{"data":{"id":"us-mi/mich.-comp.-laws-257.637","jurisdiction":"us-mi","citation":"Mich. Comp. Laws § 257.637","heading":"Overtaking and passing on right of another vehicle or bicycle; conditions; violation as civil infraction.","body":"Sec. 637.\n\n(1) The driver of a vehicle may overtake and pass upon the right of another vehicle only if 1 or more of the following conditions exist:\n\n(a) When the vehicle overtaken is making or about to make a left turn.\n\n(b) Upon a street or highway with unobstructed pavement not occupied by parked vehicles of sufficient width for 2 or more lines of moving vehicles in each direction and when the vehicles are moving in substantially continuous lanes of traffic.\n\n(c) Upon a 1-way street, or upon a roadway on which traffic is restricted to 1 direction of movement, where the roadway is free from obstructions and of sufficient width for 2 or more lines of moving vehicles and when the vehicles are moving in substantially continuous lanes of traffic.\n\n(2) The driver of a vehicle may overtake and pass another vehicle upon the right only under conditions permitting the overtaking and passing in safety. The driver of a vehicle shall not overtake and pass another vehicle upon the right by driving off the pavement or main-traveled portion of the roadway.\n\n(3) The driver of a vehicle overtaking a bicycle proceeding in the same direction shall, when otherwise permitted by this section, pass at a distance of 3 feet to the right of that bicycle or, if it is impracticable to pass the bicycle at a distance of 3 feet to the right, at a safe distance to the right of that bicycle at a safe speed.\n\n(4) A person who violates this section is responsible for a civil infraction.","path":["MI Code","Chapter 257","Act Act-300-of-1949"],"source_url":"https://www.legislature.mi.gov/Laws/MCL?objectName=mcl-257-637","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:31Z","sha256":"ae4651193be6ca0120be02423147eff9361c0cfc971c112ade25649f7bccac3e","source_id":"us-mi","stale":false,"prev":"us-mi/mich.-comp.-laws-257.636","next":"us-mi/mich.-comp.-laws-257.638"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}