CHAPTER 347
EQUIPMENT OF VEHICLES
GENERAL PROVISIONS
347.01 Words and phrases defined.
347.02 Applicability of chapter.
347.03 Sale of prohibited equipment unlawful.
347.04 Owner responsible for improperly equipped vehicle.
347.05 Reciprocity agreements as to equipment.
LIGHTING EQUIPMENT
347.06 When lighted lamps required.
347.07 Special restrictions on lamps and the use thereof.
347.08 Determining the visibility distance and mounted height of lamps.
347.09 Headlamps on motor vehicles.
347.10 Headlamp specifications for motor vehicles other than mopeds and motor bicycles.
347.11 Headlamp specifications for mopeds and motor bicycles.
347.115 Modulating headlamps for motorcycles, motor bicycles or mopeds.
347.12 Use of multiple-beam headlamps.
347.13 Tail lamps and registration plate lamps.
347.145 Deceleration warning lights for motorcycles, motor bicycles, mopeds or motor buses.
347.15 Direction signal lamps or devices.
347.16 Clearance lamps and reflectors.
347.17 Color of clearance and marker lamps and reflectors.
347.18 Mounting of clearance lamps and reflectors.
347.19 Visibility of clearance lamps and reflectors.
347.20 Lamp or flag on projecting load or fixture.
347.21 Lamps and flags on trains of agricultural vehicles.
347.22 Lamps on farm tractors and self-propelled farm implements.
347.23 Lamps on highway maintenance equipment.
347.24 Lamps and reflectors on nonmotor vehicles and equipment.
347.245 Identification emblem on certain slow moving vehicles.
347.25 Special warning lamps on vehicles.
347.255 Auxiliary lamps on emergency vehicles used to activate traffic control signal preemption devices.
347.26 Restrictions on certain optional lighting equipment.
347.27 When lighted lamps required on parked vehicles.
347.28 Certain vehicles to carry flares or other warning devices.
347.29 Display of warning devices for certain vehicles when standing on highway.
347.30 Penalty for violating lighting equipment requirements.
OTHER EQUIPMENT
347.36 Performance ability of brakes.
347.37 Brake fluid, sale regulation.
347.38 Horns and warning devices.
347.413 Ignition interlock device tampering.
347.415 Odometer tampering.
347.417 Immobilization device tampering.
347.42 Windshield wipers.
347.44 Painting requirements for school buses; restrictions as to painting of other vehicles.
347.455 Modifications to height of vehicle.
347.46 Fenders and mudguards.
347.47 Drawbars, trailer hitches and mobile home couplings.
347.48 Safety belts and child safety restraint systems.
347.485 Protective headgear for use on Type 1 motorcycles.
347.486 General requirements.
347.487 Seating requirements.
347.489 Lamps and other equipment on bicycles and motor bicycles.
347.49 Equipment of vehicles transporting flammable liquids.
GENERAL PROVISIONS
347.01
347.01
Words and phrases defined. Words and phrases defined in
s. 340.01 are used in the same sense in this chapter unless a different definition is specifically provided.
347.02
347.02
Applicability of chapter. 347.02(1)
(1) No provision of this chapter requiring vehicles to be equipped in a particular manner is applicable to any of the following vehicles unless the vehicle is expressly included within or made subject to the particular provision:
347.02(1)(a)
(a) Farm tractors and self-propelled farm implements.
347.02(2)
(2) No provision of this chapter requiring or prohibiting certain types of equipment on a vehicle is applicable when such vehicle is not operated upon or occupying a highway.
347.02(2m)(a)(a) No provision of this chapter requiring or prohibiting certain types of equipment on a vehicle is applicable to an imported vehicle which has been granted entry into the United States by the federal government solely for the purpose of test or experiment.
347.02(2m)(b)
(b) The exemption under
par. (a) is limited to the one-year period following the entry of the vehicle.
347.02(3)
(3) Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to prohibit the use of additional parts and accessories on any vehicle not inconsistent with this chapter.
347.02(4)
(4) Beginning July 1, 1960, the provisions of this chapter covering lighting shall be applicable to all state, county and municipal trucks, truck tractors, trailers and semitrailers.
347.02(5)
(5) If a vehicle registered under
s. 341.25 (1) (a),
341.265 or
341.266 has equipment which was designated by the manufacturer as optional equipment in the model year the vehicle was manufactured, it is not necessary for such equipment to be in operating condition unless it replaces equipment which is required by law to be both present and functioning.
347.02(6)
(6) Notwithstanding the requirements of this chapter, the department may establish special equipment standards for vehicles operated under
s. 343.135 which differ from the equipment standards established under this chapter. Equipment standards established under this subsection may not be less stringent than any federal standards established for the vehicle.
347.02(7)
(7) The vehicle equipment requirements for a street modified vehicle shall be the same as the vehicle equipment requirements for a vehicle of the same type and model year that is not a street modified vehicle. The vehicle equipment requirements for a replica vehicle shall be the same as the vehicle equipment requirements for a vehicle of the same type and model year as the vehicle used for purposes of the reproduction.
347.03
347.03
Sale of prohibited equipment unlawful. No person shall sell for highway use any device, appliance, accessory or replacement part the use of which on a motor vehicle is unlawful.
347.04
347.04
Owner responsible for improperly equipped vehicle. Any owner of a vehicle not equipped as required by this chapter who knowingly causes or permits such vehicle to be operated on a highway in violation of this chapter is guilty of the violation the same as if he or she had operated the vehicle personally. No demerit points shall be assessed or counted pursuant to
s. 343.32 against the operator's license of the owner of the vehicle by reason of the owner's conviction of any such violation unless the owner was personally operating the vehicle at the time of the violation.
347.04 History
History: 1989 a. 105.
