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Resolution to Oppose Michigan House Bill 4425 Amending the Michigan Vehicle Code
Memorandum
A bill package of bills introduced in the Michigan House, taken together, would amend the Michigan Vehicle Code (MCL 257.627 et al.) provisions on speed limits.
? House Bill 4423 would modify a number of current speed limits
? House Bill 4424 addresses school zone speed limits
? House Bill 4425 would revise the provisions describing how state and local road authorities and State Police jointly determine any modified speed limits.
? House Bill 4426 would amend sections of the Michigan Vehicle Code that address point assessment for various offenses on a driver's license.
? House Bill 4427 would make corresponding amendments to a section of the Insurance Code that applies to "insurance eligibility points."
House Bills 4423-4426 are tie-barred to one another (i.e., none take effect unless all are enacted).
The attached resolution requests your support specifically in opposing House Bill 4425. As stated above this bill would amend the Michigan Vehicle Code to revise the provisions that describe how the State Police and local road authority (defined as the City Council) would jointly determine any modified speed limits.
Under the proposed amendment a speed limit established under the Michigan Vehicle Code would need to be at the 85th percentile speed of free-flowing traffic under ideal conditions on the fastest portion of a highway segment, rounded to the nearest multiple of 5 miles per hour. In no event could a speed limit be lower than the 75th percentile of the speed of free-flowing traffic under ideal conditions on the fastest portion of a highway segment. If the rounding of the speed limit to the nearest multiple of 5 miles per hour results in a speed limit of less than 75th percentile of the speed of free-flowing traffic under those conditions, the next higher multiple of 5 miles per hour would be designated as the speed limit. If a highway segmen...
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