CHAPTER 347
EQUIPMENT OF VEHICLES
SUBCHAPTER I
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.
SUBCHAPTER II
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.
347.26 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.
SUBCHAPTER III
OTHER EQUIPMENT
347.36 Performance ability of brakes.
347.37 Brake fluid, sale regulation.
347.38 Horns and warning devices.
347.385 Auxiliary lamps on emergency vehicles; traffic control signal emergency preemption 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.
347.445 Crossing gates for school buses.
347.455 Modifications to height of vehicle.
347.46 Fenders and mudguards.
347.47 Drawbars, trailer hitches and mobile home couplings.
347.475 Airbags, prohibited practices.
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, motor bicycles, and electric personal assistive mobility devices.
347.49 Equipment of vehicles transporting flammable liquids.
Ch. 347 Cross-reference
Cross Reference: See also ch.
Trans 305, Wis. adm. code.
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(1)(i)
(i) Electric personal assistive mobility devices.
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.
