When any vehicle is found upon a street or highway in violation
of any provision of this chapter regulating the stopping, standing
or parking of vehicles, and the identity of the operator cannot be
determined, the owner, as shown by the ownership registration of the
vehicle supplied by the Wisconsin Department of Transportation, or
a comparable authority of any other state, shall be deemed to have
committed the violation for purposes of enforcement of this chapter
and specifically §
494-1 and shall be subject to the applicable
forfeiture penalty, provided that the defenses defined and described
in § 346.485(5)(b), Wis. Stats., shall be a defense for
an owner charged with such violation.
Notwithstanding the provisions of § 346.48(2)(b)2,
Wis. Stats., adopted by reference in §
494-1 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 crosswalk
or traffic signals so that pupils must cross the street or highway
before being loaded or after being unloaded.
The operator of every vehicle involved in an accident shall,
within five days after such accident, file with the Police Department
a copy of the report required by § 346.70, Wis. Stats.,
if any. If the operator is unable to make such report, any occupant
of the vehicle at the time of the accident capable of making such
report shall have the duty to comply with this section. Such reports
shall be subject to the provisions and limitations of §§ 346.70(4)(f)
and 346.73, Wis. Stats., specifically that accident reports filed
under this section shall be for the confidential use of the Department
and shall not be open to public inspection except as permitted by
§ 346.73, Wis. Stats.