The requirement to identify yourself changes when you are in a vehicle. The WI Supreme court ruled in State v. Ellenbecker that even in a disabled vehicle you must provide your drivers license. Subsequent convictions in other cases on appeal were also upheld by them even if the vehicle was stationary when the drivers license was requested.
Errr... Not so much. No court in the land is going to rule that a motorist fixing a disabled car in his own driveway or yard is in any way obligated to provide or even possess a valid driver's license.
MKEgal's vehicle was not disabled.
MKEgal's vehicle was not on a pubic thoroughfare; but was upon private property (unless I've read the original post incorrectly.) How it got there is not a matter of concern, a third-party could have driven it or aliens may have beamed it there, neither is illegal.
So, if I'm 15 and sitting in a car and don't have my driver's license yet, I have to provide one? BS. WI Supreme court is evidently filled with morons.
Agreed (with reservations about the WI Supreme Court.)
Now, if you were 15 years old and sitting in a car that was traveling on public roads, and admitted that you had been driving it, it would be different. But, that's not the situation at hand with MKE.
A car that's not being operated upon public thoroughfares isn't subject to the laws applicable to cars that are being driven upon thoroughfares. Unless.... someone believes that NASCAR cars must have operable horns, lights, and turn signals.
Heck, I bet most drivers aren't even carrying a valid state driver's license and proof of vehicle insurance in their Nomex undies.