LRB-1779/2
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1997 - 1998 LEGISLATURE
December 17, 1997 - Introduced by Senators Clausing, Roessler and Burke,
cosponsored by Representatives
Seratti, Hasenohrl, Turner, Black, R.
Young, Boyle and
Baumgart. Referred to Committee on Labor,
Transportation and Financial Institutions.
SB381,1,2
1An Act to amend 346.24 (1) of the statutes;
relating to: requiring vehicles to
2stop and yield the right-of-way to pedestrians and bicyclists.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Under current law, the operator of a vehicle is required to yield the
right-of-way to a pedestrian or bicyclist who is crossing a highway, within a marked
or unmarked crosswalk, where traffic is not controlled by a traffic control signal or
traffic officer. Yielding the right-of-way includes stopping if necessary. Failure to
yield the right-of-way to a pedestrian or bicyclist may result in a forfeiture of not less
than $30 nor more than $300, except a bicyclist who fails to yield the right-of-way
may be required to forfeit not more than $20.
This bill requires the vehicle operator to stop when yielding the right-of-way
to a pedestrian or bicyclist.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
enact as follows:
SB381, s. 1
3Section
1. 346.24 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB381,2,24
346.24
(1) At an intersection or crosswalk where traffic is not controlled by
5traffic control signals or by a traffic officer, the operator of a vehicle shall
stop and 6yield the right-of-way to a pedestrian, or to a person riding a bicycle in a manner
1which is consistent with the safe use of the crosswalk by pedestrians, who is crossing
2the highway within a marked or unmarked crosswalk.
