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Mich. Comp. Laws § 257.652 (2026)

Stopping before entering or crossing highway from alley, private road, or driveway; violation as civil infraction.

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MICHIGAN VEHICLE CODE


Act 300 of 1949


257.652 Stopping before entering or crossing highway from alley, private road, or driveway; violation as civil infraction.

Sec. 652.

    (1) The driver of a vehicle about to enter or cross a highway from an alley, private road, or driveway shall come to a full stop before entering the highway and shall yield right of way to vehicles approaching on the highway.

    (2) A person who violates this section is responsible for a civil infraction.

History: 1949, Act 300, Eff. Sept. 23, 1949 ;-- Am. 1959, Act 234, Eff. Mar. 19, 1960 ;-- Am. 1978, Act 510, Eff. Aug. 1, 1979

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 17 cases (4 in the last 5 years), 1957–2025 · leading case: Vsetula v. Whitmyer, 468 N.W.2d 53 (Mich. Ct. App. 1991).
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Vsetula v. Whitmyer, 468 N.W.2d 53 (Mich. Ct. App. 1991). · cites it 5× “According to plaintiff, defendant was negligent as a matter of law, and there was no credible explanation that would excuse defendant’s failure to observe plaintiff and to yield.”
Freed v. Salas, 780 N.W.2d 844 (Mich. Ct. App. 2009). · cites it 2× “This Court held that the trial court erred by directing a verdict on the issue of negligence in favor of the plaintiff and opined that the jury should have been given the sudden emergency instruction.”
People of Michigan v. Larry Gerald Mead, 908 N.W.2d 555 (Mich. Ct. App. 2017). “The LaBelle vehicle's driver violated MCL 257.652(1), and the police stopped the vehicle.”
People v. LaBelle, 732 N.W.2d 114 (Mich. 2007). “The driver of the motor vehicle in which the defendant was a passenger violated MCL 257.652(1) by failing to come to a full stop before entering a highway from a private drive.”
Young v. Groenendal, 169 N.W.2d 920 (Mich. 1969). · cites it 2× “2357), places the same duties and requirements on persons riding bicycles as on motor vehicle operators and CLS 1961, § 257.652 (Stat Ann 1968 Rev § 9.2352), requires that drivers about to enter or cross a highway from a private driveway shall come to a full stop before entering…”
Sexton v. Am. Aggregates, 231 N.W.2d 449 (Mich. Ct. App. 1975). “Clyde Hall testified that he remembered one conversation in particular held in the presence of defendant’s dispatcher in which other drivers discussed the action by the State Police in issuing traffic tickets for failure to stop before entering Kensington Road.”
Daniel O'Keefe v. Audrey Landgraff (Mich. Ct. App. 2016). · cites it 5× “They first complain that the trial court erred when it applied MCL 257.652 to the facts of this case. That statute requires the driver of a vehicle that is about to enter -7- a highway from a driveway to make a full stop and yield to traffic: “The driver of a vehicle about to…”
Kingsbury v. Marcinek (E.D. Mich. 2020). · cites it 3× “This Court 2 The cited statute, Mich. Comp. Laws § 257.652 , states that “[t]he driver of a vehicle about to enter or cross a highway from an alley, private road, or driveway shall come to a full stop before entering the highway and shall yield right of way to vehicles…”
Pickett 485575 v. Rewerts (W.D. Mich. 2023). · cites it 2× “317 , five counts of operating while intoxicated causing death, in violation of Mich. Comp. Laws § 257.652 (4), and four counts of operating while intoxicated causing serious injury, in violation of Mich.”
People of Michigan v. Larry Gerald Mead (Mich. Ct. App. 2017). “The vehicle’s driver violated MCL 257.652(1), and the police stopped the vehicle.”
People of Michigan v. Timothy Demyers (Mich. Ct. App. 2017). “To establish a violation of MCL 257.652(1), the prosecutor must prove that defendant (1) operated a motor vehicle; (2) on publicly accessible streets; (c) with a BAC of .”
People of Michigan v. Timothy Demyers (Mich. Ct. App. 2017). “To establish a violation of MCL 257.652(1), the prosecutor must prove that defendant (1) operated a motor vehicle; (2) on publicly accessible streets; (c) with a BAC of .”
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Mich. Comp. Laws § 257.652(1): 7 cases
People of Michigan v. Larry Gerald Mead, 908 N.W.2d 555 (Mich. Ct. App. 2017). “The LaBelle vehicle's driver violated MCL 257.652(1), and the police stopped the vehicle.”
People v. LaBelle, 732 N.W.2d 114 (Mich. 2007). “The driver of the motor vehicle in which the defendant was a passenger violated MCL 257.652(1) by failing to come to a full stop before entering a highway from a private drive.”
Daniel O'Keefe v. Audrey Landgraff (Mich. Ct. App. 2016). “They first complain that the trial court erred when it applied MCL 257.652 to the facts of this case. That statute requires the driver of a vehicle that is about to enter -7- a highway from a driveway to make a full stop and yield to traffic: “The driver of a vehicle about to…”
People of Michigan v. Larry Gerald Mead (Mich. Ct. App. 2017). “The vehicle’s driver violated MCL 257.652(1), and the police stopped the vehicle.”
People of Michigan v. Timothy Demyers (Mich. Ct. App. 2017). “To establish a violation of MCL 257.652(1), the prosecutor must prove that defendant (1) operated a motor vehicle; (2) on publicly accessible streets; (c) with a BAC of .”
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