For the record, there was an amendment to the Assembly Bill, AB 828, which did get a hearing and was reported back out to the full Assembly, that changed the language on rear lights to allow a red rear light in lieu of the otherwise required red rear reflector. The exact language would have been " For a bicycle, a lamp emitting a red light visible from a distance of 500 feet to the rear may be used in lieu of the red reflector.". See Bill history http://www.legis.state.wi.us/2007/data/AB828hst.html the original bill http://www.legis.state.wi.us/2007/data/AB-828.pdf the amendment http://www.legis.state.wi.us/2007/data/AB828-AA1.pdf the Legislative Council's Amendment Memo http://www.legis.state.wi.us/2007/data/lc_amdt/ab828.pdf My understanding is that the amendment was proposed at the request of BFW. If this did not get through the Senate, then I would suggest changing the language on rear lights to something like "A lamp emitting a steady or flashing red or amber light visible from a distance of 500 feet to the rear may be used in addition to or in lieu of the red reflector." We can debate whether or not to include color of the rear light or whether the red reflector should always be required or if the rear light is sufficient, but it should be positively stated that the rear light can be either steady or flashing. Arthur
Arthur Ross, Pedestrian-Bicycle Coordinator City of Madison Traffic Engineering Division 215 Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd., Suite 100 PO Box 2986 Madison, WI 53701-2986 608/266-6225
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