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Official Traffic Control Signals

21450.  Whenever traffic is controlled by official traffic control signals showing different colored lights, color-lighted arrows, or color-lighted bicycle symbols, successively, one at a time, or in combination, only the colors green, yellow, and red shall be used, except for pedestrian control signals, and those lights shall indicate and apply to drivers of vehicles, operators of bicycles, and pedestrians as provided in this chapter.

Amended and repealed Sec. 1, Ch. 277, Stats. 1999. Effective January 1, 2000. Repeal operative January 1, 2005.
Added Sec. 1, Ch. 126, Stats. 2005. Effective July 25, 2005.

NOTE: The preceding section was amended after it had become inoperative. It was the legislature’s intent that the amended text become part of statute and is therefore being considered “added” text.