{"data":{"id":"us-mi/mich.-comp.-laws-257.638","jurisdiction":"us-mi","citation":"Mich. Comp. Laws § 257.638","heading":"Overtaking and passing on left of another vehicle; violation as civil infraction.","body":"Sec. 638.\n\nA vehicle shall not be driven to the left side of the center of a 2-lane highway or in the center lane of a 3-lane highway in overtaking and passing another vehicle proceeding in the same direction unless the left side or center lane is clearly visible and is free of oncoming traffic for a sufficient distance ahead to permit the overtaking and passing to be completely made without interfering with the safe operation of a vehicle approaching from the opposite direction or the vehicle overtaken.\n\nA 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-257-638","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:31Z","sha256":"68e4e07e5d4e32af8da1e4ce47b796029a00cce9d8ca2fc29a4523e98048a70d","source_id":"us-mi","stale":false,"prev":"us-mi/mich.-comp.-laws-257.637","next":"us-mi/mich.-comp.-laws-257.639"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}