Any police officer having reason to believe that the load, weight or height of a vehicle or load is in violation of § 199-30, Article VI, Article IX or Article XI, which violation is a misdemeanor, may require the driver of the vehicle to stop, and the officer may investigate, weigh or measure the vehicle or load. If after personally investigating, weighing or measuring the vehicle or load, the officer determines that the load, weight or height of a vehicle or load are in violation of the requirements of § 199-30, Article VI, Article IX or Article XI, the officer may temporarily detain the driver of the vehicle for purposes of making a record or vehicle check, may make an arrest for the violation and may proceed as otherwise provided in this chapter.
A.
Except as provided in Subsection E or F, any driver or operator who violates this chapter or rule promulgated under the Act, or any owner or user of any bus, truck tractor or trailer or certain other motor vehicles or any officer or agent of any individual, partnership, corporation or association or their lessees or receivers appointed by any court which is the owner or user of any vehicle, who requires or permits the driver or operator to operate or drive any bus, truck, truck tractor or trailer or certain other motor vehicles in violation of this chapter or a rule promulgated under the Act shall be punished as enumerated in the specific sections being either a civil infraction or a misdemeanor. Any misdemeanor violation will be punishable by fines of a maximum of $500 and/or 90 days in jail.
B.
A police officer upon reasonable cause to believe that
a motor vehicle is being operated in violation of this chapter or a rule promulgated
pursuant to the Act may stop the motor vehicle and inspect the motor vehicle.
If a violation is found, the officer may issue a notice to appear for that
violation.
C.
In addition to any penalty imposed under this chapter,
a third or subsequent violation within one year of the rules promulgated pursuant
to the Act with respect to hours of service and recording those hours in a
daily log may result in an audit of the driver of the vehicle by the Motor
Carrier Division of the City of Roseville Police Department.
D.
This chapter does not apply to a unit of government or
its employees, officer or representatives or to a motor vehicle, truck tractor
or trailer, owned or operated thereby except as provided in Section 601a of
the Michigan Vehicle Code, Act No. 300 of the Public Acts of 1949, being § 247.601a
of the Michigan Compiled Laws.
E.
A driver or operator or an owner or user of any bus,
truck, truck tractor, or trailer, or certain other motor vehicles or any officer
or agent of an individual, partnership, corporation, or association or their
lessees or receivers appointed by any court that is the owner or user of any
vehicle, who requires or permits the driver or operator to operate a vehicle
with a serious safety defect is subject to a fine of not more than $500 for
each violation.
F.
As used in this section, "serious safety defect" means
a violation of this chapter or a rule promulgated pursuant to the act relative
to brakes, tires, steering coupling devices, headlights, taillights, brake
lights and trunk signals that results in the vehicle being placed out of service.
