(a) Except as provided in subsection (d) hereof, no driver or operator shall violate this chapter or a rule promulgated under the Act, nor shall any owner or user of any bus, truck, truck tractor or trailer or certain other motor vehicles, or any officer or agent of any individual, partnership, corporation or association, or their lessees or receivers appointed by any court who or which are the owners or users of any vehicle, require or permit a driver or operator to operate or drive any bus, truck, truck tractor or trailer or certain other motor vehicles in violation of this chapter or a rule promulgated under the Act.
(b) A police officer, upon reasonable cause to believe that a motor vehicle is being operated in violation of this chapter or a rule promulgated pursuant to the Act, may stop the motor vehicle and inspect the motor vehicle. If a violation is found, the officer may issue a notice to appear for that violation.
(c) In addition to any penalty imposed under this chapter, a third or subsequent violation within one year, of the rules promulgated pursuant to the Act, with respect to hours of service and recording those hours in a daily log, may result in an audit of the driver of the vehicle by the Motor Carrier Division of the Department of State Police.
(d) This chapter does not apply to a unit of government or its employees, officers or representatives, or to a motor vehicle, truck, truck tractor or trailer owned or operated thereby, except as provided in Section 601a of the Michigan Vehicle Code, Act 300 of the Public Acts of 1949, being M.C.L.A. 257.601a.
(Res. 93-512. Passed 7-26-93.)