2014 Wisconsin State Patrol Update

Wisconsin State Patrol Update -

2013

Lieutenant

Michael Klingenberg

Motor Carrier

Enforcement Section

SWEF Update

• Abrams SWEF- New WIM and

static scale- reopened summer

2014

• Superior SWEF- Construction

starts Sring 2015.

• Hudson SWEF- 2015

• Sparta SWEF- summer 2016 or 17

• Wrightstown- Reconstruction 2016

High Priority Grants

• Frac Sand Safety Details

– Based on dump truck crashes in

Counties with Frac sand pits or

facilities

• Speed Enforcement Details

– Based on speed problems and high

CMV crash areas

Frac Sand Details - Initiatives

• Equipment

• Authority

• Driver Qualifications

• Medical Requirements

• TE – Following Too Close

• Overloads

• Thermal camera screening at pits

– Cooperation with pit owners

CMV Speed Details - Initiatives

• CMV speed

• CMV distracted driving

– Texting

– Cell Phone Use

• NON-CMV aggressive driving around CMV

• Following Too Close

• Unsafe Lane Deviation

• Seat Belt

• Traffic enforcement around CMV

Speed Details- Locations

• Fond du lac

– STH 26 from USH 41 on the north to

STH 151 on the south

• Milwaukee

– I-94 including College Avenue and in

the vicinity of Mitchell Airport

• Dane

– STH 12/14/18 “beltline” in Madison

Implements of Husbandry

• New definitions of IoH and Ag CMV

• Wide IoH definition

• Tracked vehicles

• Weights and weight exemptions

• Fines

• Delayed enforcement

• Dealer/repair exemptions

R254 and TR 255- OS/OW

• EFFECTIVE AUGUST 1, 2014

• Significant expansion of hours of

operation

• If vehicle dimensions do not

exceed 12’00” wide; or 13’06” tall;

or 150’00” long:

– No hours of operation restriction in

67 counties.

– Unless specified on an individual

permit.

R254 and TR 255- OS/OW

• Columbia, Dane, Milwaukee, Rock

and Waukesha

– No operation on Summer Fridays and

year-round Sundays from 4 to 8 p.m.

– “Restricted Travel Holiday(RTH)”

• hours reduce no operation period to

between 4 p.m. and 8 p.m. on the

evening before a holiday and

• on the day of the holiday,

• except if July 3rd falls on Saturday.

R254 and TR 255- OS/OW

• Vehicle dimensions are 12’01 or wider; 13’07” or taller; 150’01 long – No operation on Summer Fridays

between 4 p.m. and 8 p.m.

– No operation from Noon Saturday to sunrise Sunday.

– No operation on Sunday between 4 p.m. and 8 p.m.

– No operation during hours of darkness [No change]

– No operation from Noon the day before a “RTH” until sunrise the day after the “RTH.” [No change]

R254 and TR 255- OS/OW

• Hours of operation on the Milwaukee

Expressway – for both Small and

Large OSOW vehicles:

– No operation Mon – Thurs from 6 a.m. to

9 a.m. nor 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. [No change]

– No operation Friday from 6 a.m. to 9

a.m. [No change]

– No operation Friday and Sunday from 3

p.m. to 8 p.m.

– Sunday morning restriction eliminated.

R254 and TR 255- OS/OW

• Increased Maximum Vehicle

Dimension on the Milwaukee

Expressway:

– Width = 14’00” [was 11’00”]

– Height = 14’06” [was 13’06”]

– Length = 150’ [was 100’]

– No Statutory Limit for Vehicle Weight

[no change]

Restricted Travel Holidays

• New Years Day,

• Easter Weekend (Saturday & Sunday)

• Memorial Day Weekend (Saturday, Sunday and Monday),

• Independence Day,

• Labor Day,

• Thanksgiving,

• Opening and Closing weekends of Gun Deer Season,

• Christmas Eve, Christmas Day and New Years Eve.

Escort Vehicles

• Requirement for two escort

vehicles modified

– vehicles exceed 16’00” now required

to have one private escort vehicle

rather than two.

– Requiring an escort and number of

cars for OSOW vehicles between

8’07” and 16’00” wide at discretion

of issuing authority.

Hazard Signs:

• Requirement to equip with black

and yellow diagonally striped

hazard signs is eliminated.

State Patrol Inspector Positions

• Full strength-

– 110 inspectors

– Including supervisors and command

staff

• 10 Sergeants at Posts

• 3 Command staff

– One Captain

– Two Lieutenants

State Patrol Inspector Positions

• Current openings-

– 17 field inspectors • 16 will be filled by the current cadet class-

December 2014

– 3 sergeant openings • Promotion interviews December 2014

• Number of inspectors are budget determined

• Troopers Statutory limit

– Smallest State Police/Patrol in the Nation