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1999 - 2000 LEGISLATURE
April 27, 1999 - Introduced by Representatives Ainsworth, Hasenohrl,
Hundertmark, Hutchison, Kelso, Petrowski and Sykora. Referred to
Committee on Highway Safety.
AB311,1,2
1An Act to create 347.26 (11) (am) of the statutes;
relating to: strobe lights on
2motor trucks traveling slowly on certain highways.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Current law generally prohibits any vehicle from displaying any flashing light.
Specific exceptions allow flashing lights to be displayed on police vehicles, fire
engines, ambulances, school buses, mail delivery vehicles, highway maintenance
vehicles and other vehicles. This bill authorizes motor trucks to be equipped with
an amber strobe light that may be operated only when the motor truck is upon a
highway having a maximum speed limit of more than 35 miles per hour and traveling
ten or more miles per hour below the speed limit.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
enact as follows:
AB311, s. 1
3Section
1. 347.26 (11) (am) of the statutes is created to read:
AB311,2,34
347.26
(11) (am) In addition to lamps authorized under this subsection, a motor
5truck may be equipped with a 360-degree flashing amber light having a flashrate
6of 60 to 120 per minute and mounted at the highest practicable point. The flashing
7amber lamp may be lighted only when the motor truck is upon a highway having a
1maximum speed limit of more than 35 miles per hour and the motor truck is traveling
210 or more miles per hour below the maximum speed limit. The flashing amber lamp
3may not be lit at other times.
