HOUSE BILL No. 6451

 

September 12, 2006, Introduced by Reps. Condino, Accavitti, Polidori, Vagnozzi, Tobocman, Plakas, Alma Smith, Lipsey, Donigan, Hood, Leland, Cushingberry and Zelenko and referred to the Committee on Transportation.

 

     A bill to amend 1949 PA 300, entitled

 

"Michigan vehicle code,"

 

by amending section 682 (MCL 257.682), as amended by 1990 PA 188.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 682. (1) The driver of a vehicle overtaking or meeting a

 

school bus which  has stopped and  is displaying  2  alternately

 

flashing  red  lights located at the same level shall bring the

 

vehicle to a full stop not less than 20 feet from the school bus

 

and shall not proceed until the school bus resumes motion or the

 

visual signals are no longer actuated. At an intersection where

 

traffic is controlled by an officer or a traffic stop-and-go signal

 


a vehicle need not be brought to a full stop before passing a

 

stopped school bus, but may proceed past the school bus at a speed

 

not greater than is reasonable and proper but not greater than 10

 

miles an hour and with due caution for the safety of passengers

 

being received or discharged from the school bus. The driver of a

 

vehicle who fails to stop for a school bus as required by this

 

subsection, who passes a school bus in violation of this

 

subsection, or who fails to stop for a school bus in violation of

 

an ordinance that complies with this subsection, is responsible for

 

a civil infraction.

 

     (2) The driver of a vehicle upon a highway which has been

 

divided into 2 roadways by leaving an intervening space, or by a

 

physical barrier, or clearly indicated dividing sections so

 

constructed as to impede vehicular traffic, need not stop upon

 

meeting a school bus which has stopped across the dividing space,

 

barrier, or section.

 

     (3) In a proceeding for a violation of subsection (1), proof

 

that the particular vehicle described in the citation was in

 

violation of subsection (1), together with proof that the defendant

 

named in the citation was, at the time of the violation, the

 

registered owner of the vehicle, shall constitute in evidence a

 

presumption that the registered owner of the vehicle was the driver

 

of the vehicle at the time of the violation.

 

     (4) In addition to the civil fine and costs provided for a

 

civil infraction under section 907, the judge, district court

 

referee, or district court magistrate may order a person who

 

violates this section to perform not to exceed 100 hours of

 


community service at a school.