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MI Comp L § 257.686 (2021)
2021 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-EQUIPMENT - Equipment (257.683... 257.714b)|Section 257.686 - Rear Lamps; Exemption; Requirements for Implement of Husbandry; Pickup Camper.

257.686 Rear lamps; exemption; requirements for implement of husbandry; pickup camper.Sec. 686.  (1) A motor vehicle, trailer, semitrailer, pole trailer, or vehicle which is being drawn in a train of vehicles shall be equipped with at least 1 rear lamp mounted on the rear, which, when lighted as required by this act, shall emit a red light plainly visible from a distance of 500 feet to the rear.  (2) Either a tail lamp or a separate lamp shall be constructed and placed so as to illuminate with a white light the rear registration plate and render it clearly legible from a distance of 50 feet to the rear. A tail lamp or tail lamps, together with any separate lamp for illuminating the rear registration plate, shall be wired so as to be lighted whenever the head lamps or auxiliary driving lamps are lighted.  (3) A motor vehicle licensed as an historic vehicle is exempt from the requirements of this section if the vehicle as originally equipped failed to meet these requirements.  (4) When operated or moved on a highway at the times specified in section 684, an implement of husbandry shall meet either of the following requirements:  (a) For implements of husbandry manufactured before January 1, 2007, the following:  (i) Display lighted rear lamps which meet the requirements of subsection (1).  (ii) Be accompanied by a vehicle which follows behind the implement of husbandry at a distance of not more than 50 feet, illuminates the implement of husbandry with the vehicle's headlights, and displays on the rear of the vehicle lighted rear lamps as required by this section.  (b) For implements of husbandry manufactured on or after January 1, 2007, the provisions of section 684a.  (5) A pickup camper shall be attached to the motor vehicle in a manner so that the registration plate of the motor vehicle is clearly visible. History: 1949, Act 300, Eff. Sept. 23, 1949 ;-- Am. 1978, Act 55, Imd. Eff. Mar. 10, 1978 ;-- Am. 1987, Act 90, Imd. Eff. July 1, 1987 ;-- Am. 1990, Act 98, Eff. Jan. 1, 1991 ;-- Am. 2006, Act 14, Imd. Eff. Feb. 9, 2006
MI Comp L § 257.687 (2021)
2021 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-EQUIPMENT - Equipment (257.683... 257.714b)|Section 257.687 - Special Lamps for Passenger Buses, Trucks and Trailers.

257.687 Special lamps for passenger buses, trucks and trailers. Sec. 687.  The sections of this chapter immediately following relating to clearance and marker lamps, reflectors and stop lights shall apply as stated in said sections to vehicles of the type therein enumerated, namely: Passenger busses, trucks, truck tractors, and certain trailers, semi-trailers, and pole-trailers, respectively, when operated upon any highway, and said vehicles shall be equipped as required and all lamp equipment required shall be lighted at the times mentioned in section 684 of this chapter except that clearance and side marker lamps need not be lighted on any said vehicle when operated within any municipality where there is sufficient light to render clearly discernible persons and vehicles on the highway at a distance of 500 feet. History: 1949, Act 300, Eff. Sept. 23, 1949
MI Comp L § 257.689 (2021)
2021 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-EQUIPMENT - Equipment (257.683... 257.714b)|Section 257.689 - Clearance and Marker Lamps and Reflectors; Color.

257.689 Clearance and marker lamps and reflectors; color. Sec. 689.  (a) Front clearance lamps and those marker lamps and reflectors mounted on the front or on the side near the front of a vehicle shall display or reflect an amber color.  (b) Rear clearance lamps and those marker lamps and reflectors mounted on the rear or on the sides near the rear of a vehicle shall display or reflect a red color.  (c) All lighting devices and reflectors mounted on the rear of any vehicle shall display or reflect a red color, except the stop light or other signal device, which may be red or amber, and except that the light illuminating the license plate shall be white. History: 1949, Act 300, Eff. Sept. 23, 1949
MI Comp L § 257.690 (2021)
2021 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-EQUIPMENT - Equipment (257.683... 257.714b)|Section 257.690 - Reflectors, Clearance Lamps, and Side Marker Lamps; Mounting.

257.690 Reflectors, clearance lamps, and side marker lamps; mounting. Sec. 690.  (1) Reflectors shall be mounted at a height not less than 15 inches and not higher than 60 inches above the ground on which the vehicle stands, except that if the highest part of the permanent structure of the vehicle is less than 15 inches, the reflector at such point shall be mounted as high as that part of the permanent structure will permit.  (2) The rear reflectors on a pole-trailer may be mounted on each side of the bolster or load.  (3) Any required red reflector on the rear of a vehicle may be incorporated with the tail lamp, but such reflector shall meet all the other reflector requirements of this chapter.  (4) Clearance lamps shall be mounted on the permanent structure of the vehicle in such a manner as to indicate its extreme width and as near the top thereof as practicable. Clearance lamps and side marker lamps may be mounted in combination if illumination is given as required herein with reference to both. History: 1949, Act 300, Eff. Sept. 23, 1949 ;-- Am. 1988, Act 383, Eff. Apr. 1, 1989
MI Comp L § 257.691 (2021)
2021 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-EQUIPMENT - Equipment (257.683... 257.714b)|Section 257.691 - Clearance and Marker Lamps and Reflectors; Visibility.

257.691 Clearance and marker lamps and reflectors; visibility. Sec. 691.  (a) Every reflector upon any vehicle referred to in section 689 of this chapter shall be of such size and characteristics and so maintained as to be readily visible at nighttime from all distances within 500 feet to 50 feet from the vehicle when directly in front of lawful upper beams of headlamps. Reflectors required to be mounted on the sides of the vehicle shall reflect the required color of light to the sides, and those mounted on the rear shall reflect a red color to the rear.  (b) Front and rear clearance lamps shall be capable of being seen and distinguished under normal atmospheric conditions at the times lights are required at a distance of 500 feet from the front and rear, respectively, of the vehicle.  (c) Side marker lamps shall be capable of being seen and distinguished under normal atmospheric conditions at the times lights are required at a distance of 500 feet from the side of the vehicle on which mounted. History: 1949, Act 300, Eff. Sept. 23, 1949
MI Comp L § 257.692 (2021)
2021 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-EQUIPMENT - Equipment (257.683... 257.714b)|Section 257.692 - Combination Vehicles; Obstructed Lights, Lighting Requirements.

257.692 Combination vehicles; obstructed lights, lighting requirements. Sec. 692.  Whenever motor and other vehicles are operated in combination during the time that lights are required, any lamp (except tail lamps) need not be lighted which, by reason of its location on a vehicle of the combination, would be obscured by another vehicle of the combination, but this shall not affect the requirement that lighted clearance lamps be displayed on the front of the foremost vehicle required to have clearance lamps, nor that all lights required on the rear of the rearmost vehicle of any combination shall be lighted. History: 1949, Act 300, Eff. Sept. 23, 1949
MI Comp L § 257.693 (2021)
2021 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-EQUIPMENT - Equipment (257.683... 257.714b)|Section 257.693 - Lamp or Flag on Projecting Load.

257.693 Lamp or flag on projecting load. Sec. 693.  Whenever the load upon any vehicle extends to the rear 4 feet or more beyond the bed or body of such vehicle there shall be displayed at the extreme rear end of the load, at the times specified in section 684 hereof, a red light or lantern plainly visible from a distance of at least 500 feet to the sides and rear. The red light or lantern required under this section shall be in addition to the red rear light required upon every vehicle. At any other time there shall be displayed at the extreme rear end of such load a red flag or cloth not less than 12 inches square and so hung that the entire area is visible to the driver of a vehicle approaching from the rear. History: 1949, Act 300, Eff. Sept. 23, 1949
MI Comp L § 257.694 (2021)
2021 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-EQUIPMENT - Equipment (257.683... 257.714b)|Section 257.694 - Parked Vehicles; Lighting.

257.694 Parked vehicles; lighting. Sec. 694.  Whenever a vehicle is parked or stopped upon a highway whether attended or unattended during the times mentioned in section 684, there shall be displayed upon the left side of such vehicle 1 or more lamps projecting a white or amber light visible under normal atmospheric conditions from a distance of 500 feet to the front of such vehicle and projecting a red light visible under like conditions from a distance of 500 feet to the rear, except that local authorities may provide by ordinance that no lights need be displayed upon any such vehicle when parked in accordance with local ordinances upon a highway where there is sufficient light to reveal any person within a distance of 500 feet upon such highway. History: 1949, Act 300, Eff. Sept. 23, 1949 ;-- Am. 1959, Act 80, Imd. Eff. June 29, 1959
MI Comp L § 257.695 (2021)
2021 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-EQUIPMENT - Equipment (257.683... 257.714b)|Section 257.695 - Minimum Lighting for All Vehicles.

257.695 Minimum lighting for all vehicles.Sec. 695.  All vehicles, including animal-drawn vehicles, implements of husbandry, road machinery, road rollers, and farm tractors, not otherwise required under this act to be equipped with head or rear lamps, shall at the times specified in section 684 be in compliance with either of the following:  (a) For implements of husbandry manufactured before January 1, 2007, be equipped with at least 1 lighted lamp exhibiting a white light visible from a distance of 500 feet to the front of the vehicle and with a lamp exhibiting a red light visible from a distance of 500 feet to the rear of the vehicle.  (b) For implements of husbandry manufactured on or after January 1, 2007, be in compliance with section 684a. History: 1949, Act 300, Eff. Sept. 23, 1949 ;-- Am. 1987, Act 90, Imd. Eff. July 1, 1987 ;-- Am. 1995, Act 221, Eff. Jan. 1, 1996 ;-- Am. 2006, Act 14, Imd. Eff. Feb. 9, 2006
MI Comp L § 257.696 (2021)
2021 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-EQUIPMENT - Equipment (257.683... 257.714b)|Section 257.696 - Spot Lamps; Fog Lamps.

257.696 Spot lamps; fog lamps. Sec. 696.  (a) A motor vehicle may be equipped with not more than 2 spot lamps, except that a motorcycle shall not be equipped with more than 1 spot lamp, and every lighted spot lamp shall be so aimed and used upon approaching another vehicle that no part of the beam will be directed into the eyes of the approaching driver. Spot lamps may not emit other than either a white or amber light.  (b) A motor vehicle may be equipped with not more than 2 fog lamps mounted on the front at a height of not less than 12 inches nor more than 30 inches above the level surface upon which the vehicle stands, which fog lamps shall be so aimed that when the vehicle is not loaded none of the high-intensity portion of the light to the left of the center of the vehicle shall at a distance of 25 feet ahead project higher than a level 4 inches below the level of the center of the lamp from which it comes. Lighted fog lamps meeting the requirements of this subsection may be used with lower head-lamp beams. History: 1949, Act 300, Eff. Sept. 23, 1949 ;-- Am. 1977, Act 38, Imd. Eff. June 22, 1977
MI Comp L § 257.697 (2021)
2021 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-EQUIPMENT - Equipment (257.683... 257.714b)|Section 257.697 - Signal Lamps or Devices; Exemption.

257.697 Signal lamps or devices; exemption. Sec. 697.  (a) A motor vehicle may be equipped and when required under this chapter shall be equipped with the following signal lamps or devices:  (1) A stop lamp on the rear which shall emit a red or amber light and which shall be actuated upon application of the service or foot brake and which may but need not be incorporated with a tail lamp.  (2) A lamp or lamps or mechanical signal device which conveys an intelligible signal or warning to another driver approaching from the rear.  (b) A stop lamp shall be capable of being seen and distinguished from a distance of 100 feet to the rear both during normal sunlight and at nighttime and a signal lamp or lamps indicating intention to turn shall be capable of being seen and distinguished during daytime and nighttime from a distance of 100 feet both to the front and rear. When a vehicle is equipped with a stop lamp or other signal lamps, the lamp or lamps shall at all times be maintained in good working condition. A stop lamp or signal lamp shall not project a glaring or dazzling light.  (c) All mechanical signal devices shall be self-illuminated when in use at the times mentioned in section 684.  (d) A motor vehicle licensed as an historic vehicle is exempt from the requirements of this section if the vehicle as originally equipped failed to meet these requirements. History: 1949, Act 300, Eff. Sept. 23, 1949 ;-- Am. 1978, Act 55, Imd. Eff. Mar. 10, 1978
MI Comp L § 257.697a (2021)
2021 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-EQUIPMENT - Equipment (257.683... 257.714b)|Section 257.697a - Sale or Operation of Certain Vehicles Unlawful; Exception.

257.697a Sale or operation of certain vehicles unlawful; exception. Sec. 697a.  No person shall sell or offer for sale or operate on the highways any vehicles manufactured or assembled after January 1, 1955, except those exempted from certificate of title requirements under the provisions of section 216 of chapter 2 of this act, as amended, unless it is equipped with mechanical or electrical turn signals meeting the requirements of section 697. This section shall not apply to any motorcycle or motor-driven cycle. History: Add. 1954, Act 181, Eff. Aug. 13, 1954
MI Comp L § 257.697b (2021)
2021 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-EQUIPMENT - Equipment (257.683... 257.714b)|Section 257.697b - Rear Stop Lamps.

257.697b Rear stop lamps. Sec. 697b.  A person shall not sell or offer for sale or operate on the highways a vehicle manufactured or assembled after January 1, 1965, except those exempted from certificate of title requirements under the provisions of section 216, unless the vehicle is equipped with 2 rear stop lamps except on a motorcycle or moped meeting the requirements of section 697. A motorcycle or moped shall be required to have 1 rear stop lamp. History: Add. 1964, Act 150, Eff. Aug. 28, 1964 ;-- Am. 1976, Act 439, Imd. Eff. Jan. 13, 1977
MI Comp L § 257.698a (2021)
2021 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-EQUIPMENT - Equipment (257.683... 257.714b)|Section 257.698a - Vehicular Traffic Hazard; Front and Rear Warning Lamps.

257.698a Vehicular traffic hazard; front and rear warning lamps. Sec. 698a.  Any vehicle may be equipped with lamps which may be used for the purpose of warning the operators of other vehicles of the presence of a vehicular traffic hazard requiring the exercise of unusual care in approaching, overtaking or passing, and when so equipped may display such warning in addition to any other warning signals required by this act. The lamps used to display such warning to the front shall be mounted at the same level and as widely spaced laterally as practicable, and shall display simultaneously flashing white or amber lights, or any shade of color between white and amber. The lamps used to display such warning to the rear shall be mounted at the same level and as widely spaced laterally as practicable, and shall show simultaneously flashing amber or red lights, or any shade of color between amber and red. These warning lights shall be visible from a distance of not less than 500 feet under normal atmospheric conditions at night. History: Add. 1962, Act 166, Eff. Mar. 28, 1963
MI Comp L § 257.699 (2021)
2021 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-EQUIPMENT - Equipment (257.683... 257.714b)|Section 257.699 - Multiple Beam Road Lighting Equipment; Requirements and Limitations.

257.699 Multiple beam road lighting equipment; requirements and limitations. Sec. 699.  Except as hereinafter provided, the head lamps, or the auxiliary driving lamps, or combinations thereof, on motor vehicles shall be so arranged that selection may be made between distributions of light projected to different elevations, subject to the following requirements and limitations:  (a) Head lamps shall in all cases emit a white light. Auxiliary lamps may emit either a white or amber light.  (b) There shall be an uppermost distribution of light, or composite beam, so aimed and of an intensity as to reveal persons and vehicles at a distance of at least 350 feet ahead for all conditions of loading.  (c) There shall be a lowermost distribution of light, or composite beam, so aimed and of sufficient intensity to reveal persons and vehicles at a distance of at least 100 feet ahead; and under any condition of loading none of the high intensity portion of the beam shall be directed to strike the eyes of an approaching driver.  (d) Every new motor vehicle except motorcycles and mopeds registered in this state which has multiple beam road lighting equipment shall be equipped with a beam indicator, which shall be lighted when the uppermost distribution of light from the head lamps is in use and shall not otherwise be lighted. The indicator shall be so designed and located that when lighted it will be readily visible without glare to the driver of the vehicle so equipped. History: 1949, Act 300, Eff. Sept. 23, 1949 ;-- Am. 1954, Act 101, Eff. Aug. 13, 1954 ;-- Am. 1976, Act 439, Imd. Eff. Jan. 13, 1977
MI Comp L § 257.700 (2021)
2021 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-EQUIPMENT - Equipment (257.683... 257.714b)|Section 257.700 - Multiple-Beam Road Lighting Equipment; Oncoming Traffic; Intensity.

257.700 Multiple-beam road lighting equipment; oncoming traffic; intensity. Sec. 700.  (a) Whenever a motor vehicle is being operated on a highway or shoulder adjacent thereto during the times specified in section 684, the driver shall use a distribution of light, or composite beam, directed high enough and of sufficient intensity to reveal persons and vehicles at a safe distance in advance of the vehicle, subject to the following requirements and limitations:  (b) Whenever the driver of a vehicle approaches an oncoming vehicle within 500 feet, such driver shall use a distribution of light or composite beam so aimed that the glaring rays are not projected into the eyes of the oncoming driver.  The lowermost distribution of light, specified in section 699 paragraph (c), shall be deemed to avoid glare at all times regardless of road contour and loading. History: 1949, Act 300, Eff. Sept. 23, 1949 ;-- Am. 1954, Act 101, Eff. Aug. 13, 1954
MI Comp L § 257.701 (2021)
2021 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-EQUIPMENT - Equipment (257.683... 257.714b)|Section 257.701 - Single-Beam Road-Lighting Equipment; Intensity.

257.701 Single-beam road-lighting equipment; intensity. Sec. 701.  Head lamps arranged to provide a single distribution of light not supplemented by auxiliary driving lamps shall be permitted on motor vehicles manufactured and sold prior to the effective date of this act in lieu of multiple-beam road-lighting equipment herein specified if the single distribution of light complies with the following requirements and limitations:  1. The head lamps shall be so aimed that when the vehicle is not loaded none of the high-intensity portion of the light shall at a distance of 25 feet ahead project higher than a level of 5 inches below the level of the center of the lamp from which it comes, and in no case higher than 42 inches above the level on which the vehicle stands at a distance of 75 feet ahead.  2. The intensity shall be sufficient to reveal persons and vehicles at a distance of at least 200 feet. History: 1949, Act 300, Eff. Sept. 23, 1949