Michigan Compiled Laws
300-1949-VI-SPECIAL-STOPS-REQUIRED - Special Stops Required (257.667...257.671)
Section 257.669a - Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations; Adoption; Transportation of Persons and Property Over Railroad-Highway Grade Crossings.

Sec. 669a.
(1) This state adopts motor carrier safety regulations 49 C.F.R. 392.10 and 392.11 on file with the office of the secretary of state, to provide for the safe transportation of persons and property over railroad-highway grade crossings with the intent of following the policies and procedures of the United States department of transportation's federal motor carrier safety administration as they relate to title 49 of the code of federal regulations. For purposes of this subsection, "commercial motor vehicle" means that term as defined in section 7a.
(2) The driver of a commercial motor vehicle shall comply with a lawful order or direction of a police officer guiding, directing, controlling, or regulating traffic at a railroad-highway grade crossing.
(3) The driver of a commercial motor vehicle shall not cross a railroad-highway grade crossing unless the vehicle has sufficient undercarriage clearance.
(4) The driver of a commercial motor vehicle shall not cross a railroad-highway grade crossing unless the vehicle can be driven completely through the crossing without stopping.
(5) A person who violates this section is responsible for a civil infraction.
History: Add. 2002, Act 534, Eff. Oct. 1, 2002

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-SPECIAL-STOPS-REQUIRED - Special Stops Required (257.667...257.671)

Section 257.667 - Stopping at Railroad Grade Crossing; Driving Through, Around, or Under Crossing Gate or Barrier; Violation as Civil Infraction.

Section 257.667a - Installation and Use of Unmanned Traffic Monitoring Devices at Railroad Grade Crossing; Civil Infraction; Evidence; Diagnostic Study Team Review Required Where Fatality at Public Railroad Grade Crossing; Exception.

Section 257.668 - Designating Certain Grade Crossings as "Stop" Crossings or "Yield" Crossings; Signs; Duties of Driver; Cost of Yield Sign Installations; Action for Negligence; Exception for On-Track Equipment; Failure to Stop or Yield as Civil Infr...

Section 257.669 - Vehicles Required to Activate Hazard Warning Lights and Stop at Railroad Track Grade Crossing; Driver to Listen and Look in Both Directions; Shifting Gears Prohibited; Exceptions; "Inactive Railroad Track" Defined; Violation as Civi...

Section 257.669a - Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations; Adoption; Transportation of Persons and Property Over Railroad-Highway Grade Crossings.

Section 257.670 - Operating or Moving Certain Vehicles or Equipment Upon or Across Steam Railroad Tracks at Grade Level; Notice of Intended Crossing; Stopping, Listening, and Looking; Warning; Violation as Civil Infraction.

Section 257.671 - Designation of Through Highways; Designation of Stop, Yield, or Merge Intersections; Stop, Yield, or Merge Signs; Violation as Civil Infraction.