2014 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations
346. Rules of the road.
346.17 Penalty for violating sections 346.04 to 346.16

WI Stat § 346.17 (2014) What's This?

346.17 Penalty for violating sections 346.04 to 346.16.

346.17(1)(1) Except as provided in sub. (5), any person violating s. 346.04 (1) or (2), 346.06, 346.12 or 346.13 (1) or (3) may be required to forfeit not less than $20 nor more than $40 for the first offense and not less than $50 nor more than $100 for the 2nd or subsequent conviction within a year.

346.17(2) (2) Any person violating ss. 346.05, 346.07 (2) or (3), 346.072, 346.08, 346.09, 346.10 (2) to (4), 346.11, 346.13 (2) or 346.14 to 346.16 may be required to forfeit not less than $30 nor more than $300.

346.17(2m) (2m) Any person violating s. 346.10 (1) shall forfeit not less than $60 nor more than $600.

346.17(2t) (2t) Any person violating s. 346.04 (2t) may be fined not more than $10,000 or imprisoned for not more than 9 months or both.

346.17(3) (3)

346.17(3)(a)(a) Except as provided in par. (b), (c) or (d), any person violating s. 346.04 (3) is guilty of a Class I felony.

346.17(3)(b) (b) If the violation results in bodily harm, as defined in s. 939.22 (4), to another, or causes damage to the property of another, as defined in s. 939.22 (28), the person is guilty of a Class H felony.

346.17(3)(c) (c) If the violation results in great bodily harm, as defined in s. 939.22 (14), to another, the person is guilty of a Class F felony.

346.17(3)(d) (d) If the violation results in the death of another, the person is guilty of a Class E felony.

346.17(4) (4) Any person violating s. 346.075 may be required to forfeit not less than $25 nor more than $200 for the first offense and not less than $50 nor more than $500 for the 2nd or subsequent violation within 4 years.

346.17(5) (5) If an operator of a vehicle violates s. 346.04 (1) or (2) where persons engaged in work in a highway maintenance or construction area or in a utility work area are at risk from traffic, any applicable minimum and maximum forfeiture specified in sub. (1) for the violation shall be doubled.

History: 1971 c. 278; 1973 c. 182; 1977 c. 208; 1981 c. 324; 1983 a. 27; 1985 a. 82; 1993 a. 189, 198; 1997 a. 32, 88, 237, 277, 283; 2001 a. 15, 109.

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