Michigan Compiled Laws

Mich. Comp. Laws § 257.698a (2026)

Vehicular traffic hazard; front and rear warning lamps.

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MICHIGAN VEHICLE CODE

Act 300 of 1949

257.698a Vehicular traffic hazard; front and rear warning lamps.

Sec. 698a.

Any vehicle may be equipped with lamps which may be used for the purpose of warning the operators of other vehicles of the presence of a vehicular traffic hazard requiring the exercise of unusual care in approaching, overtaking or passing, and when so equipped may display such warning in addition to any other warning signals required by this act. The lamps used to display such warning to the front shall be mounted at the same level and as widely spaced laterally as practicable, and shall display simultaneously flashing white or amber lights, or any shade of color between white and amber. The lamps used to display such warning to the rear shall be mounted at the same level and as widely spaced laterally as practicable, and shall show simultaneously flashing amber or red lights, or any shade of color between amber and red. These warning lights shall be visible from a distance of not less than 500 feet under normal atmospheric conditions at night.

History: Add. 1962, Act 166, Eff. Mar. 28, 1963

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 2 cases, 1992–1994 · leading case: Mull v. Equitable Life Assurance Soc'y, 510 N.W.2d 184 (Mich. 1994).

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Mull v. Equitable Life Assurance Soc'y, 510 N.W.2d 184 (Mich. 1994). · cites it 2× “2397(1), hazard lights, MCL 257.698a; MSA 9.2398(1), or side view mirrors, *531 MCL 257.”

Mull v. Equitable Life Assurance Soc'y of the United States, 493 N.W.2d 447 (Mich. Ct. App. 1992). · cites it 2× “2397(1), hazard lights, MCL 257.698a; MSA 9.2398(1), or sideview mirrors, MCL 257.”

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