Michigan Compiled Laws
300-1949-VI-DRIVING-ON-RIGHT-SIDE-OF-ROADWAY—OVERTAKING-AND-PASS - Driving on Right Side of Roadway—overtaking and Passing, Etc. (257.634...257.646)
Section 257.640 - No-Passing Zones; Determination; Signs or Markings; Traffic Control Devices; Violation as Civil Infraction.

Sec. 640.
(1) The state highway commission and county road commissions shall determine those portions of a highway under their jurisdiction where overtaking and passing or driving to the left of the roadway would be especially hazardous, and by appropriate signs or markings on the roadway shall indicate the beginning and end of those zones in a manner enabling an ordinary observant driver of a vehicle to observe the directions and obey them. A sign shall be placed to the left of the highway on those portions of a highway where additional notice is considered necessary.
(2) The no-passing zones provided for by this section shall be based upon a traffic survey and engineering study. Traffic-control devices installed pursuant to this section shall conform to the state manual and specifications as provided for by section 608.
(3) A person who fails to obey the traffic-control devices installed pursuant to this section is responsible for a civil infraction.
History: 1949, Act 300, Eff. Sept. 23, 1949 ;-- Am. 1959, Act 230, Eff. Mar. 19, 1960 ;-- Am. 1965, Act 275, Imd. Eff. July 21, 1965 ;-- Am. 1970, Act 120, Imd. Eff. July 23, 1970 ;-- Am. 1971, Act 224, Imd. Eff. Dec. 30, 1971 ;-- Am. 1978, Act 510, Eff. Aug. 1, 1979

Structure Michigan Compiled Laws

Michigan Compiled Laws

Chapter 257 - Motor Vehicles

Act 300 of 1949 - Michigan Vehicle Code (257.1 - 257.923)

300-1949-VI - Chapter VI Obedience to and Effect of Traffic Laws (257.601...257.750)

300-1949-VI-DRIVING-ON-RIGHT-SIDE-OF-ROADWAY—OVERTAKING-AND-PASS - Driving on Right Side of Roadway—overtaking and Passing, Etc. (257.634...257.646)

Section 257.634 - Driving on Right Half of Roadway; Exceptions; Driving on Roadway Having 2 or More Lanes for Travel in 1 Direction; Traveling on Freeway Having 3 or More Lanes for Travel in Same Direction; Ordinance Regulating Same Subject Matter Pr...

Section 257.635 - Passing Vehicle Proceeding in Opposite Direction; Violation as Civil Infraction.

Section 257.636 - Overtaking and Passing of Vehicles Proceeding in Same Direction; Overtaking a Bicycle Proceeding in Same Direction; Violation as Civil Infraction.

Section 257.637 - Overtaking and Passing on Right of Another Vehicle or Bicycle; Conditions; Violation as Civil Infraction.

Section 257.638 - Overtaking and Passing on Left of Another Vehicle; Violation as Civil Infraction.

Section 257.639 - Driving to Left Side of Roadway; Limitations; Violation as Civil Infraction.

Section 257.640 - No-Passing Zones; Determination; Signs or Markings; Traffic Control Devices; Violation as Civil Infraction.

Section 257.641 - Designating 1-Way Traffic; Signs; Driving to Right of Rotary Traffic Island; Violation as Civil Infraction.

Section 257.642 - Roadway Divided Into 2 or More Marked Lanes; Applicable Rules; Designation as Hov Lane; Restrictions; Exceptions; Designation as Automated Vehicle Roadway or Lane; Violation as Civil Infraction.

Section 257.643 - Distance Between Vehicles; Violation as Civil Infraction.

Section 257.643a - Leaving Space Between Trucks or Truck Tractors; Passing; Exclusion for Platoon; Violation as Civil Infraction.

Section 257.644 - Driving on Highway Divided Into 2 Roadways; Parking or Driving on Dividing Space, Barrier, or Section; Use of Crossovers on Limited Access Highways; Violation as Civil Infraction.

Section 257.645 - Driving Onto or From Limited Access Roadway; Violation as Civil Infraction.

Section 257.646 - Repealed. 1967, Act 277, Eff. Nov. 2, 1967.