MICHIGAN VEHICLE CODE
Act 300 of 1949
257.700 Multiple-beam road lighting equipment; oncoming traffic; intensity.
Sec. 700.
(a) Whenever a motor vehicle is being operated on a highway or shoulder adjacent thereto during the times specified in section 684, the driver shall use a distribution of light, or composite beam, directed high enough and of sufficient intensity to reveal persons and vehicles at a safe distance in advance of the vehicle, subject to the following requirements and limitations:
(b) Whenever the driver of a vehicle approaches an oncoming vehicle within 500 feet, such driver shall use a distribution of light or composite beam so aimed that the glaring rays are not projected into the eyes of the oncoming driver.
The lowermost distribution of light, specified in section 699 paragraph (c), shall be deemed to avoid glare at all times regardless of road contour and loading.
History: 1949, Act 300, Eff. Sept. 23, 1949 ;-- Am. 1954, Act 101, Eff. Aug. 13, 1954
Notes of Decisions
Cited in
6
cases (
2 in the last 5 years), 1997–2023 · leading case:
Guilford v. Frost, 269 F. Supp. 3d 816 (W.D. Mich. 2017).
Guilford v. Frost, 269 F. Supp. 3d 816 (W.D. Mich. 2017).
· cites it 17× “Sergeant Frost indisputably initiated the traffic stop solely because he believed he had probable cause that Guilford—who momentarily flashed his high beams at Frost—violated Mich. Comp. Laws § 257.700 (b). Mich. Comp.”
People v. Pitts, 564 N.W.2d 93 (Mich. Ct. App. 1997).
“MCL 257.700; MSA 9.2400 (multiple-beam headlights), MCL 257.”
State v. L. Gardner, 2022 MT 3 (Mont. 2022).
“§ 22-223 (LexisNexis 2021); Mich. Comp. Laws § 257.700 (2021); Minn. Stat.”
United States v. Damario Tubbs-Smith (6th Cir. 2020).
· cites it 3× “Mich. Comp. Laws § 257.700 (b). On a February night in Ypsilanti, Michigan, Deputy Brian Webb pulled over Damario Tubbs-Smith for failing to dim his high beams.”
Trinity Henderson v. City of Melvindale (Mich. Ct. App. 2019).
“In contrast, it is clear from the video that plaintiff was committing the traffic violation of driving with her high-beam headlights activated within 500 feet of oncoming traffic, amply justifying Officer Furman’s decision to focus his attention on plaintiff’s vehicle.”
— Mich. Comp. Laws § 257.700(b) — 2 cases
Guilford v. Frost, 269 F. Supp. 3d 816 (W.D. Mich. 2017).
“Sergeant Frost indisputably initiated the traffic stop solely because he believed he had probable cause that Guilford—who momentarily flashed his high beams at Frost—violated Mich. Comp. Laws § 257.700 (b). Mich. Comp.”
Trinity Henderson v. City of Melvindale (Mich. Ct. App. 2019).
“In contrast, it is clear from the video that plaintiff was committing the traffic violation of driving with her high-beam headlights activated within 500 feet of oncoming traffic, amply justifying Officer Furman’s decision to focus his attention on plaintiff’s vehicle.”
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