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WI Stat § 346.40 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 346 - Rules of the road.|346.40 - Whistle signals.

346.40  Whistle signals. (1) Whenever traffic is alternately being directed to stop and to proceed by a traffic officer using a whistle, such officer shall use the following whistle signals which shall signify as follows:(a) One blast of the whistle means that all traffic not within the intersection shall stop.(b) Two blasts of the whistle means that traffic which had been stopped prior to the one blast shall proceed through the intersection and that the traffic which was stopped by the one blast shall remain stopped. (2) The traffic officer shall regulate the interval between the one and the 2 blasts so as to permit traffic that is legally within the intersection to clear the intersection.
WI Stat § 346.41 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 346 - Rules of the road.|346.41 - Display of unauthorized signs and signals prohibited.

346.41  Display of unauthorized signs and signals prohibited. (1) No person shall place, maintain, or display upon or in view of any highway or at or in view of any railroad crossing any unauthorized sign, light, reflector, signal, pavement marking, or device which:(a) Purports to be or is an imitation of or resembles or may be mistaken for an official traffic sign or signal or railroad sign or signal; or(b) Attempts to direct the movement of traffic; or(c) Hides from view or by its color, location, brilliance or manner of operation interferes with the effectiveness of any official traffic sign or signal or railroad sign or signal. (2) No person may place or maintain, and no public authority may permit upon any highway, any traffic control device bearing any advertising, except that a federal or fluorescent yellow flag, not less than 20 inches nor more than 24 inches square and bearing either the words “Safety Patrol" or “School," attached to a light weight pole 8 feet or less in length may be used by members of school safety patrols standing adjacent to but off the roadway to warn traffic that children are about to cross the roadway. (3) No person shall place or maintain, or allow to be displayed any red or amber reflector within the limits of the highway boundaries at or near the entrance to a private road or driveway. The use of blue reflectors is permitted provided there is no disapproval by the highway authority in charge of maintenance of the highway.History:  1981 c. 42; 2009 a. 88; 2015 a. 124.
WI Stat § 346.42 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 346 - Rules of the road.|346.42 - Interference with signs and signals prohibited.

346.42  Interference with signs and signals prohibited. No person may intentionally damage, deface, move, or obstruct an official traffic sign or signal or neighborhood watch sign under s. 60.23 (17m) or 66.0429 (2) or intentionally interfere with the effective operation of such sign or signal.History:  1985 a. 194; 1987 a. 205; 1999 a. 150 s. 672.
WI Stat § 346.43 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 346 - Rules of the road.|346.43 - Penalty for violating sections 346.37 to 346.42.

346.43  Penalty for violating sections 346.37 to 346.42. (1) (a) Any pedestrian or personal delivery device operator violating s. 346.37 or 346.38 may be required to forfeit not less than $2 nor more than $20 for the first offense and not less than $10 nor more than $50 for the 2nd or subsequent conviction within a year.(b)1. Except as provided in subd. 2. or 3. or sub. (4), any operator of a vehicle violating ss. 346.37 to 346.39 may be required to forfeit not less than $20 nor more than $40 for the first offense and not less than $50 nor more than $100 for the 2nd or subsequent conviction within a year.2. Any operator of a bicycle, electric scooter, or electric personal assistive mobility device violating s. 346.37, 346.38 or 346.39 may be required to forfeit not more than $20.3. If an operator of a vehicle violates s. 346.37 or 346.39 where persons engaged in work in a highway maintenance or construction area or in a utility work area are at risk from traffic, any applicable minimum and maximum forfeiture specified in subd. 1. for the violation shall be doubled. (2) Any person violating s. 346.42 may be required to forfeit not less than $30 nor more than $300. (3) Any person violating s. 346.41 may be required to forfeit not less than $25 nor more than $200 for the first offense and may be required to forfeit not less than $50 nor more than $500 for the 2nd or subsequent conviction within a year. (4) (a) If a person violates s. 346.37 (1) (a) 1., (c) 3., or (d) 1. or 346.39 (1) and the violation results in great bodily harm, as defined in s. 939.22 (14), to another, the person shall forfeit $500.(b) If a person violates s. 346.37 (1) (a) 1., (c) 3., or (d) 1. or 346.39 (1) and the violation results in death to another, the person shall forfeit $1,000.History:  1971 c. 278, 336; 1973 c. 182; 1983 a. 27; 1985 a. 69 s. 16; 1993 a. 198; 1997 a. 277; 2001 a. 90; 2017 a. 13, 105; 2019 a. 11.
WI Stat § 346.44 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 346 - Rules of the road.|346.44 - All vehicles to stop at signal indicating approach of train.

346.44  All vehicles to stop at signal indicating approach of train. (1) The operator of a vehicle shall not drive on or across a railroad crossing under any of the following circumstances:(a) While any traffic officer or railroad employee signals to stop;(b) While any warning device signals to stop, except that if the operator of the vehicle after stopping and investigating finds that no railroad train or railroad track equipment is approaching the operator may proceed. (c) If any crossbuck sign specified under s. 192.29 (5) (a) is maintained at the crossing, while any railroad train or railroad track equipment occupies the crossing or approaches so closely to the crossing as to constitute a hazard of collision.  (2) The operator of a vehicle shall not drive through, around or under any crossing gate or barrier at a railroad crossing while such gate or barrier is closed or is being opened or closed.History:  1991 a. 316; 2005 a. 95; 2011 a. 101.
WI Stat § 346.445 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 346 - Rules of the road.|346.445 - Limitations on pedestrians and personal delivery devices crossing railroad tracks.

346.445  Limitations on pedestrians and personal delivery devices crossing railroad tracks. (1) No pedestrian may enter or cross a railroad crossing, and no personal delivery device operator may allow a personal delivery device to enter or cross a railroad crossing, under any of the following circumstances:(a) While a traffic officer or railroad employee signals to stop.(b) While a warning device signals to stop, except that if the pedestrian after stopping and investigating, or the personal delivery device operator after stopping the personal delivery device and investigating, finds that no railroad train or railroad track equipment is approaching, the pedestrian or personal delivery device may proceed.(c) If any crossbuck sign specified under s. 192.29 (5) (a) is maintained at the crossing, while a railroad train or railroad track equipment occupies the crossing or approaches so closely to the crossing as to constitute a hazard of collision. (2) No pedestrian may cross, and no personal delivery device operator may allow a personal delivery device to cross, through, around, over, or under any crossing gate or barrier at a railroad crossing while the gate or barrier is closed or is being opened or closed. (3) No pedestrian may cross through or around or climb over or under, and no personal delivery device operator may allow a personal delivery device to cross through or around or climb over or under, a railroad train or railroad track equipment while the railroad train or railroad track equipment occupies a railroad crossing.History:  2013 a. 219; 2017 a. 13.
WI Stat § 346.45 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 346 - Rules of the road.|346.45 - Certain vehicles to stop at railroad crossings.

346.45  Certain vehicles to stop at railroad crossings. (1) Except as provided in sub. (3), the operator of any of the following vehicles before crossing at grade any track of a railroad, shall stop such vehicle within 50 feet, but not less than 15 feet from the nearest rail of such railroad:(a) Every motor bus transporting passengers.(am) Every vehicle painted and displaying markings in accordance with s. 347.44 (1).(b) Every motor vehicle transporting any quantity of chlorine.(c) Every motor vehicle which, in accordance with sub. (4), is required to be marked or placarded with a classification of marking or placarding that requires the vehicle to stop.(d) Every cargo tank motor vehicle, whether loaded or empty, used for the transportation of any liquid having a flashpoint below 200 degrees Fahrenheit, as determined by the test method approved for that product by ASTM International. (e) Every cargo tank motor vehicle transporting a commodity which at the time of loading has a temperature above its flashpoint as determined by the same standard method of testing as prescribed in par. (d).(f) Every vehicle transporting a building, as defined in s. 348.27 (12m) (a) 1.(g) Every cargo tank motor vehicle, whether loaded or empty, transporting a commodity under exemption in accordance with 49 CFR part 107, subpart B.  (2) The operator of every vehicle required to stop before crossing any track shall listen and look in both directions along the track for any approaching railroad train or railroad track equipment, and shall not proceed until such precautions have been taken and until the operator has ascertained that the course is clear. Wherever an auxiliary lane is provided for stopping at a railroad, operators of vehicles required to stop shall use such lane for stopping.  (3) A stop need not be made at:(a) A railroad grade crossing when a police officer or crossing flagman directs traffic to proceed.(b) A railroad grade crossing when an official traffic control signal permits traffic to proceed.(c) An abandoned railroad grade crossing with a sign indicating the rail line is abandoned.(d) A railroad grade crossing which is marked with a sign in accordance with s. 195.285 (3). Such signs shall be erected by the maintaining authority only upon order of the office of the commissioner of railroads as set forth in s. 195.285. (4) The department shall adopt rules for the marking and placarding of vehicles being used to transport hazardous materials which are potentially dangerous to life and property, which rules shall be in accordance with the regulations of the U.S. department of transportation. These rules shall identify classifications of markings or placarding that, consistent with federal regulations, when required on a vehicle also require the vehicle to stop as provided in sub. (1) (c).History:  1973 c. 12; 1975 c. 41, 63, 199; 1977 c. 29 s. 1654 (6) (b), (9) (f); 1977 c. 410; 1981 c. 347 s. 80 (2); 1993 a. 16, 123; 2005 a. 250; 2011 a. 101, 247; 2015 a. 55, 186; 2017 a. 365 s. 111.
WI Stat § 346.455 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 346 - Rules of the road.|346.455 - Vehicles to stop at fire station.

346.455  Vehicles to stop at fire station. (1) The operator of a motor vehicle approaching an authorized emergency vehicle shall stop not less than 30 feet from that vehicle and shall remain stopped, if all of the following apply:(a) The authorized emergency vehicle is about to be or is being driven backwards into a driveway entrance to a fire station.(b) The authorized emergency vehicle is giving visual signal by means of at least one flashing, oscillating or rotating red light or by a member of the fire department or fire patrol standing on the roadway in a position that is visible to approaching traffic and directing traffic to stop. (2) The operator of a motor vehicle required to stop under sub. (1) shall remain stopped until a member of the fire department or fire patrol directs the operator to proceed or until the visual signal under sub. (1) (b) is terminated and all members of the fire department or fire patrol have left the roadway.History:  1995 a. 424.
WI Stat § 346.46 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 346 - Rules of the road.|346.46 - Vehicles to stop at stop signs and school crossings.

346.46  Vehicles to stop at stop signs and school crossings. (1) Except when directed to proceed by a traffic officer or traffic control signal, every operator of a vehicle approaching an official stop sign at an intersection shall cause such vehicle to stop before entering the intersection and shall yield the right-of-way to other vehicles which have entered or are approaching the intersection upon a highway which is not controlled by an official stop sign or traffic signal. (2) Stops required by sub. (1) shall be made in the following manner:(a) If there is a clearly marked stop line, the operator shall stop the vehicle immediately before crossing such line.(b) If there is no clearly marked stop line, the operator shall stop the vehicle immediately before entering the crosswalk on the near side of the intersection.(c) If there is neither a clearly marked stop line nor a marked or unmarked crosswalk at the intersection or if the operator cannot efficiently observe traffic on the intersecting roadway from the stop made at the stop line or crosswalk, the operator shall, before entering the intersection, stop the vehicle at such point as will enable the operator to efficiently observe the traffic on the intersecting roadway. (2m) Every operator of a motor vehicle approaching a school crossing which is controlled by an adult school crossing guard appointed under s. 120.13 (31) or 349.215 shall follow the directions of the school crossing guard. If directed by the school crossing guard to stop, the operator shall stop the vehicle not less than 10 feet nor more than 30 feet from the school crossing and shall remain stopped until the school crossing guard directs the operator to proceed. (3) Every operator of a vehicle approaching an official stop sign at a railroad crossing shall, before proceeding on or over such crossing, stop the vehicle immediately before crossing a clearly marked stop line. If there is no clearly marked stop line, the operator shall stop the vehicle not less than 15 nor more than 50 feet from the nearest rail. (4) (a) Every operator of a vehicle approaching an official stop sign or official temporary stop sign erected mid-block on or in the roadway by local authorities under s. 349.07 (6) shall cause such vehicle to stop not less than 10 nor more than 30 feet from such official sign except when directed to proceed by a traffic officer.(b) As used in this subsection “mid-block" has the meaning given it in s. 346.33 (3).History:  1977 c. 116 s. 16; 1979 c. 344; 1985 a. 29 s. 3202 (43); 1987 a. 25; 1989 a. 359; 1991 a. 316; 2009 a. 65.A violation of sub. (1) constitutes negligence per se, but a violation may be excused through the application of the emergency doctrine, which provides that a person faced with an emergency that the person did not create is not negligent for failing to avoid the threatened disaster if compelled to act instantly. Totsky v. Riteway Bus Service, Inc. 2000 WI 29, 233 Wis. 2d 371, 607 N.W.2d 637, 97-0530.
WI Stat § 346.47 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 346 - Rules of the road.|346.47 - When vehicles using alley or nonhighway access to stop.

346.47  When vehicles using alley or nonhighway access to stop. (1) The operator of a vehicle emerging from an alley or about to cross or enter a highway from any point of access other than another highway shall stop such vehicle immediately prior to moving on to the sidewalk or on to the sidewalk area extending across the path of such vehicle and shall yield the right-of-way to any pedestrian, bicyclist, personal delivery device, or rider of an electric scooter or an electric personal assistive mobility device, and upon crossing or entering the roadway shall yield the right-of-way to all vehicles approaching on such roadway. (2) The operator of a vehicle on an alley shall stop such vehicle immediately before crossing or entering an intersecting alley, whether or not such intersecting alley crosses the alley on which the vehicle is being operated. (3) The operator of a vehicle about to cross or enter a highway from a point of access other than another highway is not required to stop in compliance with sub. (1) if a traffic control officer or official traffic control device directs or permits otherwise.History:  1975 c. 229; 1985 a. 69; 2001 a. 90; 2017 a. 13; 2019 a. 11.
WI Stat § 346.475 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 346 - Rules of the road.|346.475 - Human service vehicles; loading or unloading children with disabilities.

346.475  Human service vehicles; loading or unloading children with disabilities. No person who operates a human service vehicle may stop to load or unload passengers who are children with disabilities unless the vehicle is entirely off the traveled portion of the roadway in an area where stopping, standing or parking is not prohibited and the children do not have to cross the roadway in order to be loaded or unloaded.History:  1983 a. 175 s. 28; Stats. 1983 s. 346.475; 1997 a. 164.
WI Stat § 346.495 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 346 - Rules of the road.|346.495 - Railroad crossing improvement surcharge.

346.495  Railroad crossing improvement surcharge. (1) (a) If a court imposes a forfeiture under s. 346.49 (1g) or (2m) (a), (am), (b), or (c) for a violation of s. 346.44, 346.445, 346.45, or 346.46 (3), the court shall also impose a railroad crossing improvement surcharge under ch. 814 equal to 50 percent of the amount of the forfeiture. This paragraph does not apply to a personal delivery device operator.(b) If a court imposes a forfeiture under s. 346.49 (2r) with respect to a violation of s. 346.44 or 346.45, the court shall also impose a railroad crossing improvement surcharge equal to 50 percent of the amount of the forfeiture. (2) If a forfeiture is suspended in whole or in part, the railroad crossing improvement surcharge shall be reduced in proportion to the suspension. (3) If any deposit is made for an offense to which this section applies, the person making the deposit shall also deposit a sufficient amount to include the railroad crossing improvement surcharge under this section. If the deposit is forfeited, the amount of the railroad crossing improvement surcharge shall be transmitted to the secretary of administration under sub. (4). If the deposit is returned, the amount of the railroad crossing improvement surcharge shall also be returned. (4) The clerk of the circuit court shall collect and transmit to the county treasurer the railroad crossing improvement surcharge as required under s. 59.40 (2) (m). The county treasurer shall then pay the secretary of administration as provided in s. 59.25 (3) (f) 2. The secretary of administration shall deposit all amounts received under this subsection in the transportation fund to be appropriated under s. 20.395 (2) (gj).History:  1997 a. 135, 237; 2003 a. 33, 139, 209, 326, 327; 2013 a. 219; 2017 a. 13.
WI Stat § 346.51 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 346 - Rules of the road.|346.51 - Stopping, standing or parking outside of business or residence districts.

346.51  Stopping, standing or parking outside of business or residence districts. (1) No person shall park, stop or leave standing any vehicle, whether attended or unattended, upon the roadway of any highway outside a business or residence district when it is practical to park, stop or leave such vehicle standing off the roadway, but even the parking, stopping or standing of a vehicle off the roadway of such highway is unlawful unless the following requirements are met:(a) An unobstructed width of at least 15 feet upon the roadway of such highway must be left opposite such standing vehicle for the free passage of other vehicles. This section shall not apply to a school bus when the school bus is loading or unloading pupils or other authorized passengers where flashing red warning lights are used as required by s. 346.48 (2).(b) Such standing vehicle must be capable of being seen by operators of other vehicles from a distance of 500 feet in each direction along such highway. (2) This section also applies to vehicles or equipment used in highway maintenance or construction work unless the nature of the work is such as to require the stopping or standing of the vehicle or equipment on the roadway.History:  1987 a. 125; 2013 a. 96.The graded, but unfinished, bed of a highway lane under construction is not a “roadway" under s. 340.01 (54). Burg v. Cincinnati Casualty Insurance Co. 2002 WI 76, 254 Wis. 2d 36, 645 N.W.2d 880, 00-3258.
WI Stat § 346.52 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 346 - Rules of the road.|346.52 - Stopping prohibited in certain specified places.

346.52  Stopping prohibited in certain specified places. (1) No person may stop or leave standing any vehicle, whether attended or unattended and whether temporarily or otherwise, in any of the following places:(a) Within an intersection.(b) On a crosswalk.(c) Between a safety zone and the adjacent curb, or within 15 feet of a point on the curb immediately opposite the end of a safety zone unless a different distance is clearly indicated by an official traffic sign, pavement marking, or parking meter. (d) On a sidewalk or sidewalk area, except when parking on the sidewalk or sidewalk area is clearly indicated by official traffic signs, pavement markings, or parking meters. (e) Alongside or opposite any highway excavation or obstruction when stopping or standing at that place would obstruct traffic or when pedestrian traffic would be required to travel in the roadway.(f) On the roadway side of any parked vehicle unless double parking is clearly indicated by official traffic signs or pavement markings. (g) Within 15 feet of the driveway entrance to a fire station or directly across the highway from a fire station entrance.(h) Upon any portion of a highway where, and at the time when, stopping or standing is prohibited by official traffic signs indicating the prohibition of any stopping or standing.(i) Within 25 feet of the nearest rail at a railroad crossing. (1m) Notwithstanding sub. (1) (a) and (b), if snow accumulation at the usual bus passenger loading area makes it difficult to load or discharge bus passengers, the driver may stop a motor bus to load or discharge passengers on a crosswalk at an intersection where traffic is not controlled by a traffic control signal or a traffic officer. (2) During the hours of 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. during school days, no person may stop or leave any vehicle standing, whether temporarily or otherwise, upon the near side of a through highway adjacent to a schoolhouse used for any children below the 9th grade. If the highway adjacent to the schoolhouse is not a through highway, the operator of a vehicle may stop upon the near side thereof during such hours, provided such stopping is temporary and only for the purpose of receiving or discharging passengers. This subsection shall not apply to villages, towns or cities when the village or town board or common council thereof by ordinance permits parking of any vehicle or of school buses only on the near side of specified highways adjacent to schoolhouses during specified hours, or to the parking of vehicles on the near side of highways adjacent to schoolhouses authorized by s. 349.13 (1j).History:  1979 c. 325; 1983 a. 59; 1989 a. 71; 1993 a. 246; 1997 a. 159; 1999 a. 85; 2015 a. 124.