HOUSE BILL No. 5351

 

October 24, 2007, Introduced by Reps. Byrnes, Wojno, Condino, Bieda, Lindberg, Lahti, Byrum, Griffin, Coulouris and LeBlanc and referred to the Committee on Transportation.

 

     A bill to amend 1949 PA 300, entitled

 

"Michigan vehicle code,"

 

by amending section 611 (MCL 257.611).

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 611. (1) The driver of a vehicle or operator of a

 

streetcar shall not disobey the instructions of a traffic control

 

device placed in accordance with this chapter unless at the time

 

otherwise directed by a police officer or, in a work zone, by a

 

police officer or an individual designated to direct traffic in

 

that work zone.

 

     (2) The driver of a vehicle shall not, for the purpose of

 

avoiding obedience to a traffic control device placed in accordance


 

with this chapter, drive upon or through private property, or upon

 

or through public property which is not a street or highway.

 

     (3) A person who violates this section is responsible for a

 

civil infraction.