Washington

Revised Code of Washington — Title 46, Motor Vehicles

1,677 sections, each with the official text and a plain-English explanation of what it means for you.

• § 46.55.901 — Headings not part of law—1985 c 377
• § 46.55.902 — Effective date—1985 c 377
• § 46.55.910 — Chapter not applicable to certain activities of department of transportation
• § 46.61.005 — Chapter refers to vehicles upon highways—Exceptions
• § 46.61.015 — Obedience to police officers, flaggers, or firefighters—Penalty
• § 46.61.020 — Refusal to give information to or cooperate with officer—Penalty
• § 46.61.021 — Duty to obey law enforcement officer—Authority of officer
• § 46.61.022 — Failure to obey officer—Penalty
• § 46.61.024 — Attempting to elude police vehicle—Defense—License revocation
• § 46.61.025 — Persons riding animals or driving animal-drawn vehicles
• § 46.61.030 — Persons working on highway right-of-way—Exceptions
• § 46.61.035 — Authorized emergency vehicles
• § 46.61.050 — Obedience to and required traffic control devices
• § 46.61.055 — Traffic control signal legend
• § 46.61.060 — Pedestrian control signals—Pedestrians, personal delivery devices
• § 46.61.065 — Flashing signals
• § 46.61.070 — Lane-direction-control signals
• § 46.61.072 — Special traffic control signals—Legend
• § 46.61.075 — Display of unauthorized signs, signals, or markings
• § 46.61.080 — Interference with official traffic-control devices or railroad signs or signals
• § 46.61.085 — Traffic control signals or devices upon city streets forming part of state highways—Approval by department of transportation
• § 46.61.090 — Crash prevention zones
• § 46.61.100 — Keep right except when passing, etc
• § 46.61.105 — Passing vehicles proceeding in opposite directions
• § 46.61.110 — Overtaking on the left—Fine
• § 46.61.115 — When overtaking on the right is permitted
• § 46.61.120 — Limitations on overtaking on the left
• § 46.61.125 — Further limitations on driving to left of center of roadway
• § 46.61.126 — Pedestrians and bicyclists—Legal duties
• § 46.61.130 — No-passing zones
• § 46.61.135 — One-way roadways and rotary traffic islands
• § 46.61.140 — Driving on roadways laned for traffic
• § 46.61.145 — Following too closely—Vulnerable users of a public way—Fine
• § 46.61.150 — Driving on divided highways
• § 46.61.155 — Restricted access
• § 46.61.160 — Restrictions on limited access highway—Use by bicyclists
• § 46.61.165 — High occupancy vehicle lanes—Monetary penalties for traffic infractions—Definition
• § 46.61.180 — Vehicle approaching intersection—Vulnerable users of a public way—Fine
• § 46.61.183 — Nonfunctioning signal lights
• § 46.61.184 — Bicycle, moped, or street legal motorcycle at intersection with inoperative vehicle detection device
• § 46.61.185 — Vehicle turning left—Vulnerable users of a public way—Fine
• § 46.61.190 — Vehicle entering stop or yield intersection—Vulnerable users of a public way—Fine
• § 46.61.195 — Arterial highways designated—Stopping on entering
• § 46.61.197 — Shared streets—Local authority may designate nonarterial highway—Central business district—Pedestrians, bicyclists, operators of micromobility devices—Annual report
• § 46.61.200 — Stop intersections other than arterial may be designated
• § 46.61.202 — Stopping when traffic obstructed
• § 46.61.205 — Vehicle entering highway from private road or driveway—Vulnerable users of a public way—Fine
• § 46.61.210 — Operation of vehicles on approach of emergency vehicles or organ transport vehicles transporting a time urgent organ
• § 46.61.212 — Emergency or work zones—Approaching—Penalty—Violation
• § 46.61.215 — Highway construction and maintenance
• § 46.61.220 — Transit vehicles
• § 46.61.230 — Pedestrians subject to traffic regulations
• § 46.61.235 — Crosswalks
• § 46.61.240 — Crossing at other than crosswalks
• § 46.61.245 — Drivers to exercise care
• § 46.61.250 — Pedestrians on roadways
• § 46.61.255 — Pedestrians soliciting rides or business
• § 46.61.260 — Driving through safety zone prohibited
• § 46.61.261 — Sidewalks, crosswalks—Pedestrians, bicycles, personal delivery devices
• § 46.61.264 — Pedestrians and personal delivery devices yield to emergency vehicles
• § 46.61.266 — Pedestrians under the influence of alcohol or drugs
• § 46.61.269 — Passing beyond bridge or grade crossing barrier prohibited
• § 46.61.275 — Reporting of certain speed zone violations—Subsequent law enforcement investigation
• § 46.61.290 — Required position and method of turning at intersections
• § 46.61.295 — "U" turns
• § 46.61.300 — Starting parked vehicle
• § 46.61.305 — When signals required—Improper use prohibited
• § 46.61.310 — Signals by hand and arm or signal lamps
• § 46.61.315 — Method of giving hand and arm signals
• § 46.61.340 — Approaching railroad grade crossings
• § 46.61.345 — All vehicles must stop at certain railroad grade crossings
• § 46.61.350 — Approaching railroad grade crossings—Specific vehicles—Exceptions—Definition
• § 46.61.355 — Moving heavy equipment at railroad grade crossings—Notice of intended crossing
• § 46.61.365 — Emerging from alley, driveway, or building
• § 46.61.370 — Overtaking or meeting school bus, exceptions—Duties of bus driver—Penalty—Safety cameras
• § 46.61.371 — School bus stop sign violators—Identification by vehicle owner
• § 46.61.372 — School bus stop sign violators—Report by bus driver—Law enforcement investigation
• § 46.61.375 — Overtaking or meeting private carrier bus—Duties of bus driver
• § 46.61.380 — Rules for design, marking, and mode of operating school buses
• § 46.61.385 — School patrol—Appointment—Authority—Finance—Insurance
• § 46.61.400 — Basic rule and maximum limits
• § 46.61.405 — Decreases by secretary of transportation
• § 46.61.410 — Increases by secretary of transportation—Maximum speed limit for trucks—Auto stages—Signs and notices
• § 46.61.415 — When local authorities may establish or alter maximum limits
• § 46.61.419 — Private roads—Speed enforcement
• § 46.61.425 — Minimum speed regulation—Passing slow moving vehicle
• § 46.61.427 — Slow-moving vehicle to pull off roadway
• § 46.61.428 — Slow-moving vehicle driving on shoulders, when
• § 46.61.430 — Authority of secretary of transportation to fix speed limits on limited access facilities exclusive—Local regulations
• § 46.61.435 — Local authorities to provide "stop" or "yield" signs at intersections with increased speed highways—Designated as arterials
• § 46.61.440 — Maximum speed limit when passing school or playground crosswalks—Penalty, disposition of proceeds
• § 46.61.445 — Due care required
• § 46.61.450 — Maximum speed, weight, or size in traversing bridges, elevated structures, tunnels, underpasses—Posting limits
• § 46.61.455 — Vehicles with solid or hollow cushion tires
• § 46.61.460 — Special speed limitation on motor-driven cycle
• § 46.61.465 — Exceeding speed limit evidence of reckless driving
• § 46.61.470 — Speed traps defined, certain types permitted—Measured courses, speed measuring devices, timing from aircraft
• § 46.61.480 — Determination of maximum speed on nonlimited access state highways within tribal reservation boundaries
• § 46.61.500 — Reckless driving—Penalty
• § 46.61.502 — Driving under the influence
• § 46.61.503 — Driver under twenty-one consuming alcohol or cannabis—Penalties
• § 46.61.504 — Physical control of vehicle while under the influence
• § 46.61.5054 — Alcohol violators—Additional fee—Distribution
• § 46.61.5055 — Alcohol and drug violators—Penalty schedule
• § 46.61.5056 — Alcohol and drug violators—Information school—Evaluation and treatment
• § 46.61.50571 — Alcohol or cannabis violators—Mandatory appearances—Electronic monitoring or alcohol abstinence monitoring
• § 46.61.5058 — Alcohol violators—Vehicle seizure and forfeiture
• § 46.61.506 — Persons under influence of intoxicating liquor or drug—Evidence—Tests—Information concerning tests
• § 46.61.5062 — Driving under the influence—Oral fluid roadside test
• § 46.61.507 — Arrest upon driving under the influence or being in physical control of vehicle under the influence, notation required if child is present—Arrest upon drug or alcohol-related driving offense, child protective services notified if child is present and operator is child's parent, guardian, or custodia
• § 46.61.508 — Liability of medical personnel withdrawing blood
• § 46.61.513 — Criminal history and driving record
• § 46.61.5151 — Sentences—Intermittent fulfillment—Restrictions
• § 46.61.5152 — Attendance at program focusing on victims
• § 46.61.516 — Qualified probation department defined
• § 46.61.517 — Refusal of tests—Admissibility as evidence
• § 46.61.519 — Alcoholic beverages—Drinking or open container in vehicle on highway—Exceptions
• § 46.61.5191 — Local ordinances not prohibited
• § 46.61.5195 — Disguising alcoholic beverage container
• § 46.61.520 — Vehicular homicide—Penalty
• § 46.61.522 — Vehicular assault—Penalty
• § 46.61.524 — Vehicular homicide, assault—Revocation of driving privilege—Eligibility for reinstatement
• § 46.61.5249 — Negligent driving—First degree
• § 46.61.525 — Negligent driving—Second degree
• § 46.61.5259 — Negligent driving with a vulnerable user victim—First degree—Penalties—Definitions
• § 46.61.526 — Negligent driving—With a vulnerable user victim—Second degree—Penalties—Definitions
• § 46.61.527 — Roadway construction zones
• § 46.61.530 — Racing of vehicles on highways—Reckless driving—Exception
• § 46.61.535 — Advertising of unlawful speed—Reckless driving
• § 46.61.540 — "Drugs," what included
• § 46.61.560 — Stopping, standing, or parking outside business or residence districts
• § 46.61.570 — Stopping, standing, or parking prohibited in specified places—Reserving portion of highway prohibited
• § 46.61.575 — Additional parking regulations—Motorcycle parking
• § 46.61.577 — Regulations governing parking facilities
• § 46.61.581 — Parking spaces for persons with disabilities—Indication, access—Failure, penalty
• § 46.61.582 — Free parking for persons with disabilities—Exceptions
• § 46.61.583 — Special plate or card issued by another jurisdiction
• § 46.61.585 — Winter recreational parking areas—Special permit required
• § 46.61.587 — Winter recreational parking areas—Penalty
• § 46.61.590 — Unattended motor vehicle—Removal from highway
• § 46.61.600 — Unattended motor vehicle
• § 46.61.605 — Limitations on backing
• § 46.61.606 — Driving on sidewalk prohibited—Exception
• § 46.61.608 — Operating motorcycles on roadways laned for traffic
• § 46.61.610 — Riding on motorcycles
• § 46.61.611 — Motorcycles—Maximum height for handlebars
• § 46.61.612 — Riding on motorcycles—Position of feet
• § 46.61.613 — Motorcycles—Temporary suspension of restrictions for parades or public demonstrations
• § 46.61.614 — Riding on motorcycles—Clinging to other vehicles
• § 46.61.615 — Obstructions to driver's view or driving mechanism
• § 46.61.620 — Opening and closing vehicle doors
• § 46.61.625 — Riding in trailers or towed vehicles
• § 46.61.630 — Coasting prohibited
• § 46.61.635 — Following fire apparatus prohibited
• § 46.61.640 — Crossing fire hose
• § 46.61.645 — Throwing materials on highway prohibited—Removal
• § 46.61.655 — Dropping load, other materials—Covering
• § 46.61.660 — Carrying persons or animals on outside part of vehicle
• § 46.61.665 — Embracing another while driving
• § 46.61.670 — Driving with wheels off roadway
• § 46.61.672 — Using a personal electronic device while driving
• § 46.61.673 — Dangerously distracted driving
• § 46.61.675 — Causing or permitting vehicle to be unlawfully operated
• § 46.61.680 — Lowering passenger vehicle below legal clearance—Penalty
• § 46.61.685 — Leaving children unattended in standing vehicle with motor running—Penalty
• § 46.61.687 — Child restraint system required—Conditions—Exceptions—Penalty for violation—Dismissal—Noncompliance not negligence—Immunity
• § 46.61.6871 — Child passenger safety technician—Immunity
• § 46.61.688 — Safety belts, use required—Penalties—Exemptions
• § 46.61.6885 — Child restraints, seat belts—Educational campaign
• § 46.61.690 — Violations relating to toll facilities—Exception
• § 46.61.700 — Parent or guardian shall not authorize or permit violation by a child or ward
• § 46.61.705 — Off-road motorcycles
• § 46.61.708 — Motorcycles previously converted as snow bikes
• § 46.61.710 — Mopeds, EPAMDs, motorized foot scooters, personal delivery devices, electric-assisted bicycles, class 1 electric-assisted bicycles, class 2 electric-assisted bicycles, class 3 electric-assisted bicycles—General requirements and operation
• § 46.61.715 — Motorized foot scooters and shared scooters—Local authority may regulate—Contracts offered by scooter share programs to scooter share contractors—Written disclosure
• § 46.61.720 — Mopeds—Safety standards
• § 46.61.723 — Medium-speed electric vehicles
• § 46.61.725 — Neighborhood electric vehicles
• § 46.61.730 — Wheelchair conveyances
• § 46.61.733 — Personal delivery device
• § 46.61.734 — Intelligent speed assistance device—Court shall impose use
• § 46.61.735 — Ferry queues—Violations—Exemptions
• § 46.61.740 — Theft of motor vehicle fuel
• § 46.61.745 — Possessing or consuming cannabis in vehicle on highway—Penalty, exceptions—Definition
• § 46.61.747 — Illegal racing—Public education campaigns
• § 46.61.748 — Racing—Impoundment
• § 46.61.750 — Effect of regulations—Penalty
• § 46.61.755 — Traffic laws apply to persons riding bicycles
• § 46.61.758 — Hand signals
• § 46.61.760 — Riding on bicycles
• § 46.61.765 — Clinging to vehicles
• § 46.61.770 — Riding on roadways and bicycle paths
• § 46.61.775 — Carrying articles
• § 46.61.780 — Lamps and other equipment on bicycles
• § 46.61.790 — Intoxicated bicyclists
• § 46.63.010 — Legislative intent
• § 46.63.020 — Violations as traffic infractions—Exceptions
• § 46.63.030 — Notice of traffic infraction—Issuance—Abandoned vehicles
• § 46.63.040 — Jurisdiction of courts—Jurisdiction of college and university governing bodies
• § 46.63.050 — Training of judicial officers