2014 wisconsin state patrol update
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Wisconsin State Patrol Update -
2013
Lieutenant
Michael Klingenberg
Motor Carrier
Enforcement Section
SWEF Update
• Abrams SWEF- New WIM and
static scale- reopened summer
2014
• Superior SWEF- Construction
starts Sring 2015.
• Hudson SWEF- 2015
• Sparta SWEF- summer 2016 or 17
• Wrightstown- Reconstruction 2016
High Priority Grants
• Frac Sand Safety Details
– Based on dump truck crashes in
Counties with Frac sand pits or
facilities
• Speed Enforcement Details
– Based on speed problems and high
CMV crash areas
Frac Sand Details - Initiatives
• Equipment
• Authority
• Driver Qualifications
• Medical Requirements
• TE – Following Too Close
• Overloads
• Thermal camera screening at pits
– Cooperation with pit owners
CMV Speed Details - Initiatives
• CMV speed
• CMV distracted driving
– Texting
– Cell Phone Use
• NON-CMV aggressive driving around CMV
• Following Too Close
• Unsafe Lane Deviation
• Seat Belt
• Traffic enforcement around CMV
Speed Details- Locations
• Fond du lac
– STH 26 from USH 41 on the north to
STH 151 on the south
• Milwaukee
– I-94 including College Avenue and in
the vicinity of Mitchell Airport
• Dane
– STH 12/14/18 “beltline” in Madison
Implements of Husbandry
• New definitions of IoH and Ag CMV
• Wide IoH definition
• Tracked vehicles
• Weights and weight exemptions
• Fines
• Delayed enforcement
• Dealer/repair exemptions
R254 and TR 255- OS/OW
• EFFECTIVE AUGUST 1, 2014
• Significant expansion of hours of
operation
• If vehicle dimensions do not
exceed 12’00” wide; or 13’06” tall;
or 150’00” long:
– No hours of operation restriction in
67 counties.
– Unless specified on an individual
permit.
R254 and TR 255- OS/OW
• Columbia, Dane, Milwaukee, Rock
and Waukesha
– No operation on Summer Fridays and
year-round Sundays from 4 to 8 p.m.
– “Restricted Travel Holiday(RTH)”
• hours reduce no operation period to
between 4 p.m. and 8 p.m. on the
evening before a holiday and
• on the day of the holiday,
• except if July 3rd falls on Saturday.
R254 and TR 255- OS/OW
• Vehicle dimensions are 12’01 or wider; 13’07” or taller; 150’01 long – No operation on Summer Fridays
between 4 p.m. and 8 p.m.
– No operation from Noon Saturday to sunrise Sunday.
– No operation on Sunday between 4 p.m. and 8 p.m.
– No operation during hours of darkness [No change]
– No operation from Noon the day before a “RTH” until sunrise the day after the “RTH.” [No change]
R254 and TR 255- OS/OW
• Hours of operation on the Milwaukee
Expressway – for both Small and
Large OSOW vehicles:
– No operation Mon – Thurs from 6 a.m. to
9 a.m. nor 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. [No change]
– No operation Friday from 6 a.m. to 9
a.m. [No change]
– No operation Friday and Sunday from 3
p.m. to 8 p.m.
– Sunday morning restriction eliminated.
R254 and TR 255- OS/OW
• Increased Maximum Vehicle
Dimension on the Milwaukee
Expressway:
– Width = 14’00” [was 11’00”]
– Height = 14’06” [was 13’06”]
– Length = 150’ [was 100’]
– No Statutory Limit for Vehicle Weight
[no change]
Restricted Travel Holidays
• New Years Day,
• Easter Weekend (Saturday & Sunday)
• Memorial Day Weekend (Saturday, Sunday and Monday),
• Independence Day,
• Labor Day,
• Thanksgiving,
• Opening and Closing weekends of Gun Deer Season,
• Christmas Eve, Christmas Day and New Years Eve.
Escort Vehicles
• Requirement for two escort
vehicles modified
– vehicles exceed 16’00” now required
to have one private escort vehicle
rather than two.
– Requiring an escort and number of
cars for OSOW vehicles between
8’07” and 16’00” wide at discretion
of issuing authority.
Hazard Signs:
• Requirement to equip with black
and yellow diagonally striped
hazard signs is eliminated.
State Patrol Inspector Positions
• Full strength-
– 110 inspectors
– Including supervisors and command
staff
• 10 Sergeants at Posts
• 3 Command staff
– One Captain
– Two Lieutenants
State Patrol Inspector Positions
• Current openings-
– 17 field inspectors • 16 will be filled by the current cadet class-
December 2014
– 3 sergeant openings • Promotion interviews December 2014
• Number of inspectors are budget determined
• Troopers Statutory limit
– Smallest State Police/Patrol in the Nation