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2015 - 2016 LEGISLATURE
May 8, 2015 - Introduced by Representatives Allen,
Ripp, Brostoff, Kitchens,
Neylon, A. Ott, Steffen, Spiros, Vorpagel and Weatherston, cosponsored by
Senators Petrowski, Cowles, Lassa, Nass and Olsen. Referred to Committee
on Transportation.
AB207,1,2
1An Act to amend 346.03 (3) of the statutes;
relating to: application of stopping,
2standing, and parking provisions to certain authorized emergency vehicles.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Under current law, when the operator of an authorized emergency vehicle is
responding to an emergency call or in pursuit of an actual or suspected violator of the
law, the operator is exempt from certain traffic restrictions, subject to certain
conditions. The operator is exempt from restrictions related to stopping, standing,
and parking if the vehicle's warning lights are activated. The operator is exempt
from restrictions related to speed, obedience to traffic signals, and direction of travel
if the vehicle's warning lights and siren are activated.
This bill eliminates the requirement that an authorized emergency vehicle's
warning lights be activated as a condition of the exemption from traffic restrictions
related to stopping, standing, and parking.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
enact as follows:
AB207,1
3Section
1. 346.03 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB207,2,94
346.03
(3) The exemption granted the operator of an authorized emergency
5vehicle by sub. (2) (a) applies only when the operator of the vehicle is giving visual
1signal by means of at least one flashing, oscillating or rotating red light except that
2the visual signal given by a police vehicle may be by means of a blue light and a red
3light which are flashing, oscillating or rotating, except as otherwise provided in sub.
4(4m). The exemptions granted by sub. (2) (b), (c) and (d) apply only when the operator
5of the emergency vehicle is giving
both such a visual signal
by means of at least one
6flashing, oscillating, or rotating red light, except that the visual signal given by a
7police vehicle may be by means of a blue light and a red light which are flashing,
8oscillating, or rotating, and also an audible signal by means of a siren or exhaust
9whistle, except as otherwise provided in sub. (4) or (4m).
