Mich. Comp. Laws § 257.604 : MOTOR VEHICLES — MICHIGAN VEHICLE CODE — OBEDIENCE TO AND EFFECT OF TRAFFIC LAWS —[GENERAL] — Riding animal or driving animal-drawn vehicle on roadway; rights and duties TEXT PDF A person riding an animal or driving an animal-drawn vehicle upon a roadway shall be granted all of the rights and shall be subject to all the duties, criminal penalties, and civil sanctions applicable to the driver of a vehicle by this chapter, except those provisions of this chapter which by their very nature may not have application. MCL 257.604 1949, Act 300, Eff. 9/23/1949 ;--Am. 1951, Act 270, Eff. 9/28/1951 ;--Am. 1978, Act 510, Eff. 8/1/1979 .