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256.15 or an ambulance driver or emergency medical responder authorized by the chief of an ambulance service or rescue squad.

340.01(3)(e)

(e)

Emergency vehicles of municipal or county departments or public service corporations that are designated or authorized by the local authorities to be authorized emergency vehicles.

340.01(3)(f)

(f)

Emergency vehicles of state departments that are designated or authorized by the heads of those departments to be authorized emergency vehicles.

340.01(3)(g)

(g)

Publicly owned ambulances that are designated or authorized by local authorities to be authorized emergency vehicles.

340.01(3)(h)

(h)

An emergency vehicle authorized by the county board of supervisors of any county for use by the county coroners or medical examiners for traveling to the scene of a fatal accident or a death and on any other occasions that are authorized under par. (e) .

340.01(3)(i)

(i)

Privately owned ambulances that are operated by their owners or by their owners’ agents and that are authorized in writing by the sheriff or others designated by the county board as emergency vehicles. The authorization is effective throughout the state until rescinded. The sheriff or others designated by the county board may designate any owner of ambulances usually kept in the county to operate those ambulances as authorized emergency vehicles. The written authorization shall at all times be carried on each ambulance used for emergency purposes. The sheriff shall keep a file of authorizations made under this paragraph in the sheriff’s office for public inspection, and all other persons permitted to issue authorizations under this paragraph shall file a copy of all authorizations issued with the sheriff.

340.01(3)(j)

(j)

Vehicles operated by federal, state or local authorities for the purpose of bomb and explosive or incendiary ordnance disposal.

340.01(3m)

(3m)

 

“Autocycle” means a motor vehicle that has 3 wheels in contact with the ground, is designed with seating that does not require operators or any occupants to straddle or sit astride it, has a steering wheel, and is originally manufactured to meet federal motor vehicle safety standards for motorcycles under 49 CFR part 571 .

340.01(4)

(4)

 

“Automobile” means any of the following:

340.01(4)(a)

(a)

Type 1 is a motor vehicle designed and used primarily for carrying persons but which does not come within the definition of a motor bus, motorcycle, moped or motor bicycle.

340.01(4)(b)

(b)

Type 2 is a motor vehicle capable of speeds in excess of 30 miles per hour on a dry, level, hard surface with no wind, designed and built to have at least 3 wheels in contact with the ground, a power source as an integral part of the vehicle, a curb weight of at least 1,500 pounds, and a passenger and operator area with sides permanently enclosed with rigid construction and a top which may be convertible.

340.01(4e)

(4e)

 

“Automobile haulaway” means a combination of 2 vehicles specially designed, constructed and used to transport operational motor vehicles.

340.01(5)

(5)

 

“Bicycle” means every vehicle propelled by feet or hands acting upon pedals or cranks and having wheels any 2 of which are not less than 14 inches in diameter.

340.01(5e)

(5e)

 

“Bicycle lane” means that portion of a roadway set aside by the governing body of any city, town, village, or county for the exclusive use of bicycles, electric scooters, electric personal assistive mobility devices, or other modes of travel where permitted under s.