Except as otherwise specifically provided in this chapter, the statutory provisions of §§ 110.075, 66.0431 and Chs. 340 to 349, Wis. Stats, describing and defining regulations with respect to vehicles and traffic, exclusive of any regulations for which the statutory penalty is a fine or term of imprisonment, are hereby adopted and by reference made a part of this chapter as if fully set forth in this chapter. Any act required to be performed or prohibited by any regulation incorporated in this chapter by reference is required or prohibited by this chapter. Any future amendments, revisions or modifications of the statutory regulations in §§ 110.075, 66.0431, and Chs. 340 to 349, Wis. Stats., incorporated in this chapter are intended to be made part of this chapter in order to secure, to the extent legally practicable, uniform statewide regulation of vehicle traffic on the highways, streets and alleys of the state.
[Amended 8-17-2010 by Ord. No. 2010-03; 2-22-2011 by Ord. No. 2011-01]
A. 
Conduct prohibited. No person shall, within the Town of Buchanan, by or through the use of any motor vehicle, including, but not limited to, an automobile, truck, motorcycle, minibike, or snowmobile, engage in, cause or provoke disorderly conduct with a motor vehicle.
B. 
Definition. As used in this section, the following term shall have the meaning indicated:
DISORDERLY CONDUCT WITH A MOTOR VEHICLE
While operating or in control of a motor vehicle, engaging in conduct or activities which are violent, unreasonably loud, dangerous to persons or property or otherwise against the public peace, welfare and safety, including, but not limited to, unnecessary, deliberate, or intentional spinning of wheels, squealing of tires, revving or racing of engine, blowing the horn, causing the engine to backfire or causing the vehicle, while commencing to move or while in motion, to raise one or more wheels off the ground. Specifically excluded from this definition are legitimate, scheduled racing events.
C. 
No person shall use compression brakes (also known as Jake brakes®) or operate a motor vehicle using brakes which are in any way activated or operated by the compression of the engine of any such motor vehicle or any unit or part thereof, unless such brakes are necessarily used in an emergency situation. The prohibition contained in this section shall not apply to fire, police, EMS and/or other emergency vehicles.
Notwithstanding the provision of § 346.48(2)(b)2, Wis. Stats., adopted by reference in § 495-1, to the contrary, school bus operators shall use flashing red warning lights in residential and business districts when pupils or other authorized passengers are to be loaded or unloaded at locations at which there are no crosswalks or traffic signals, so that pupils must cross the street or highway before being loaded or after being unloaded.[1]
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Editor's Note: Original Secs. 82-4, Trains obstructing streets and highways, and 82-5, Crossing warnings by trains, which immediately followed this section, were repealed 8-17-2010 by Ord. No. 2010-03.