347.14 Stop lamps.
(1) No person shall operate a motor vehicle, lightweight utility vehicle as defined in s. 346.94 (21) (a) 2., mobile home, or trailer or semitrailer upon a highway unless such motor vehicle, lightweight utility vehicle, mobile home, or trailer or semitrailer is equipped with at least one stop lamp mounted on the rear and meeting the specifications set forth in this section. The stop lamp on a mobile home or trailer or semitrailer shall be controlled and operated from the driver's seat of the propelling vehicle. A stop lamp may be incorporated with a tail lamp. No vehicle originally equipped at the time of manufacture and sale with 2 stop lamps shall be operated upon a highway unless both such lamps are in good working order.
(2) A stop lamp shall be so constructed as to be actuated upon application of the service or foot brake or separate trailer brake and shall emit a red or amber light plainly visible and understandable from all distances up to 300 feet to the rear during normal sunlight when viewed from the driver's seat of the vehicle following.
History: 2009 a. 157.
Structure Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations
Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations
Chapter 347 - Equipment of vehicles.
347.01 - Words and phrases defined.
347.02 - Applicability of chapter.
347.03 - Sale of prohibited equipment unlawful.
347.04 - Owner responsible for improperly equipped vehicle.
347.05 - Reciprocity agreements as to equipment.
347.06 - When lighted lamps required.
347.07 - Special restrictions on lamps and the use thereof.
347.08 - Determining the visibility distance and mounted height of lamps.
347.09 - Headlamps on motor vehicles.
347.10 - Headlamp specifications for motor vehicles other than mopeds and motor bicycles.
347.11 - Headlamp specifications for mopeds and motor bicycles.
347.115 - Modulating headlamps for motorcycles, motor bicycles or mopeds.
347.12 - Use of multiple-beam headlamps.
347.13 - Tail lamps and registration plate lamps.
347.145 - Deceleration warning lights for motorcycles, motor bicycles, mopeds or motor buses.
347.15 - Direction signal lamps or devices.
347.16 - Clearance lamps and reflectors.
347.17 - Color of clearance and marker lamps and reflectors.
347.18 - Mounting of clearance lamps and reflectors.
347.19 - Visibility of clearance lamps and reflectors.
347.20 - Lamp or flag on projecting load or fixture.
347.21 - Lamps and flags on trains of agricultural vehicles.
347.23 - Lamps on highway maintenance equipment.
347.24 - Lamps and reflectors on nonmotor vehicles and equipment.
347.245 - Identification emblem on certain slow moving vehicles.
347.25 - Special warning lamps on vehicles.
347.26 - Restrictions on certain optional lighting equipment.
347.27 - When lighted lamps required on parked vehicles.
347.28 - Certain vehicles to carry flares or other warning devices.
347.29 - Display of warning devices for certain vehicles when standing on highway.
347.30 - Penalty for violating lighting equipment requirements.
347.36 - Performance ability of brakes.
347.37 - Brake fluid, sale regulation.
347.38 - Horns and warning devices.
347.413 - Ignition interlock device tampering; failure to install.
347.417 - Immobilization device tampering.
347.435 - Vehicle monitoring and feedback.
347.44 - Painting requirements for school buses; restrictions as to painting of other vehicles.
347.445 - Crossing gates for school buses.
347.447 - Additional safety mirrors on school buses.
347.455 - Modifications to height of vehicle.
347.46 - Fenders and mudguards.
347.47 - Drawbars, trailer hitches and mobile home couplings.
347.475 - Airbags, prohibited practices.
347.48 - Safety belts and child safety restraint systems.
347.485 - Protective headgear for use on motorcycles.
347.486 - General requirements.
347.487 - Seating requirements.
347.489 - Lamps and other equipment on bicycles and other vehicles and devices.
347.49 - Equipment of vehicles transporting flammable liquids.