Washington Administrative Code › Title 204 - State Patrol (Equipment) (See also Titles 212, 446 and 448) › Chapter 204-21 - Lighting requirements › Section 204-21-020 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
(1) "Agricultural
			 equipment" means any farm vehicle required by
			 RCW
			    46.37.160 to have hazard warning
			 lamps.
(2) "Animal control vehicle"
			 means any vehicle, either publicly or privately owned, which is used primarily
			 for transportation of animals to or from animal shelters, humane society
			 facilities, or veterinary medicine facilities.
(3) "Authorized emergency vehicle" will have
			 the same meaning as
			 RCW
			    46.04.040 except that any vehicle of any
			 federal law enforcement entity will also be considered as an authorized
			 emergency vehicle that need not be classified, registered, or authorized by the
			 patrol.
(4) "C.F.R." means the Code
			 of Federal Regulations.
(5)
			 "Deceleration warning light," excluding stop lamps, means a device that
			 indicates to a following driver the deceleration of the vehicle
			 ahead.
(6) "Electronic light
			 modulation" means the periodic change in intensity of light, controlled by an
			 all electric modulating device in the electrical circuit of the lighting
			 system.
(7) "Electronic modulation"
			 means using one hundred percent electronic circuitry instead of mechanical
			 metallic switches.
(8) "Emergency
			 tow truck" means a motor vehicle that is especially designed and constructed
			 principally for the purpose of recovery and/or towing of disabled, abandoned or
			 damaged vehicles and not otherwise generally used in transporting goods or
			 persons.
(9) "Flashing" means any
			 lamp which emits a beam of light which is broken intermittently and regularly
			 by use of an electronic or electric switch, a rotating reflector, a rotating
			 lamp, or a strobe lamp; or a lamp which emits a steady beam of light which is
			 intermittently and regularly directed away from any viewer by means of a
			 rotating or oscillating reflector or lamp assembly. Flashing lamps are not to
			 be confused with modulated lamps which intermittently and regularly decrease
			 the power to the lamp filament so as to dim the light output but do not cause a
			 total break in the light beam.
(10)
			 "FMVSS" means the Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards  49 Code of Federal
			 Regulations (C.F.R.) Part 571.
(11)
			 "Hazardous materials response team vehicle" means any vehicle either publicly
			 or privately owned which is used for responding to hazardous materials
			 incidents.
(12) "Headlamp flashing
			 system" means an automatic method for controlling the high beams from the
			 headlamps so that they can be alternately flashed in sequence on opposite sides
			 of the front of the vehicle as a warning signal.
(13) "Industrial equipment" means any vehicle
			 which is authorized to use amber lamps under WAC
			 204-21-130 for the purpose of
			 landscaping, construction services, loading, digging, grounds keeping, and
			 highway maintenance.
(14) "Law
			 enforcement agency" means any municipal, port district or tribal police
			 department, county police depart- ment or sheriff's office, the Washington
			 state patrol, or any other state or federal agency which is publicly authorized
			 to carry out law enforcement duties which include the authority to stop and
			 detain motor vehicles on the public highways of this state.
(15) "Law enforcement vehicle" means a
			 publicly owned or leased vehicle operated by a law enforcement agency and which
			 is used for the law enforcement functions of the agency.
(16) "Other construction and maintenance
			 vehicle" means any vehicle owned or operated by a public agency or private
			 company which is in the process of providing highway construction or
			 maintenance services or is working in conjunction with any public
			 utility.
(17) "Oversize unit" means
			 any vehicle towing a load that exceeds legal dimensions which may be equipped
			 with flashing amber lights in addition to any other lights required by
			 law.
(18) "Percent modulation"
			 equals time-weighted power input with modulation to headlamp divided by
			 time-weighted power input without modulation to headlamp times one
			 hundred.
(19) "Pilot car" means any
			 vehicle which is used to provide escort for overlegal size loads upon the
			 roadways of this state.
(20)
			 "Private carrier bus" means every motor vehicle designed for the purpose of
			 carrying passengers (having a seating capacity for eleven or more persons) used
			 regularly to transport persons in furtherance of any organized agricultural,
			 religious or charitable purpose. Such term does not include buses operated by
			 common carriers under a franchise granted by any city or town or the Washington
			 public utilities commission.
(21)
			 "Public utilities vehicle" means any vehicle used for construction, operations,
			 and maintenance, and which is owned or operated by a public or private utility,
			 including, but not limited to, companies providing water, electricity, natural
			 gas, telephone, television cable services, and railroads.
(22) "Rural newspaper carrier vehicle" means
			 any vehicle driven on rural roads by carriers delivering newspapers on their
			 route.
(23) "SAE" means the Society
			 of Automotive Engineers. Copies of SAE Standards are available for review at
			 the Washington State Patrol, P.O. Box 42600, Olympia, WA 98504-2600, and may
			 also be ordered from the Society of Automotive Engineers International, 400
			 Commonwealth Drive, Warrendale, PA 15096-0001.
(24) "Search and rescue team vehicle" means
			 any vehicle either publicly or privately owned which is used for responding to
			 search and rescue situations.
(25)
			 "Signal lamps" means red lamps mounted on the vehicle to be used in conjunction
			 with the "stop signal" when the bus is loading or unloading passengers under
			 certain conditions.
(26) "Tow
			 truck" means any vehicle engaged in removing disabled or abandoned vehicles
			 from the roadway and which is used primarily for that purpose.
Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				     46.37.320 and
				  46.37.005. 10-19-074, §
				  204-21-020, filed 9/16/10, effective 10/17/10; 08-19-104, § 204-21-020,
				  filed 9/17/08, effective 10/18/08.