My question involves a traffic ticket from the state of: Michigan
I was issued a ticket for improper passing 257.637 . I had been driving on a two lane road (one lane going one direction, the other lane going in the opposite direction) when the car in front of me came to a complete stop to turn left. There were two or three cars coming from the opposite direction, and I decided to go around the car turning left. I did NOT leave the actual pavement and go in any gravel, and I was not speeding at the time either (was actually going about 7 under). The cop pulled me over and gave me the ticket, but the citation was actually 257.638, which is improper passing, but passing on the left of a left turning vehicle.
Do you have any advice on how I could fight this ticket? It is the first time I have EVER been pulled over in the almost 7 years I have had my license. The cop technically wrote the wrong citation, and I found the following information:
MICHIGAN VEHICLE CODE (EXCERPT)
Act 300 of 1949
257.637 Overtaking and passing on right of another vehicle; conditions; violation as civil infraction.
Sec. 637.
(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:
(a) When the vehicle overtaken is making or about to make a left turn.
(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.
(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.
(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.
(3) A person who violates this section is responsible for a civil infraction.
Thank you in advance
I was issued a ticket for improper passing 257.637 . I had been driving on a two lane road (one lane going one direction, the other lane going in the opposite direction) when the car in front of me came to a complete stop to turn left. There were two or three cars coming from the opposite direction, and I decided to go around the car turning left. I did NOT leave the actual pavement and go in any gravel, and I was not speeding at the time either (was actually going about 7 under). The cop pulled me over and gave me the ticket, but the citation was actually 257.638, which is improper passing, but passing on the left of a left turning vehicle.
Do you have any advice on how I could fight this ticket? It is the first time I have EVER been pulled over in the almost 7 years I have had my license. The cop technically wrote the wrong citation, and I found the following information:
MICHIGAN VEHICLE CODE (EXCERPT)
Act 300 of 1949
257.637 Overtaking and passing on right of another vehicle; conditions; violation as civil infraction.
Sec. 637.
(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:
(a) When the vehicle overtaken is making or about to make a left turn.
(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.
(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.
(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.
(3) A person who violates this section is responsible for a civil infraction.
Thank you in advance
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