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(A) The driver of a vehicle shall not overtake, or meet and pass any school bus which has stopped for the purpose of receiving or discharging passengers.
(B) The driver of a vehicle overtaking or meeting any school bus which has stopped for the purpose of receiving or discharging any passengers, shall bring such vehicle to a full stop at least ten feet from the school bus, and shall not proceed until the school bus resumes motion or the school bus driver signals to proceed or the visual signals are no longer actuated. The driver of the school bus before resuming motion shall signal stopped traffic to proceed and shall, when resuming motion, proceed in such manner as to allow congested traffic to disperse by keeping the bus as near to the right side of the road as can be done with safety. Passengers crossing the road upon being discharged from a school bus shall cross in front of a stopped school bus. 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 any such bus but may proceed past such school bus at a speed no greater than is reasonable and proper and in no event greater than ten mph and with due caution for the safety of passengers being received or discharged from such school bus.
(C) The driver of a vehicle upon any highway which has been divided into two 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 in the roadway across the dividing space, barrier or section.
(Ord. 29, passed 3-2-1961) Penalty, see § 71.99
(A) Mandatory child restraints.
(1) Except as provided in this section, or as otherwise provided by law, a rule promulgated pursuant to Public Act 306 of 1969, being M.C.L.A. §§ 24.201 through 24.328 as amended, or federal regulation, each driver transporting a child in a motor vehicle shall properly secure each child in a child restraint system as follows:
(a) Any child less than one year of age in a child restraint system which meets the standards prescribed in 49 C.F.R. § 571.213;
(b) Any child one year of age or more but less than four years of age when transported in the front seat, in a child restraint system which meets the standards prescribed in 49 C.F.R. § 571.213; and
(c) Any child one year of age or more but less than four years of age when transported in the rear seat, in a child restraint system which meets the standards prescribed in 49 C.F.R. § 571.213, unless the child is secured by a safety belt provided in the motor vehicle.
(2) This section does not apply to a nonresident driver transporting a child in this state or to any child being nursed.
(3) This section does not apply if the motor vehicle being driven is a bus, school bus, taxicab, moped, motorcycle or other motor vehicle not required to be equipped with safety belts under M.C.L.A. § 257.710B or federal law or regulations.
(B) Mandatory safety belt usage.
(1) This section shall not apply to a driver or passenger of:
(a) A motor vehicle manufactured before January 1, 1965;
(b) A bus;
(c) A motorcycle;
(d) A moped;
(e) A motor vehicle if the driver or passenger possesses a written verification from a physician that the driver is unable to wear a safety belt for physical or medical reasons;
(f) A motor vehicle which is not required to be equipped with safety belts under federal law;
(g) A commercial or United States postal service vehicle which makes frequent stops for the purpose of pickup or delivery of goods or services; or
(h) A motor vehicle operated by a rural carrier of the United States postal service while serving his or her rural postal route.
(2) This section shall not apply to a passenger of a school bus.
(3) Each driver and front seat passenger of a motor vehicle operated on a street or highway in this state shall wear a properly adjusted and fastened safety belt, except that a child less than four years of age shall be protected as required in this section. Each driver of a motor vehicle transporting a child four years of age or more but less than 16 years of age in the front seat of the motor vehicle shall secure the child in a properly adjusted and fastened safety belt.
(4) Enforcement of this section shall be accomplished only as a secondary action when a driver of a motor vehicle has been detained for a suspected violation of another traffic ordinance, statute, chapter, section or rule.
(Ord. 101, passed 11-14-1990) Penalty, see § 71.99
From and after the effective date of this section, the viaduct, or bridge, on Hickory Street over the Penn Central Railroad right-of-way in said village shall be limited solely to the use of passenger vehicles or pickup trucks having a gross weight of not to exceed five tons. All other trucks, semi-trucks, farm tractors, self-propelled farm machinery, farm machinery and any other type vehicle, conveyance or equipment exceeding five tons in gross weight are strictly prohibited from crossing said viaduct.
(Ord. 51, passed 4-5-1973) Penalty, see § 71.99
(A) On and after the effective date of this section it shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to propel or drive any vehicle whose gross weight exceeds 18,000 pounds on the streets enumerated in division (B) below.
(B) All streets within the corporate limits of the village except Ash Street, except as may be required for loading and unloading purposes and to access the truck-tractor and trailer parking area, by the most direct route thereto available.
(C) The Village Street Commissioner is hereby authorized and empowered to post all streets enumerated in division (B) above in accordance with the provisions of this section.
(Ord. 31, passed - -1962; Ord. 127, passed 4-8-1998) Penalty, see § 71.99
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