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WA Rev Code § 46.61.625 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 46 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 46.61 - Rules of the Road.|46.61.625 - Riding in trailers or towed vehicles.

RCW 46.61.625 Riding in trailers or towed vehicles.(1) No person or persons shall occupy any trailer while it is being moved upon a public highway, except a person occupying a proper position for steering a trailer designed to be steered from a rear-end position.(2) Except as provided in subsection (3) of this section, no person or persons may occupy a vehicle while it is being towed by a tow truck as defined in RCW 46.55.010.(3)(a) A tow truck operator may allow passengers to ride in a vehicle that is carried on the deck of a flatbed tow truck only when the following conditions are met:(i) The number of people that need to be transported exceeds the seating capacity of the tow truck or a person needing to be transported has a disability that limits that person's ability to enter the tow truck;(ii) All passengers in the carried vehicle and in the tow truck comply with RCW 46.61.687 and 46.61.688;(iii) Any passenger under sixteen years of age is accompanied by an adult riding in the same vehicle; and(iv) There is a way for the passengers in the carried vehicle to immediately communicate, either verbally, audibly, or visually, with the tow truck operator in case of an emergency.(b) No passenger of such a carried vehicle may exit the carried vehicle, ride outside of the passenger compartment of the carried vehicle, or exhibit dangerous or distracting behaviors while in the carried vehicle.[ 2013 c 155 § 1; 1999 c 398 § 9; 1995 c 360 § 10; 1965 ex.s. c 155 § 73.]
WA Rev Code § 46.61.630 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 46 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 46.61 - Rules of the Road.|46.61.630 - Coasting prohibited.

RCW 46.61.630 Coasting prohibited.(1) The driver of any motor vehicle when traveling upon a down grade shall not coast with the gears of such vehicle in neutral.(2) The driver of a commercial motor vehicle when traveling upon a down grade shall not coast with the clutch disengaged.[ 1965 ex.s. c 155 § 74.]
WA Rev Code § 46.61.635 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 46 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 46.61 - Rules of the Road.|46.61.635 - Following fire apparatus prohibited.

RCW 46.61.635 Following fire apparatus prohibited.The driver of any vehicle other than one on official business shall not follow any fire apparatus traveling in response to a fire alarm closer than five hundred feet or stop such vehicle within five hundred feet of any fire apparatus stopped in answer to a fire alarm.[ 1975 c 62 § 38; 1965 ex.s. c 155 § 75.]NOTES:Rules of court: Monetary penalty schedule—IRLJ 6.2.Severability—1975 c 62: See note following RCW 36.75.010.
WA Rev Code § 46.61.640 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 46 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 46.61 - Rules of the Road.|46.61.640 - Crossing fire hose.

RCW 46.61.640 Crossing fire hose.No vehicle shall be driven over any unprotected hose of a fire department when laid down on any street, or private driveway, to be used at any fire or alarm of fire, without the consent of the fire department official in command.[ 1965 ex.s. c 155 § 76.]
WA Rev Code § 46.61.645 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 46 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 46.61 - Rules of the Road.|46.61.645 - Throwing materials on highway prohibited—Removal.

RCW 46.61.645 Throwing materials on highway prohibited—Removal.(1) Any person who drops, or permits to be dropped or thrown, upon any highway any material shall immediately remove the same or cause it to be removed.(2) Any person removing a wrecked or damaged vehicle from a highway shall remove any glass or other injurious substance dropped upon the highway from such vehicle.[ 2003 c 337 § 5; 1965 ex.s. c 155 § 77.]NOTES:Rules of court: Monetary penalty schedule—IRLJ 6.2.Findings—2003 c 337: See note following RCW 70A.200.060.Lighted material, disposal of: RCW 76.04.455.Littering: Chapter 70A.200 RCW.
WA Rev Code § 46.61.660 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 46 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 46.61 - Rules of the Road.|46.61.660 - Carrying persons or animals on outside part of vehicle.

RCW 46.61.660 Carrying persons or animals on outside part of vehicle.It shall be unlawful for any person to transport any living animal on the running board, fenders, hood, or other outside part of any vehicle unless suitable harness, cage or enclosure be provided and so attached as to protect such animal from falling or being thrown therefrom. It shall be unlawful for any person to transport any persons upon the running board, fenders, hood or other outside part of any vehicle, except that this provision shall not apply to authorized emergency vehicles or to solid waste collection vehicles that are engaged in collecting solid waste or recyclables on route at speeds of twenty miles per hour or less.[ 1997 c 190 § 1; 1961 c 12 § 46.56.070. Prior: 1937 c 189 § 115; RRS § 6360-115. Formerly RCW 46.56.070.]
WA Rev Code § 46.61.665 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 46 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 46.61 - Rules of the Road.|46.61.665 - Embracing another while driving.

RCW 46.61.665 Embracing another while driving.It shall be unlawful for any person to operate a motor vehicle upon the highways of this state when such person has in his or her embrace another person which prevents the free and unhampered operation of such vehicle. Operation of a motor vehicle in violation of this section is prima facie evidence of reckless driving.[ 1979 ex.s. c 136 § 89; 1961 c 12 § 46.56.100. Prior: 1937 c 189 § 117; RRS § 6360-117; 1927 c 309 § 49; RRS § 6362-49. Formerly RCW 46.56.100.]NOTES:Effective date—Severability—1979 ex.s. c 136: See notes following RCW 46.63.010.
WA Rev Code § 46.61.670 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 46 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 46.61 - Rules of the Road.|46.61.670 - Driving with wheels off roadway.

RCW 46.61.670 Driving with wheels off roadway.It shall be unlawful to operate or drive any vehicle or combination of vehicles over or along any pavement or gravel or crushed rock surface on a public highway with one wheel or all of the wheels off the roadway thereof, except as permitted by RCW 46.61.428 or for the purpose of stopping off such roadway, or having stopped thereat, for proceeding back onto the pavement, gravel or crushed rock surface thereof.[ 1977 ex.s. c 39 § 2; 1961 c 12 § 46.56.130. Prior: 1937 c 189 § 96; RRS § 6360-96. Formerly RCW 46.56.130.]
WA Rev Code § 46.61.672 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 46 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 46.61 - Rules of the Road.|46.61.672 - Using a personal electronic device while driving.

RCW 46.61.672 Using a personal electronic device while driving.(1) A person who uses a personal electronic device while driving a motor vehicle on a public highway is guilty of a traffic infraction and must pay a fine as provided in RCW 46.63.110(3).(2) Subsection (1) of this section does not apply to:(a) A driver who is using a personal electronic device to contact emergency services;(b) The use of a system by a transit system employee for time-sensitive relay communication between the transit system employee and the transit system's dispatch services;(c) An individual employed as a commercial motor vehicle driver who uses a personal electronic device within the scope of such individual's employment if such use is permitted under 49 U.S.C. Sec. 31136 as it existed on July 23, 2017; and(d) A person operating an authorized emergency vehicle.(3) The state preempts the field of regulating the use of personal electronic devices in motor vehicles while driving, and this section supersedes any local laws, ordinances, orders, rules, or regulations enacted by any political subdivision or municipality to regulate the use of a personal electronic device by the operator of a motor vehicle.(4) A second or subsequent offense under this section is subject to two times the penalty amount under RCW 46.63.110.(5) For purposes of this section:(a) "Driving" means to operate a motor vehicle on a public highway, including while temporarily stationary because of traffic, a traffic control device, or other momentary delays. "Driving" does not include when the vehicle has pulled over to the side of, or off of, an active roadway and has stopped in a location where it can safely remain stationary.(b) "Personal electronic device" means any portable electronic device that is capable of wireless communication or electronic data retrieval and is not manufactured primarily for hands-free use in a motor vehicle. "Personal electronic device" includes, but is not limited to, a cell phone, tablet, laptop, two-way messaging device, or electronic game. "Personal electronic device" does not include two-way radio, citizens band radio, or amateur radio equipment.(c) "Use" or "uses" means:(i) Holding a personal electronic device in either hand or both hands;(ii) Using your hand or finger to compose, send, read, view, access, browse, transmit, save, or retrieve email, text messages, instant messages, photographs, or other electronic data; however, this does not preclude the minimal use of a finger to activate, deactivate, or initiate a function of the device;(iii) Watching video on a personal electronic device.[ 2017 c 334 § 1.]
WA Rev Code § 46.61.673 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 46 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 46.61 - Rules of the Road.|46.61.673 - Dangerously distracted driving.

RCW 46.61.673 Dangerously distracted driving.(1)(a) It is a traffic infraction to drive dangerously distracted. Any driver who commits this infraction must be assessed a base penalty of thirty dollars.(b) Enforcement of the infraction of driving dangerously distracted may be accomplished only as a secondary action when a driver of a motor vehicle has been detained for a suspected violation of a separate traffic infraction or an equivalent local ordinance.(c) For the purposes of this section, "dangerously distracted" means a person who engages in any activity not related to the actual operation of a motor vehicle in a manner that interferes with the safe operation of such motor vehicle on any highway.(2) The additional monetary penalty imposed under this section must be deposited into the distracted driving prevention account created in subsection (3) of this section.(3) The distracted driving prevention account is created in the state treasury. All receipts from the base penalty in subsection (1) of this section must be deposited into the account. Moneys in the account may be spent only after appropriation. Expenditures from the account may be used only to support programs dedicated to reducing distracted driving and improving driver education on distracted driving.[ 2017 c 334 § 3.]
WA Rev Code § 46.61.675 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 46 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 46.61 - Rules of the Road.|46.61.675 - Causing or permitting vehicle to be unlawfully operated.

RCW 46.61.675 Causing or permitting vehicle to be unlawfully operated.It shall be unlawful for the owner, or any other person, in employing or otherwise directing the operator of any vehicle to require or knowingly to permit the operation of such vehicle upon any public highway in any manner contrary to the law.[ 1961 c 12 § 46.56.200. Prior: 1937 c 189 § 148; RRS § 6360-148. Formerly RCW 46.56.200.]
WA Rev Code § 46.61.680 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 46 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 46.61 - Rules of the Road.|46.61.680 - Lowering passenger vehicle below legal clearance—Penalty.

RCW 46.61.680 Lowering passenger vehicle below legal clearance—Penalty.It is unlawful to operate any passenger motor vehicle which has been modified from the original design so that any portion of such passenger vehicle other than the wheels has less clearance from the surface of a level roadway than the clearance between the roadway and the lowermost portion of any rim of any wheel the tire on which is in contact with such roadway.Violation of the provisions of this section is a traffic infraction.[ 1979 ex.s. c 136 § 90; 1961 c 151 § 1. Formerly RCW 46.56.220.]NOTES:Effective date—Severability—1979 ex.s. c 136: See notes following RCW 46.63.010.
WA Rev Code § 46.61.685 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 46 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 46.61 - Rules of the Road.|46.61.685 - Leaving children unattended in standing vehicle with motor running—Penalty.

RCW 46.61.685 Leaving children unattended in standing vehicle with motor running—Penalty.(1) It is unlawful for any person, while operating or in charge of a vehicle, to park or willfully allow such vehicle to stand upon a public highway or in a public place with its motor running, leaving a minor child or children under the age of sixteen years unattended in the vehicle.(2) Any person violating this section is guilty of a misdemeanor. Upon a second or subsequent conviction for a violation of this section, the department shall revoke the operator's license of such person.[ 2003 c 53 § 246; 1990 c 250 § 57; 1961 c 151 § 2. Formerly RCW 46.56.230.]NOTES:Rules of court: Bail in criminal traffic offense cases—Mandatory appearance—CrRLJ 3.2.Intent—Effective date—2003 c 53: See notes following RCW 2.48.180.Leaving children unattended in parked automobile while entering tavern, etc.: RCW 9.91.060.
WA Rev Code § 46.61.6871 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 46 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 46.61 - Rules of the Road.|46.61.6871 - Child passenger safety technician—Immunity.

RCW 46.61.6871 Child passenger safety technician—Immunity.A person who has a current national certification as a child passenger safety technician and who in good faith provides inspection, adjustment, or educational services regarding child passenger restraint systems is not liable for civil damages resulting from any act or omission in providing the services, other than acts or omissions constituting gross negligence or willful or wanton misconduct.[ 2005 c 132 § 2.]
WA Rev Code § 46.61.6885 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 46 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 46.61 - Rules of the Road.|46.61.6885 - Child restraints, seat belts—Educational campaign.

RCW 46.61.6885 Child restraints, seat belts—Educational campaign.The traffic safety commission shall conduct an educational campaign using all available methods to raise public awareness of the importance of properly restraining child passengers and the value of seat belts to adult motorists. The traffic safety commission shall report to the transportation committees of the legislature on the campaign and results observed on the highways. The first report is due December 1, 2000, and annually thereafter.[ 2000 c 190 § 4.]NOTES:Intent—Short title—Effective date—2000 c 190: See notes following RCW 46.61.687.
WA Rev Code § 46.61.690 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 46 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 46.61 - Rules of the Road.|46.61.690 - Violations relating to toll facilities—Exception.

RCW 46.61.690 Violations relating to toll facilities—Exception.(1) Any person who uses a toll bridge, toll tunnel, toll road, or toll ferry, and the approaches thereto, operated by the state of Washington, the department of transportation, a political subdivision or municipal corporation empowered to operate toll facilities, or an entity operating a toll facility under a contract with the department of transportation, a political subdivision, or municipal corporation, at the entrance to which appropriate signs have been erected to notify both pedestrian and vehicular traffic that it is entering a toll facility or its approaches and is subject to the payment of tolls at the designated station for collecting tolls, commits a traffic infraction if:(a) The person does not pay, refuses to pay, evades, or attempts to evade the payment of such tolls, or uses or attempts to use any spurious, counterfeit, or stolen ticket, coupon, token, or electronic device for payment of any such tolls;(b) The person turns, or attempts to turn, the vehicle around in the bridge, tunnel, loading terminal, approach, or toll plaza where signs have been erected forbidding such turns;(c) The person refuses to move a vehicle through the toll facility after having come within the area where signs have been erected notifying traffic that it is entering the area where toll is collectible or where vehicles may not turn around and where vehicles are required to pass through the toll facility for the purpose of collecting tolls; or(d) The driver of the vehicle displays any vehicle license number plate or plates that have been, in any manner, changed, altered, obscured, or disfigured, or have become illegible.(2) Subsection (1)(a) of this section does not apply to toll nonpayment detected through the use of photo toll systems under RCW 46.63.160.[ 2010 c 249 § 9; 2004 c 231 § 1; 1983 c 247 § 1; 1979 ex.s. c 136 § 91; 1961 c 259 § 1. Formerly RCW 46.56.240.]NOTES:Contingent effective date—2010 c 249: See note following RCW 47.56.795.Effective date—Severability—1979 ex.s. c 136: See notes following RCW 46.63.010.Severability—1961 c 259: "If any provision of this act, or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of the act, or the application of the provision to other persons or circumstances is not affected." [ 1961 c 259 § 2.]
WA Rev Code § 46.61.700 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 46 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 46.61 - Rules of the Road.|46.61.700 - Parent or guardian shall not authorize or permit violation by a child or ward.

RCW 46.61.700 Parent or guardian shall not authorize or permit violation by a child or ward.The parent of any child and the guardian of any ward shall not authorize or knowingly permit any such child or ward to violate any of the provisions of this chapter.[ 1965 ex.s. c 155 § 78.]NOTES:Reviser's note: This section was enacted just before sections about the operation of bicycles and play vehicles and was accordingly so codified in 1965. Other sections enacted later have been codified under the numbers remaining between RCW 46.61.700 and 46.61.750. The section appears in the Uniform Vehicle Code (1962) as part of the first section of Article XII—Operation of Bicycles and Play Vehicles.Unlawful to allow unauthorized child or ward to drive: RCW 46.20.024.
WA Rev Code § 46.61.705 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 46 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 46.61 - Rules of the Road.|46.61.705 - Off-road motorcycles.

RCW 46.61.705 Off-road motorcycles.(1) A person may operate an off-road motorcycle upon a public road, street, or highway of this state if the person:(a) Files a motorcycle highway use declaration, as provided under RCW 46.16A.435, with the department certifying conformance with all applicable federal motor vehicle safety standards and state standards;(b) Obtains and has in full force and effect a current and proper ORV registration or temporary ORV use permit under chapter 46.09 RCW; and(c) Obtains a valid driver's license and motorcycle endorsement issued to Washington residents in compliance with chapter 46.20 RCW for a motorcycle.(2) Any off-road motorcycle operated under this section must have:(a) A head lamp meeting the requirements of RCW 46.37.523 and 46.37.524, and used in accordance with RCW 46.37.522;(b) A tail lamp meeting the requirements of RCW 46.37.525;(c) A stop lamp meeting the requirements of RCW 46.37.525;(d) Reflectors meeting the requirements of RCW 46.37.525;(e) Brakes meeting the requirements of RCW 46.37.527, 46.37.528, and 46.37.529;(f) A mirror on both the left and right handlebar meeting the requirements of RCW 46.37.530;(g) A windshield meeting the requirements of RCW 46.37.530, unless the driver wears glasses, goggles, or a face shield while operating the motorcycle, of a type conforming to rules adopted by the state patrol;(h) A horn or warning device meeting the requirements of RCW 46.37.380;(i) Tires meeting the requirements of RCW 46.37.420 and 46.37.425;(j) Turn signals meeting the requirements of RCW 46.37.200; and(k) Fenders adequate for minimizing the spray or splash of water, rocks, or mud from the roadway. Fenders must be as wide as the tires behind which they are mounted and extend downward at least half way to the center of the axle.(3) Every person operating an off-road motorcycle under this section is granted all rights and is subject to all duties applicable to the driver of a motorcycle under RCW 46.37.530 and chapter 46.61 RCW.(4) Any person who violates this section commits a traffic infraction.(5) Accidents must be recorded and tracked in compliance with chapter 46.52 RCW. An accident report must indicate and be tracked separately when any of the vehicles involved are an off-road motorcycle.[ 2011 c 121 § 2.]NOTES:Effective date—2011 c 121: See note following RCW 46.04.363.
WA Rev Code § 46.61.708 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 46 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 46.61 - Rules of the Road.|46.61.708 - Motorcycles previously converted as snow bikes.

RCW 46.61.708 Motorcycles previously converted as snow bikes.A person may operate a motorcycle, that previously had been converted to a snow bike, upon a public road, street, or highway of this state if:(1) The person files a motorcycle highway use declaration, as provided under RCW 46.16A.460, with the department certifying conformance with all applicable federal motor vehicle safety standards and state standards while in use as a motorcycle upon public roads, streets, or highways;(2) The person obtains a valid driver's license and motorcycle endorsement issued to Washington residents in compliance with chapter 46.20 RCW for a motorcycle; and(3) The motorcycle conforms to all applicable federal motor vehicle safety standards and state standards.[ 2019 c 262 § 3.]NOTES:Effective date—2019 c 262: See note following RCW 46.16A.460.