Current law authorizes local authorities to designate highways under their
jurisdiction as class "B" highways. With limited exceptions, the maximum gross
weight and per-axle vehicle weight permitted for vehicles on a class "B" highway is
60 percent of the weight allowed by statute if the vehicle were operating on a highway
that is not designated as a class "B" highway.
This bill creates an increased weight limit for all implements of husbandry and
agricultural CMVs that is approximately 15 percent higher than the general
statutory weight limit. For implements of husbandry, this increased weight
allowance generally applies in lieu of, not in addition to, any other increased weight
allowance for implements of husbandry. With this increased allowance, the
maximum gross weight for an implement of husbandry or agricultural CMV
operated on a highway without a permit may not exceed 92,000 pounds, although the
increased weight allowance does not apply on interstate highways and there are
limited exceptions (discussed below) to this 92,000 pound limit. If an implement of
husbandry or agricultural CMV exceeds the increased weight allowance created
under the bill, the amount of the overweight violation is computed based on the
general statutory weight limitations, not on the weight allowance that is
approximately 15 percent higher. If the implement of husbandry is an empty potato
harvester and, if traveling on the highway for more than 0.5 miles, is accompanied
by one or more escort vehicles operating with hazard lights activated, there is no
per-axle weight limit for the potato harvester, but the potato harvester is subject to
posted special weight limits and is subject to the maximum gross weight limitation
of 92,000 pounds. In addition, a potato harvester is exempt from the reduction of
permissible vehicle weight when operating on a highway designated by local
authorities as a class "B" highway. Under the limited exceptions, there is no per-axle
or gross weight limit, except on interstate highways and highways posted with
special weight limits, for the following: 1) an implement of husbandry or agricultural
CMV being operated or transported by a person engaged in the business of
delivering, repairing, or servicing implements of husbandry or agricultural CMVs
(implement dealer) or farmer for purposes of delivery, repair, or servicing and being
operated or transported directly between a farmer's owned or leased land and the
business of an implement dealer located within 75 miles; and 2) certain
self-propelled implements of husbandry, such as combines, forage harvesters, and
fertilizer or pesticide application equipment, traveling between fields or between a
farm and a field and operated on the highway for a distance of 0.5 miles or less.
Under current law, unless an exception applies, a person may not, without a
permit, operate on a highway any vehicle having a total width in excess of 8 feet 6
inches. Under one exception, there is no width limitation for an implement of
husbandry temporarily operated on a highway in the course of performance of its
work. Under another exception, a farm tractor may have a total outside width of up
to 12 feet or, if operated on most parts of the interstate highway system, 9 feet. Under
yet another exception, a farm tractor exceeding 12 feet in width, and an implement
of husbandry not being operated in the course of performance of its work and
exceeding 8 feet 6 inches in width, may be moved, towed, or hauled over the
highways, without a permit, between one-half hour before sunrise and sunset on
Mondays to Thursdays and from one-half hour before sunrise to 2 p.m. on Fridays,
but this exception generally does not apply on the interstate highway system. DOT
may issue annual or consecutive month permits (farm machinery permits) for the
movement, towing, or hauling of farm tractors exceeding 12 feet in width, and of
implements of husbandry not being operated in the course of performance of their
work and exceeding 8 feet 6 inches in width, on the interstate highway system.
Under this bill, there is generally no width limitation for implements of
husbandry operated on a highway. However, certain wide implements of husbandry
are subject to lighting and marking requirements (discussed below). There is also
no width limitation if the implement of husbandry is being operated or transported
by an implement dealer or farmer for purposes of delivery, repair, or servicing and
being operated or transported directly between a farmer's owned or leased land and
the business of an implement dealer located within 75 miles, but, if applicable, the
lighting and marking requirements for wide implements of husbandry (discussed
below) apply. If the implement of husbandry is being transported rather than
operated, certain provisions of current law relating to side projections of loads do not
apply. The bill establishes a general total width limitation for agricultural
commercial motor vehicles, operated without a permit, of 10 feet, but provides a total
width limitation of 12 feet for agricultural CMVs operated for the purpose of spraying
pesticides or spreading lime or fertilizer and having extending tires, fenders, or
fender flares.
The bill also eliminates DOT's issuance of farm machinery permits, repeals the
general width limitation of 12 feet for farm tractors, and repeals the exception under
current law authorizing the operation of certain farm tractors and implements of
husbandry that would otherwise not be authorized on the highway between one-half
hour before sunrise and sunset on Mondays to Thursdays and from one-half hour
before sunrise to 2 p.m. on Fridays.
Under current law, unless an exception applies, a person may not, without a
permit, operate on a highway any single vehicle with an overall length in excess of
45 feet or any combination of two vehicles with an overall length in excess of 70 feet.
Under one exception, there is no length limitation for implements of husbandry
temporarily operated on a highway.
Also under current law, unless an exception applies, a person may not, without
a permit, operate on a highway any vehicle towing, or having attached to it, two or
more other vehicles. Under one exception, two trailers used primarily as implements
of husbandry in connection with seasonal agricultural activities or one such trailer
and any other implement of husbandry may be towed by a farm tractor if the
operation of the vehicle combination (implement of husbandry train) is exclusively
a farming operation and not for the transportation of property for hire and if the
overall length of the vehicle combination does not exceed 60 feet. Under another
exception, two trailers transporting empty tanks used for hauling or storing liquid
agricultural fertilizer or two implements of husbandry, including two empty trailers
used primarily as implements of husbandry in connection with seasonal agricultural
activities, may be towed by a motor truck or truck tractor if the overall length of the
vehicle combination (truck-drawn agricultural train) does not exceed 60 feet.
This bill creates length limitations for implements of husbandry operated on a
highway without a permit based in part on the number of vehicles being operated.
Under the bill, if the implement of husbandry is a single vehicle, it may not exceed
60 feet in length. If the implement of husbandry is a two-vehicle combination, it may
not exceed 100 feet in length. If the vehicle combination is an implement of
husbandry train or a truck-drawn agricultural train, its length may not exceed 70
feet or, if it is traveling at a speed of 25 miles per hour or less, 100 feet. The bill also
modifies the statutory description of an implement of husbandry train to specify that
it consists of three implements of husbandry. The same length limitation that
applies to a one-vehicle or two-vehicle implement of husbandry also applies if the
one-vehicle or two-vehicle implement of husbandry is being operated or transported
by an implement dealer or farmer for purposes of delivery, repair, or servicing and
being operated or transported directly between a farmer's owned or leased land and
the business of an implement dealer located within 75 miles.
Under current law, unless an exception applies, a person may not, without a
permit, operate on a highway any vehicle having an overall height in excess of 13.5
feet. Under one exception, there is no height limitation for implements of husbandry
temporarily operated on a highway.
Under this bill, there is no height limitation for implements of husbandry
operated on a highway. The bill also specifies that the operator of the implement of
husbandry is, with an exception, responsible for ensuring that there is adequate
height clearance between the implement of husbandry and overhead structures or
obstructions.
The bill creates a new annual or consecutive month permit, referred to as a
"no-fee permit," issued by DOT and local authorities for implements of husbandry
and agricultural CMVs that exceed statutory length or weight limitations. For
purposes of this no-fee permit, the bill defines a "maintaining authority" of a
highway as: 1) DOT or its designee, with respect to a state trunk highway; or 2) the
municipality or county responsible for maintenance of the highway or its designee
(local authority), with respect to a highway that is not a state trunk highway. A
maintaining authority may issue no-fee permits authorizing operation on highways
under its jurisdiction of implements of husbandry and agricultural CMVs that
exceed statutory length or weight limitations. A no-fee permit is not valid on
interstate highways. With an exception, an application for a no-fee permit must be
accompanied by a listing or map of the highways that may potentially be traveled
under authorization of the permit. Under this exception, a municipality or county
may, by resolution or ordinance, authorize operation of implements of husbandry and
agricultural CMVs exceeding statutory length or weight limitations on any or all
highways under the municipality's or county's jurisdiction and the resolution or
ordinance serves as the approved permit. In such a municipality or county, no permit
application is required. If a no-fee permit is issued, upon application, the no-fee
permit may be amended by the maintaining authority to reflect changes in the
applicant's circumstances, including a change in the highways to be traveled.
Under the bill, no fee may be charged for issuance or amendment of a no-fee
permit or for any study or investigation in connection with the permit application.
If a maintaining authority denies an application for a no-fee permit, it must notify
the applicant in writing of the denial and the notice must include a reasonable and
structurally based explanation of the denial that relates to the preservation of the
roadway. If the application is made with respect to certain self-propelled
implements of husbandry, including combines, forage harvesters, and fertilizer or
pesticide application equipment, the denial must also include an approved alternate
route or map of highways for operation of the implement of husbandry.
Under the bill, the state traffic patrol may issue only warnings, not citations,
for overweight or oversize violations committed while operating most types of
implements of husbandry before January 1, 2015, unless the violation occurs on an
interstate highway or the violation is of a posted special weight limit.
Under current law, if any bill introduced in either house of the legislature
directly or indirectly establishes an exception to vehicle weight limitations, DOT
must prepare a report, containing specified information, relating to the bill within
six weeks after the bill is introduced and before any vote is taken on the bill. This
bill directs DOT not to prepare such a report on this bill because DOT recently
completed the Implements of Husbandry Study, which contained the same or similar
information that would be contained in a report on this bill.
Vehicle lighting and marking requirements
Current law imposes various equipment requirements for vehicles operated on
highways, including certain lighting and marking requirements. Although these
requirements are generally inapplicable to implements of husbandry, farm tractors,
and self-propelled farm implements, current law does impose various specific
requirements with respect to lighting and marking of implements of husbandry and
other agricultural vehicles.
Under current law, during hours of darkness, the following requirements apply
with respect to each described vehicle operated on the highway:
1. A farm tractor or self-propelled farm implement must carry the lighted
headlamps and tail lamps that would be required of other vehicles and the only color
of light that may show to the rear is red.
2. An implement of husbandry must generally be equipped with at least two
lighted lamps or lanterns exhibiting a white light to the front and either two lighted
lamps or lanterns exhibiting a red light to the rear or two red reflectors mounted on
the rear. Also, if the implement of husbandry extends at least four feet to the left of
the center line of a towing vehicle, it must be equipped with an amber reflector
mounted on the left side, facing forward, to mark the extreme width of the implement
of husbandry to drivers of oncoming vehicles.
3. A truck-drawn agricultural train must have mounted on each side of every
vehicle in the train at least one lamp emitting red light visible to the side or at least
one red reflector or one slow moving vehicle (SMV) emblem visible from the side.
4. An implement of husbandry train must have mounted on each side of every
vehicle in the train at least one lamp emitting a red light visible to the side or at least
one red reflector visible from the side.
Certain requirements also apply to a farm tractor, implement of husbandry, or
self-propelled farm implement, whether attended or unattended, parked, or left
standing on the roadway or shoulder of a highway during hours of darkness.
Under current law, at times other than hours of darkness, an implement of
husbandry train operated on a highway must display a red flag at least 12 inches
square on each rear corner of the rearmost vehicle in the train.
Under current law, a person may not operate on a highway, day or night, any
vehicle that usually travels at speeds of less than 25 miles per hour unless an SMV
emblem is displayed on the most practicable visible rear area. However, instead of
the SMV emblem, a vehicle may be equipped with a yellow or amber flashing light
at least four inches in diameter attached to the left rear. The SMV emblem is also
not required if the vehicle is only moving directly across the highway. A towed vehicle
is exempt from this requirement if an SMV emblem on the towing vehicle is visible
from the rear. The SMV emblem must meet standards and specifications for design
and mounting established by rule by DOT, but this rule must conform to standards
and specifications approved by the American Society of Agricultural Engineers.
In addition to the lighting and marking requirements described above, this bill
creates new lighting and marking requirements for implements of husbandry
operated on the highway that exceed 15 feet in total width or that extend over the
center of the roadway into a lane intended for the opposite direction of travel (wide
implements of husbandry). With an exception, a person may not operate on a
highway a wide implement of husbandry manufactured before January 1, 2014,
unless it is equipped with all of the following: 1) at least two amber flashing warning
lamps, visible from both the front and rear; 2) red retroreflective conspicuity
material, visible to the rear; 3) at least two strips of yellow retroreflective conspicuity
material, visible to the front; and 4) at least two red tail lamps. Any lamp or light
required above must be lighted and visible when the wide implement of husbandry
is operated on a highway and the lamps or lights, devices, and material described
above must generally meet certain visibility requirements and be mounted so as to
indicate the lateral extremities of the implement of husbandry. The exception allows
daytime operation of a wide implement of husbandry manufactured before January
1, 2014, if the implement of husbandry is accompanied by an escort vehicle and
displays to the rear two orange or red flags. A wide implement of husbandry
manufactured before January 1, 2014, must also display an SMV emblem. An
implement of husbandry manufactured on or after January 1, 2014, may not be
operated on a highway unless it is equipped with all lighting and marking devices
with which the implement of husbandry was originally equipped by the
manufacturer and all such lighting and marking devices are in good working order
and visible at the time of operation.
Under the bill, a person may not operate on a highway any self-propelled
implement of husbandry manufactured before January 1, 2014, that exceeds 12 feet
in total width, unless it is equipped with a yellow or amber rotating strobe or beacon
light mounted at the highest practicable point, or two flashing amber lights visible
to the front and rear, and the light or lights are activated. If an implement of
husbandry exceeds 22 feet in total width, in addition to the applicable foregoing
requirements, it must be accompanied by an escort vehicle operating with hazard
lights activated unless it is traveling between fields or between a farm and a field and
is operated on the highway for a distance of 0.5 miles or less.
The bill also eliminates the requirement that an implement of husbandry train
operated on a highway during the day must display a red flag on each rear corner of
the rearmost vehicle in the train.
Rules of the road relating to implements of husbandry
Under current law, on all roadways of sufficient width, the operator of a vehicle
must generally drive on the right half of the roadway and in the right-hand lane of
a three-lane highway, subject to various exceptions, such as when the operator is
making a left turn or U-turn or is overtaking and passing another vehicle. A vehicle
operator must also drive as nearly as practicable entirely within a single lane and,
on a three-lane highway, may not drive in the center lane, subject to exceptions like
those discussed above. With an exception, a vehicle operator may not drive in a lane
when signs or signals indicate that the lane is allocated exclusively to vehicles
moving in the opposite direction.
Also under current law, on a two-way roadway: 1) operators of vehicles
proceeding in opposite directions must pass each other to the right and give to the
other at least one-half of the main traveled portion of the roadway as nearly as
possible; and 2) a vehicle operator may not drive on the left side of the center of the
roadway on a grade or curve where the operator's view is obstructed or, with an
exception, in an area designated by signs or pavement marking it as a no-passing
zone. In general, a person may not drive a motor vehicle so slowly as to impede the
normal movement of traffic and the operator of a slow-moving vehicle must, if
practicable, yield the roadway to an overtaking vehicle.
This bill creates an exception allowing a wide implement of husbandry that
satisfies applicable lighting and marking requirements and that is operated as much
as practicable on the right half of the roadway and within a single lane to: 1) extend
over the center of the roadway into a lane intended for travel in the opposite
direction; 2) extend into the passing lane of a three-lane highway; and 3) extend into
another lane intended for travel in the same direction if it does not impede other
vehicles approaching from the rear. However, this exception does not exempt the
operator of the wide implement of husbandry from the requirements and
prohibitions above, specifying that a vehicle operator must pass a vehicle proceeding
in the opposite direction on the right and yield half of the roadway if possible; a
vehicle operator may not drive on the left side of the roadway on a grade or curve
where the operator's view is obstructed or in an area designated as a no-passing
zone; and a vehicle operator may not drive so slowly as to impede the normal
movement of traffic and must, if practicable, yield the roadway to an overtaking
vehicle.
Under current law, a vehicle operator may not drive on the left side of the center
of a roadway designated, by signs or a solid yellow line, as a no-passing zone.
However, under an exception, a vehicle operator may cross to the left of the center
of the roadway in such a no-passing zone to overtake and pass, with care, any vehicle
traveling at a speed less than half of the applicable speed limit. Under this bill, this
exception does not apply with respect to overtaking and passing an implement of
husbandry or an agricultural CMV.
Required disclosures in sales of farm equipment
Under current law, no person in the business of selling a tractor or other
machinery used in the business of farming (farm equipment) may sell farm
equipment unless, at the time of sale, the farm equipment is equipped with specified
safety equipment, including lights, reflectors, and an SMV emblem meeting
applicable vehicle equipment requirements, if the farm equipment can be operated
on a highway. However, this requirement does not apply to sales of farm equipment
to another person in the business of selling farm equipment for the purpose of resale,
sales of farm equipment for the purpose of salvage, and most sales by auction. A
person who violates this requirement may be required to forfeit not more than $500
for each violation.
Under this bill, no person in the business of selling farm equipment may sell
farm equipment that can be operated on a highway unless, at the time of sale, the
person who sells the farm equipment discloses to the buyer the gross vehicle weight
of the farm equipment. The exceptions and penalty described above also apply with
respect to this requirement. The bill also specifies that lights, reflectors, and other
marking devices with which farm equipment is required to be equipped at the time
of sale are those meeting applicable vehicle equipment requirements at the time the
farm equipment was manufactured.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
enact as follows:
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100.47
(2) (c) Lights
and, reflectors
, and other marking devices meeting the
3applicable requirements under ch. 347
at the time the farm equipment was
4manufactured, if farm equipment that can be operated on a highway.
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5Section
2. 100.47 (3) of the statutes is renumbered 100.47 (3) (a).
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100.47
(3) (b) No person in the business of selling farm equipment may sell
8farm equipment that can be operated on a highway unless, at the time of sale, the
9person who sells the farm equipment discloses to the buyer the gross vehicle weight
10of the farm equipment.
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11Section
4. 100.47 (4) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
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100.47
(4) Exceptions. (intro.)
Subsection (2) does Subsections (2) and (3) (b)
13do not apply to:
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227.01
(13) (rs) Relates to any form prescribed by the department of
16transportation under s. 348.03 (1) or 348.27 (19) (d) 1. or procedure prescribed under
17s. 348.27 (19) (d) 2.
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340.01
(1o) "Agricultural commercial motor vehicle" means a commercial
20motor vehicle to which all of the following apply:
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1(a) The vehicle is substantially designed or equipped, or materially altered
2from its original construction, for the purpose of agricultural use.
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(b) The vehicle was designed and manufactured primarily for highway use.
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(c) Unless the vehicle was manufactured prior to 1970, the vehicle was
5manufactured to meet federal motor vehicle safety standard certification label
6requirements as specified in
49 CFR 567.
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(d) The vehicle is used exclusively in the conduct of agricultural operations.
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(e) The vehicle is directly engaged in harvesting farm products, directly applies
9fertilizer, spray, or seeds to a farm field, or distributes feed to livestock.
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10Section
7. 340.01 (24) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:
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340.01
(24) (a) Subject to par. (b), "implement of husbandry" means all of the
12following:
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1. A self-propelled or towed vehicle that is manufactured, designed, or
14reconstructed to be used and that is exclusively used in the conduct of agricultural
15operations. An "implement of husbandry" may include any of the following:
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a. A farm tractor.
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b. A self-propelled combine; a self-propelled forage harvester; self-propelled
18fertilizer or pesticide application equipment but not including manure application
19equipment; towed tillage, planting, and cultivation equipment and its towing power
20unit; or another self-propelled vehicle that directly engages in harvesting farm
21products, directly applies fertilizer, spray, or seeds but not manure, or distributes
22feed to livestock.
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c. A farm wagon, farm trailer, manure trailer, or trailer adapted to be towed by,
24or to tow or pull, another implement of husbandry.
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12. A combination of vehicles in which each vehicle in the vehicle combination
2is an implement of husbandry as described in subd. 1. or in which an implement of
3husbandry described in subd. 1. c. is towed by a farm truck, farm truck tractor, or
4motor truck.
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(b) "Implement of husbandry" does not include any of the following:
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1. An agricultural commercial motor vehicle.
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2. A vehicle that, notwithstanding s. 340.01 (8), is a commercial motor vehicle
8under
49 CFR 390.5.
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341.05
(17) The vehicle is an implement of husbandry
or an agricultural
13commercial motor vehicle.
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346.05
(1) (g) If the vehicle is a wide implement of husbandry, as defined in s.
16347.24 (3) (a), being operated in compliance with any applicable requirement under
17s. 347.24 (3), 347.245 (1), or 347.25 (2g), and the vehicle is operated as much as
18practicable on the right half of the roadway and in the right-hand lane of a 3-lane
19highway, a portion of the vehicle may extend over the center of the roadway into any
20lane intended for travel in the opposite direction and may extend into any passing
21lane of a 3-lane highway. A wide implement of husbandry operated as described in
22this paragraph is subject to any restriction under ss. 346.06, 346.09 (2) and (3), and
23346.59.
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1346.09
(1) Upon any roadway where traffic is permitted to move in both
2directions simultaneously, the operator of a vehicle shall not drive to the left side of
3the center of the roadway in overtaking and passing another vehicle proceeding in
4the same direction unless such left side is clearly visible and is free of oncoming
5traffic for a sufficient distance ahead to permit such overtaking and passing to be
6done in safety. In no case when overtaking and passing on a roadway divided into
74 or more clearly indicated lanes shall the operator of a vehicle drive to the left of the
8pavement marking indicating allocation of lanes to vehicles moving in the opposite
9direction or, in the absence of such marking, to the left of the center of the roadway.
10Except as provided in sub. (3) (b)
and s. 346.05 (1) (g), in no case shall the operator
11of a vehicle drive in a lane when signs or signals indicate that such lane is allocated
12exclusively to vehicles moving in the opposite direction.
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346.09
(3) (b) The operator of a vehicle may drive on the left side of the center
15of a roadway on any portion thereof which has been designated a no-passing zone,
16as described in par. (a), to overtake and pass, with care, any vehicle
, except an
17implement of husbandry or agricultural commercial motor vehicle, traveling at a
18speed less than half of the applicable speed limit at the place of passing.
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19Section
13. 346.13 (1), (2) and (3) of the statutes are amended to read:
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346.13
(1) The Except as provided in sub. (4), the operator of a vehicle shall
21drive as nearly as practicable entirely within a single lane and shall not deviate from
22the traffic lane in which the operator is driving without first ascertaining that such
23movement can be made with safety to other vehicles approaching from the rear.
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24(2) Upon Except as provided in s. 346.05 (1) (g), upon a 2-way roadway which
25is divided into 3 lanes the operator of a vehicle may not drive in the center lane except
1when overtaking and passing another vehicle where the roadway is clearly visible
2and the center lane is clear of traffic within a safe distance, or in preparation for a
3left turn or U-turn, or where the center lane is at the time allocated exclusively to
4traffic moving in the direction the vehicle is proceeding and is marked or posted to
5give notice of the allocation.
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6(3) Notwithstanding sub. (2),
but subject to sub. (4), when lanes have been
7marked or posted for traffic moving in a particular direction or at designated speeds,
8the operator of a vehicle shall drive in the lane designated.
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346.13
(4) Upon a 2-way roadway with at least 2 lanes for travel in each
11direction, a wide implement of husbandry, as defined in s. 347.24 (3) (a), that is being
12operated in compliance with any applicable requirement under s. 347.24 (3), 347.245
13(1), or 347.25 (2g), and that is being operated as much as practicable within a single
14lane may, to the extent necessary, extend into another lane intended for travel in the
15same direction if it does not impede other vehicles approaching from the rear.
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347.21
(1) No person shall operate on a highway during hours of darkness any
18train of vehicles authorized by s. 348.08 (1) (d) unless there is mounted on each side
19of every vehicle in such train, including farm tractors and implements of husbandry,
20at least one lamp emitting a red
or amber light visible from a distance of 500 feet to
21the side of the vehicle on which mounted or, in lieu thereof, at least one red
or amber 22reflector or, notwithstanding s. 347.245, one slow moving vehicle emblem visible
23from all distances within 500 feet to 50 feet of the side of the vehicle when directly
24in front of lawful upper beams of headlamps.
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1347.21
(1m) No person shall operate on a highway during hours of darkness
2any train of vehicles authorized by s. 348.08 (1) (b) unless there is mounted on each
3side of every vehicle in such train
, including farm tractors and implements of
4husbandry, at least one lamp emitting a red
or amber light visible from a distance
5of 500 feet to the side of the vehicle on which mounted or, in lieu thereof, at least one
6red
or amber reflector visible from all distances within 500 feet to 50 feet of the side
7of the vehicle when directly in front of lawful upper beams of headlamps.
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347.22
(2) No Except as provided in s. 347.25 (2g), no person shall operate or
11park a farm tractor, self-propelled farm implement, or lightweight utility vehicle, as
12defined in s. 346.94 (21) (a) 2., upon a highway during hours of darkness with any
13lamp thereon showing any light to the rear other than red
or amber in color.
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347.24
(3) (a) In this subsection, "wide implement of husbandry" means any
16implement of husbandry that has a total width in excess of 15 feet or that partly
17extends, when operated primarily on the right half of the roadway, over the center
18of the roadway into any lane intended for travel in the opposite direction.
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(b) Except as provided in par. (bm), no person may operate on a highway any
20wide implement of husbandry manufactured before January 1, 2014, unless it is
21equipped with all of the following and any lamp or light required under this
22paragraph is lighted and visible at the time of operation:
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1. At least 2 amber flashing warning lamps, visible from both the front and rear
24of the implement of husbandry. When lighted, these lamps shall be capable of being
25seen and distinguished under normal atmospheric conditions during hours of
1darkness at a distance of 500 feet from the front and rear of the implement of
2husbandry. These lamps shall be mounted, as nearly as practicable, to indicate the
3extreme width of the implement of husbandry, but not more than 16 inches from the
4lateral extremities of the implement of husbandry.
