Wisconsin law orders drivers to move over to protect emergency responders at crash scenes or if law enforcement is talking to a driver. Now the law has been expanded to protect law enforcement on our waters.
DNR boating administrator, Warden Roy Zellmer, outlines what the change enacted this year means for Wisconsin boaters...
"....they will be required to either give way 100 feet or slow to a slow-no wake-speed for emergency vessels that are on the water and have their emergency lights or siren activated...."
Other changes to the state's boating rules and regulations affect the use of blue lights and noise levels.
Zellmer says boaters can no longer display blue colored lights. He says the blue LED lighting had been mistaken for law enforcement lights at night and was causing some confusion to other boaters..
Noise level testing requirements have been revised to meet Society of Automotive Engineers practices and does not link minimum distances to tests.
For more information about boating in Wisconsin, search the DNR website.
