(2) In this chapter:
(a) "Basic course for experienced riders"
means a basic rider course in motorcycle safety that is intended for students
with previous experience riding motorcycles, is provided by a rider education
provider, meets the requirements of s.
Trans 129.09
(2), and has been approved by the department.
Note: The current curriculum provider in this
state, the Motorcycle Safety Foundation, refers to this course as the "BRC2."
The course teaches most of the elements of the basic rider course but does not
include instruction on elements that experienced riders will already know, such
as clutch manipulation. All the same safety-related instruction is offered in
this class as in the basic rider course. Both range and classroom training are
part of this course.
(b)
"Basic rider course" means a beginning course in motorcycle safety provided by
a rider education provider that meets the requirements of s.
Trans 129.09
(1) and has been approved by the
department.
(c) "Curriculum
provider" means an organization that has established rider education standards
and provides motorcycle safety instruction that qualifies a person for a
motorcycle skills test waiver under s.
Trans
129.03, or an organization that has established rider
education standards and provides comparable motorcycle safety instruction in
another jurisdiction that qualifies a person for a motorcycle skills test
waiver under s.
Trans
129.07.
Note: The Motorcycle Safety Foundation, an
organization that has established rider education standards and provides rider
education classes in this state, currently qualifies as a curriculum
provider.
(d) "Driver
record" means the abstract of convictions and other information related to a
driver maintained by the department in its computer database.
(e) "Person" has the meaning set forth in s.
990.01 (26),
Stats., and includes schools and technical colleges.
(f) "Rider coach" means a person who provides
motorcycle classroom or range training, or both.
(g) "Rider coach license" means a license
issued under this chapter that authorizes an individual to conduct classes
leading to a motorcycle skills test waiver or demerit point
reduction.
(h) "Rider education
provider" means a school that provides training on the operation of
motorcycles.
(i) "Rider education
standards" means the standards described in the Motorcycle Safety Foundation's
Rider Education and Training System Standards (2010), or standards that are
substantially similar as determined by the department.
Note: The standards described in the Motorcycle
Safety Foundation's Rider Education and Training System Standards (2010) are
incorporated by reference into this chapter with the approval of the Wisconsin
attorney general on February 19, 2024, as required by s.
227.21 (2),
Stats. All approved material is available for inspection on the Motorcycle
Safety Foundation's website at
https://msf-usa.org/documents/research/msf-standards/.
It is also available for inspection at the Wisconsin Legislative Reference
Bureau.
(j) Skills test"
means an examination of a person's ability to exercise ordinary and reasonable
control in the operation of a motorcycle.
