Vehicles: equipment; restrictions for following snowplows; provide for. Amends 1949 PA 300 (MCL 257.1 - 257.923) by adding sec. 643b.

This law establishes specific following distances for drivers behind snowplows to improve road safety during winter operations. Drivers must stay at least 200 feet behind a snowplow on roads with speed limits over 35 mph, or 75 feet on slower roads, unless they are legally passing the vehicle. The bill also requires any driver approaching a stopped snowplow at an intersection to halt at least 20 feet away and wait until the plow clears the intersection. Violations of these new rules are classified as civil infractions.