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Mich. Comp. Laws § 257.672 (2026)

Stopping, parking or leaving vehicle upon paved or main traveled part of highway or upon paved or unpaved part of limited access highway; violation as civil infraction.

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MICHIGAN VEHICLE CODE

Act 300 of 1949

257.672 Stopping, parking or leaving vehicle upon paved or main traveled part of highway or upon paved or unpaved part of limited access highway; violation as civil infraction.

Sec. 672.

(1) Outside of the limits of a city or village, a vehicle shall not be stopped, parked, or left standing, attended or unattended, upon the paved or main traveled part of a highway, when it is possible to stop, park, or to leave the vehicle off the paved or main traveled part of the highway. Inside or outside of the limits of a city or village, a vehicle shall not be stopped, parked, or left standing, attended or unattended, upon the paved or unpaved part of a limited access highway, except in an emergency or mechanical difficulty. This section shall apply to the stopping of school buses pursuant to the pupil transportation act.

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

History: 1949, Act 300, Eff. Sept. 23, 1949 ;-- Am. 1959, Act 151, Imd. Eff. July 16, 1959 ;-- Am. 1963, Act 207, Eff. Sept. 6, 1963 ;-- Am. 1968, Act 123, Imd. Eff. June 11, 1968 ;-- Am. 1978, Act 510, Eff. Aug. 1, 1979 ;-- Am. 1979, Act 66, Eff. Aug. 1, 1979 ;-- Am. 1980, Act 518, Eff. Mar. 31, 1981 ;-- Am. 1990, Act 188, Eff. Aug. 15, 1990

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 20 cases (3 in the last 5 years), 1951–2022 · leading case: Gregg v. State High. Dep't, 458 N.W.2d 619 (Mich. 1990).

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Gregg v. State High. Dep't, 458 N.W.2d 619 (Mich. 1990). · cites it 2× “" However, that does not say or mean that the shoulder is designed for "vehicular travel." [11] MCL 257.634; MSA 9.”

United S. Assurance Co. v. Aetna Life & Cas. Ins., 474 N.W.2d 131 (Mich. Ct. App. 1991). · cites it 3× “Defendant cites MCL 257.672; MSA 9.2372 in support, asserting that the statute prohibits stopping, parking, or standing on the paved or unpaved portion of a limited access highway, except in cases of emergency or mechanical difficulty.”

Yono v. Dep't of Transp., 829 N.W.2d 249 (Mich. Ct. App. 2012). “, MCL 257.672(1) (making it a civil infraction to park a vehicle on the paved or main traveled portion of a highway when it is possible to park off the paved or main traveled portion); MCL 257.”

Horst v. Tikkanen, 120 N.W.2d 808 (Mich. 1963). · cites it 2× “It was her claim that defendant Tikkanen was guilty of negligence in stopping the station wagon on the highway in violation of the statute, CLS 1956, § 257.672 (Stat Ann 1952 Rev § 9.2372). * Plaintiff also contends *70 that in view of the'slippery road conditions defendant…”

Berry v. Visser, 92 N.W.2d 1 (Mich. 1958). “” CLS 1956, § 257.672 (Stat Ann 1952 Rev § 9.2372). * That the reader may comprehend with due accuracy what is pressed upon us, we quote the following from defendants’ brief: “In the ease at bar, if the plaintiff’s driver saw or could have seen the defendants’ vehicle and had…”

Tracy v. Rublein, 70 N.W.2d 819 (Mich. 1955). “Plaintiff argues that' defendant was negligent in that he violated the statutes prohibiting parking on the highway, CLS 1954, § 257.672 (Stat Ann 1952 Rev § 9.2372), and requiring placing of flags on the road near disabled trucks, CLS 1954, § 257.”

Harmon v. Stanley, 224 N.W.2d 658 (Mich. Ct. App. 1974). “Was the defendant’s vehicle lawfully standing on the highway? MCLA 257.672; MSA 9.2372 states in part as follows: "Outside of the limits of any city or village, it shall be unlawful to stop, park or leave standing any vehicle, attended or unattended, upon the paved or main…”

Pittman v. ANR Freight Sys., Inc., 47 F. App'x 266 (6th Cir. 2002). “As for an inconsistent verdict, Pittman responds that the Defendants argued continually throughout the trial that Pittman violated a Michigan statute, Mich. Comp. Laws Ann. § 257.672 (1) (West 2002), which states that no driver may stop on the side of the freeway for…”

Robin Ivy Rector v. Alphonse Mathew Pulaski Jr (Mich. Ct. App. 2020). · cites it 6× “-2- Alphonse was turning in a manner that created a stoppage in the road in violation of the parked vehicle statute, MCL 257.672. The case ultimately went to trial and the jury found that both plaintiff and defendants were negligent and that they both were a proximate cause of…”

Ter Haar v. Steele, 47 N.W.2d 65 (Mich. 1951). “1586), now PA 1949, No 300, § 672 (CL 1948, § 257.672 [Stat Ann 1949 Cum Supp § 9.2372]).”

Jack Estes v. Daniel Richard Green (Mich. Ct. App. 2018). · cites it 3× “In Harmon v Stanley, 56 Mich App 602, 605 ; 224 NW2d 658 (1974), when discussing what “lawfully standing upon the highway” in that statute meant, this Court referenced MCL 257.672. MCL 257.672 states, in part: (1) Outside of the limits of a city or village, a vehicle shall not…”

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— Mich. Comp. Laws § 257.672(1) — 2 cases

Robin Ivy Rector v. Alphonse Mathew Pulaski Jr (Mich. Ct. App. 2020). “-2- Alphonse was turning in a manner that created a stoppage in the road in violation of the parked vehicle statute, MCL 257.672. The case ultimately went to trial and the jury found that both plaintiff and defendants were negligent and that they both were a proximate cause of…”

— Mich. Comp. Laws § 257.672(2) — 1 case

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