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 §
385-1 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.
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.
Notwithstanding the provisions of § 346.48(2)(b)2, Wis. Stats., adopted by reference in §
385-1 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.