a TR-54 Vehicle Number and On-Road Equipment Inspection for a golf cart.  Additional data may be found on the MDOS website.

Golf carts that are currently titled and registered for on-route use will retain its current title and registration.

If the golf cart is not currently titled, registered, and insured for on-road use, and is not inside one of the cities, villages or townships that has allowed on road use, information technology may merely be operated on a highway nether very limited circumstances if information technology meets the definition of an ORV equally provided in MCL 324.81101 of the Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Act.  The limited circumstances, such every bit crossing a street or highway at a right bending for the purpose of getting from ane area to some other, can exist constitute in MCL 324.81122.  Additionally, MCL 324.81131 authorizes local municipalities to pass an ordinance allowing the operation of ORV's on streets within the municipality and sets along the requirements and restrictions in doing and then.
Question:  I have a Polaris Ranger and want to know if I can operate it on the road?

Answer:  Vehicles manufactured equally an ORV are not designed for on-route utilize and the Manufacturer Document of Origin of such vehicles will state that information technology was built for off-road use only.  The Michigan Department of State has determined that a vehicle manufactured as an ORV cannot be modified and titled as an assembled vehicle for on-road apply considering fifty-fifty if the required equipment listed on the Departments TR-54 form is added, it does not alter the original manufacturer's configuration as an ORV.  Additional information may exist found on the MDOS website.

ORVs that are currently titled and registered for on-route utilise volition retain its current championship and registration.

If this type of ORV is not currently titled, registered and insured for on-road use, information technology may simply be operated on a highway under very limited circumstances if information technology meets the definition of an ORV as provided in MCL 324.81101 of the Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Human activity.  The limited circumstances, such as crossing a street or highway at a right bending for the purpose of getting from one area to another, tin can be found in MCL 324.81122.  Additionally, MCL 324.81131 authorizes local municipalities to pass an ordinance allowing the operation of ORV's on streets inside the municipality and sets along the requirements and restrictions in doing so.

Question: Where tin I legally ride a goped?

Answer:A goped, while not specifically defined in the Michigan Vehicle Code, does fall under the definition of a moped  (MCL.257.32b) . Mopeds are required to have certain equipment such as; a headlight, brake light, seat, horn, muffler, and brakes on each bicycle, in order to be legally operated on the roadway. In addition, the operator of a moped must be at to the lowest degree 15 years of historic period, have a moped license or an operator/chauffeur license, and the vehicle must exist registered with the Section of Country and display a valid registration plate. Finally, a person operating a moped must wear an canonical crash helmet if they are nether xix years of age.

Because gopeds are not equipped with the required equipment they cannot be legally driven on the roadway. Also, by definition they are a motor vehicle and therefore cannot be driven on a sidewalk synthetic for use by pedestrians.

Question: Tin someone tell me what the laws in Michigan are for riding pocket bikes?

Answer: If the "pocket bike" has an engine displacement of 50cc's or less, produces two.0 brake horsepower or less, is capable of a top speed of no more than 30 mph, and the operator is non required/allowed to shift gears, and then information technology may exist legally classified equally a moped. The certificate titled "Moped Requirements" lists the operational and equipment requirements for such motor vehicles. Most "pocket bikes" will not meet those requirements and therefore will not be street legal.

If the "pocket bike" has an engine displacement greater than 50cc's then information technology is classified every bit a motorcycle and must run across the requirements applicable to that type of vehicle.  Once again, almost "pocket bikes" volition non meet these requirements.

TRAFFIC CRASHES AND REPORTS

Beginning in July 2005, the Land of Michigan launched an new website dedicated to online purchasing of traffic crash reports. Interested parties may be able to purchase a copy of a traffic crash report taken by any Michigan law enforcement bureau.

Traffic Crash Purchasing System

Question:  I was involved in a traffic crash in the by and need a re-create of the written report. Where can I obtain ane?

Answer: Interested parties such equally individuals involved in the crash and/or their attorney, and insurance companies should contact the Traffic Crash Purchasing System(TCPS) via the cyberspace at the same link.  If unable to do so y'all tin contact the Michigan State Police Mail that responded to the crash.  A listing of state police posts is follows.

Land Police Posts

Each post retains traffic crash reports for the current yr plus 2 years. If the crash occurred prior to that you must request a copy of the report from the Criminal Justice Data Eye using a Freedom of Information Request course.

In addition, if you are not an interested party every bit described above, you lot must complete a Freedom of Information Request to obtain a specific traffic crash report.

Consummate the form with every bit much data equally possible and mail to the address listed on the grade.

FOI Asking

If another agency other than the Michigan State Constabulary responded and completed a crash report you will need to contact that bureau directly or utilize the TCPS..

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Source: https://www.michigan.gov/msp/0,4643,7-123-1878_90937-73839--,00.html

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