Arthur, please reread the applicability. The keys words are "...requiring vehicles to be equipped..." In this case studded tires are not a requirement, but a prohibition.
Read more in 347.45. The proposed change will remove any doubt for bikes. Mike Rewey ************************ On 19 Aug 2011 at 16:51, Ross, Arthur wrote: > Mark, you are not a scofflaw for using studded tires on your > bicycle. The section of the state statutes that prohibits studded > tires does not apply to bicycles. In fact, the entire Wisconsin > State Statures chapter 347 Equipment of Vehicles does not apply to > bicycles unless bicycles are specifically mentioned in a particular > section. For example there is section 347.489 Lamps and other > equipment on bicycles, motor bicycles, and electric personal > assistive mobility devices which obviously does apply to bicycles. > The section prohibiting studded tires [347.45] does not mention > bicycles, so it does not apply to us in my read of the law. - - > Arthur > > 347.02 Applicability of chapter. (1) No provision of this chapter > requiring vehicles to be equipped in a particular manner is > applicable to any of the following vehicles unless the vehicle is > expressly included within or made subject to the particular > provision: > (a) Farm tractors and self-propelled farm implements. > (b) Implements of husbandry. > (c) Vehicles drawn by animals. > (d) Road machinery. > (e) Bicycles. > (g) Motor bicycles. > (h) Golf carts operated in accordance with s. 349.18 (1) (b) or > (c). > (i) Electric personal assistive mobility devices. > (j) Lightweight utility vehicles, as defined in s. 346.94 (21) (a) > 2. > > 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 > _______________________________________________ > Bikies mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.danenet.org/listinfo.cgi/bikies-danenet.org
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