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1999 - 2000 LEGISLATURE
January 14, 1999 - Introduced by Representatives Schneider, Musser, Bock, Ott,
Kreuser, Berceau and
Ryba. Referred to Committee on Highway Safety.
AB2,1,2
1An Act to amend 347.12 (1) (a) and (b) of the statutes;
relating to: the use of
2high-beam headlamps on motor vehicles.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Current law requires a person driving a motor vehicle during hours of darkness
to dim the vehicle's high-beam headlamps whenever approaching an oncoming
vehicle within 500 feet or following another vehicle within 500 feet to the rear so that
the glaring light is not directed into the other driver's eyes. This bill authorizes the
intermittent flashing of high-beam headlamps at oncoming vehicles whose
high-beam headlamps are lit.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
enact as follows:
AB2, s. 1
3Section
1. 347.12 (1) (a) and (b) of the statutes are amended to read:
AB2,2,24
347.12
(1) (a) Whenever the operator of a vehicle equipped with multiple-beam
5headlamps approaches an oncoming vehicle within 500 feet, the operator shall dim,
6depress or tilt the vehicle's headlights so that the glaring rays are not directed into
7the eyes of the operator of the other vehicle.
This paragraph does not prohibit an
1operator from intermittently flashing the vehicle's high-beam headlamps at an
2oncoming vehicle whose high-beam headlamps are lit.
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(b) Whenever the operator of a vehicle equipped with multiple-beam
4headlamps approaches or follows another vehicle within 500 feet to the rear, the
5operator shall dim, depress, or tilt the vehicle's headlights so that the glaring rays
6are not reflected into the eyes of the operator of the other vehicle.
This paragraph
7does not prohibit an operator from intermittently flashing the vehicle's high-beam
8headlamps as provided under par. (a).
AB2,2,1110
(1) This act first applies to the operation of motor vehicles occurring on the
11effective date of this subsection.
