GHSA maintains data on state laws surrounding a number of highway safety issues. Below is information regarding laws in the state of Wisconsin. Please note that GHSA does not compile any additional data on state laws other than what is presented in these pages. For more information, consult the appropriate State Highway Safety Office.
GHSA's latest report on motorcyclist fatality trends found that the average age of motorcyclists killed is now over 40 years old. Report author Tara Casanova Powell discusses what may be contributing to this change.
Story by Shamane Mills
May 8, 2018
The Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WisDOT) received a GHSA and the Foundation for Advancing Alcohol Responsibility's (Responsibility.org) 2017 drug-impaired driving grant. With this funding, WisDOT provided Advanced Roadside Impairment Driving Enforcement (ARIDE) training to 310 law enforcement officers throughout the state.
Executive order establishes an AV steering committee.
Traffic fatalities are up across the nation, and unfortunately teen driver deaths are no exception. GHSA Director of Government Relations Russ Martin discusses the importance of Graduated Driver's Licensing programs and parents' influence on their teens.
June 5, 2017
Article by Ross Terrell
Thanks to a $20,000 grant from GHSA and Responsibility.org's, the Wisconsin DOT Bureau of Traffic Safety will be able to ARIDE-train an additional 400 law enforcement officers this year, helping to combat the growing issue of drug-impaired driving.
May 31, 2017
Story by TaTiana Cash
No bicycle helmet laws.
Helmets required for riders under 18 or with instructional permit. Universal helmet law repealed 1978.
Checkpoints are not conducted. They are prohibited by statute.
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