MICHIGAN VEHICLE CODE
Act 300 of 1949
257.632 Exemption from speed limitations; police vehicles, fire department or fire patrol vehicles, and ambulances; conditions.
Sec. 632.
The speed limitation set forth in this chapter shall not apply to vehicles when operated with due regard for safety under the direction of the police when traveling in emergencies or in the chase or apprehension of violators of the law or of persons charged with or suspected of a violation, nor to fire department or fire patrol vehicles when traveling in response to a fire alarm, nor to public or private ambulances when traveling in emergencies. This exemption shall apply only when the driver of the vehicle while in motion sounds an audible signal by bell, siren or exhaust whistle as may be reasonably necessary or when the vehicle is equipped with at least 1 lighted lamp displaying a flashing, oscillating or rotating red or blue light visible under normal atmospheric conditions from a distance of 500 feet to the front of such vehicles, unless the nature of the mission requires that a law enforcement officer travel without giving warning to suspected law violators. This exemption shall not however protect the driver of the vehicle from the consequences of a reckless disregard of the safety of others.
History: 1949, Act 300, Eff. Sept. 23, 1949 ;-- Am. 1976, Act 164, Imd. Eff. June 21, 1976
Notes of Decisions
Fiser v. City of Ann Arbor, 339 N.W.2d 413 (Mich. 1983).
· cites it 4× “) MCL 257.632; MSA 9.2332 states: "The speed limitation set forth in this chapter shall not apply to vehicles when operated with due regard for safety under the direction of the police when traveling in emergencies or in the chase or apprehension of violators of the law or of…”
Rogers v. City of Detroit, 579 N.W.2d 840 (Mich. 1998).
· cites it 4× “Those statutes provide: (b) The driver of an authorized emergency vehicle when responding to an emergency call, but not while returning from an emergency call, may exercise the privileges set forth in this section, subject to the conditions of this section.”
Robinson v. City of Detroit, 613 N.W.2d 307 (Mich. 2000).
“Similarly, MCL 257.632; MSA 9.2332 exempts police officers from speed limits when chasing violators of the law, but does not exempt the police from the consequences of a “reckless disregard of the safety of others.”
Robinson v. City of Detroit, 571 N.W.2d 34 (Mich. Ct. App. 1997).
· cites it 6× “§ 257.632; M.S.A. § 9.2332 provides: The speed limitation set forth in this chapter shall not apply to vehicles when operated with due regard for safety under the direction of the police when traveling in emergencies or in the chase or apprehension of violators of the law or of…”
Cooper v. Wade, 554 N.W.2d 919 (Mich. Ct. App. 1996).
· cites it 4× “§ 257.632; M.S.A. § 9.2332. Section 603 allows a driver of an emergency vehicle to proceed past stop signals and signs after slowing "as may be necessary for safe operation" and to exceed the speed limit "so long as he does not endanger life or property.”
Tomcsik v. United States, 720 F. Supp. 588 (E.D. Mich. 1989).
· cites it 4× “§ 257.632; M.S.A. § 9.2332 states: The speed limitation set forth in this chapter shall not apply to vehicles when operated with due regard for safety under the direction of the police when traveling in emergencies or in the chase or apprehension of violators of the law or of…”
Newton v. Michigan State Police, 688 N.W.2d 94 (Mich. Ct. App. 2004).
“” Moreover, police officers are exempt from speed limits “when traveling in emergencies” provided that “the driver of the vehicle while in motion sounds an audible bell, siren or exhaust whistle as may be reasonably necessary or when the vehicle is equipped with at least 1…”
Frohman v. City of Detroit, 450 N.W.2d 59 (Mich. Ct. App. 1989).
“MCL 257.632; MSA 9.2332 allows an emergency vehicle to exceed the speed limit as long as it does so with due regard for safety.”
Reid v. Thetford Twp., 377 F. Supp. 2d 621 (E.D. Mich. 2005).
· cites it 2× “§ 1983 in second action barred for failure to bring it in first action with state claims under negligence and Mich. Comp. Laws § 257.632 ); and Wizinsky v.”
Terry v. City of Detroit, 573 N.W.2d 348 (Mich. Ct. App. 1998).
“2303, MCL 257.632; MSA 9.2332, they must be driven with due regard for the safety of others.”
McKay v. Hargis, 88 N.W.2d 456 (Mich. 1958).
“1802); CLS 1956, § 257.632 (Stat Ann 1952 Rev § 9.2332); 5 Am Jur, Automobiles, § 294.”
Hoffmaster v. McNett, 141 N.W.2d 352 (Mich. Ct. App. 1966).
“Whether or not there was an emergency (or circumstances warranting the driver’s belief that there was) bringing into play the provisions of the applicable statutes CLS 1961, § 257.”
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