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FERRIS
STATE
UNIVERSITY
TRAFFIC
SAFETY
TEAM LAWS AND ORDINANCES
MICHIGAN VEHICLE CODE (EXCERPT) Act 300 of 1949 257.613 Applicability of regular traffic control signals to pedestrians; special pedestrian control signals; violation as civil infraction. Sec. 613. (1) If special pedestrian control signals are not utilized, the regular traffic control signals as indicated in section 612 shall apply to pedestrians as follows: (a) Green indication. Pedestrians facing the signal may proceed across the roadway within a marked or unmarked crosswalk. (b) Steady yellow indication. Pedestrians facing the signal are advised that there is insufficient time to cross the roadway and a pedestrian then starting to cross shall yield the right of way to all vehicles. (c) Steady red indication. Pedestrians facing the signal shall not enter the highway unless they can do so safely and without interfering with vehicular traffic. (d) Red with arrow. Pedestrians facing the signal shall not enter the highway unless they can do so safely without interfering with vehicular traffic. (2) If special pedestrian control signals are installed, they shall be placed at the far end of each crosswalk and shall indicate a "walk" or "don't walk" interval. These special signals shall apply to pedestrians only to the exclusion of a regular traffic control signal or signals which may be present at the same location, as follows: (a) Walk interval-Pedestrians facing the signal may proceed across the highway in the direction of the signal and shall be given the right of way by the drivers of all vehicles. (b) Don't walk (steady burning or flashing) interval-A pedestrian shall not start to cross the highway in the direction of the signals, but a pedestrian who has partially completed crossing on the walk interval of the signal shall proceed to a sidewalk or safety island while the don't walk interval of the signal is showing. (3) A person who violates this section is responsible for a civil infraction.
MICHIGAN VEHICLE CODE (EXCERPT) Act 300 of 1949 257.676b Interference with normal flow of vehicular or pedestrian traffic prohibited; exception; violation as civil infraction. Sec. 676b. (1) A person, without authority, shall not block, obstruct, impede, or otherwise interfere with the normal flow of vehicular or pedestrian traffic upon a public street or highway in this state, by means of a barricade, object, or device, or with his or her person. This section shall not apply to persons maintaining, rearranging, or constructing public utility facilities in or adjacent to a street or highway. (2) A person who violates this section is responsible for a civil infraction.
MICHIGAN VEHICLE CODE (EXCERPT) Act 300 of 1949 257.10 “Cross-walk” defined. Sec. 10. “Cross-walk” means: (a) That part of a roadway at an intersection included within the connections of the lateral lines of the sidewalks on opposite sides of the highway measured from the curbs, or in the absence of curbs from the edges of the traversable highway. (b) Any portion of a highway at an intersection or elsewhere distinctly indicated for pedestrian crossing by lines or other markings on the surface.
THE MICHIGAN PENAL CODE (EXCERPT) A person who operates or rides a motorcycle, moped, or other motor vehicle, excepting motorized wheelchairs upon a bicycle path or a sidewalk regularly laid out and constructed for the use of pedestrians, not including a crosswalk or driveway, is guilty of a misdemeanor.
FERRIS STATE UNIVERSITY PARKING, TRAFFIC, AND PEDESTRIAN ORDINANCE
SEC 6.25 VEHICLES SHALL NOT BE DRIVEN ON A SIDEWALK OR LAWN The driver of a vehicle shall not drive upon the lawn or within any sidewalk areas except at a driveway.
SEC 6.50 CIVIL INFRACTION A person who violates this chapter is responsible for a civil infraction.
FERRIS STATE UNIVERSITY PARKING, TRAFFIC, AND PEDESTRIAN ORDINANCE
SEC 6.43 STOPPING OF VEHICLES FOR PASSENGERS No operator shall stop his motor vehicle for the purpose of providing transportation to any person or persons except in areas where standing, stopping or parking are permitted.
SEC 6.50 CIVIL INFRACTION A person who violates this chapter is responsible for a civil infraction.
FERRIS STATE UNIVERSITY PARKING, TRAFFIC, AND PEDESTRIAN ORDINANCE
SEC 7.2 PEDESTRIANS RIGHT-OF-WAY, CROSSWALK When traffic-control signals are not in place or not in operation, the driver of a vehicle shall yield the right-of-way, slowing down or stopping if need be to so yield, to a pedestrian crossing the roadway within a crosswalk when the pedestrian is upon the half of the roadway upon which the vehicle is traveling, or when the pedestrian is approaching so closely from the opposite half of the roadway as to be in danger, but no pedestrian shall suddenly leave a curb or other place of safety and walk or run into the path of a vehicle, which is so close that it is impossible for the driver to yield.
SEC 7.8 CIVIL INFRACTION A person who violates this chapter is responsible for a civil infraction.
FERRIS STATE UNIVERSITY PARKING, TRAFFIC, AND PEDESTRIAN ORDINANCE
SEC 7.4 PEDESTRIANS ON STREET Where sidewalks are provided, it shall be unlawful for pedestrians to walk upon the roadway. Where sidewalks are not provided, pedestrians shall, when practicable, walk on the left side on the street or highway facing traffic which passes nearest.
SEC 7.8 CIVIL INFRACTION A person who violates this chapter is responsible for a civil infraction.
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