Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations
Chapter 347 - Equipment of vehicles.
347.43 - Safety glass.

347.43 Safety glass.
(1g) In this section, “safety glass" means glass so treated or combined with other materials as to reduce, in comparison with ordinary sheet glass or plate glass, the likelihood of injury to persons by objects from external sources or by such glass when it is struck, cracked or broken.
(1s) No person may operate upon a highway any motor vehicle manufactured after January 1, 1936, except a recreational vehicle other than a 5th-wheel recreational vehicle, unless the motor vehicle is equipped with safety glass wherever glass is used on the motor vehicle in partitions, doors, windows or windshields.
(2) No person may sell any new motor vehicle unless such vehicle is equipped with safety glass in accordance with the requirements of sub. (1s).
(4) If a common carrier or person operating under a permit or certificate issued by the department is convicted of operating a vehicle in violation of this section, the department may suspend or revoke the permit or certificate until such time as the vehicle has been equipped with safety glass as required by this section.
History: 1977 c. 29 s. 1654 (9) (f); 1981 c. 347; 1985 a. 187; 1993 a. 16; 1999 a. 85; 2007 a. 60.
Sub. (1) [now sub. (1s)] requires that whenever broken glass is replaced in a vehicle it must be replaced with safety glass. Replacing glass with plastic violated this section, and an officer observing a vehicle with replacement plastic had probable cause to stop the vehicle for a violation of this section. State v. Longcore, 2001 WI App 15, 240 Wis. 2d 429, 623 N.W.2d 201, 00-1171.

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.

347.14 - Stop 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.

347.22 - Lamps on farm tractors, self-propelled implements of husbandry, and lightweight utility 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.

347.35 - Brakes.

347.36 - Performance ability of brakes.

347.37 - Brake fluid, sale regulation.

347.38 - Horns and warning devices.

347.385 - Auxiliary lamps on emergency vehicles; traffic control signal emergency preemption devices.

347.39 - Mufflers.

347.40 - Mirrors.

347.41 - Speed indicators.

347.413 - Ignition interlock device tampering; failure to install.

347.415 - Odometer tampering.

347.417 - Immobilization device tampering.

347.42 - Windshield wipers.

347.43 - Safety glass.

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.

347.45 - Tire equipment.

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.

347.488 - Moped equipment.

347.489 - Lamps and other equipment on bicycles and other vehicles and devices.

347.49 - Equipment of vehicles transporting flammable liquids.

347.50 - Penalties.