There is a thread similar to this in the Cali forums, so I thought I'd start one here, too...


Below is a directory of selected RCW and WAC links for operating motor vehicles.

If you do not see a specific topic that you are looking for, please refer to Chapter 46.61 RCW.

• Alcoholic beverages: RCW 46.61.519
• Attachment of plates to vehicles: RCW 46.16.240
• Cell phones – Hands Free Law: RCW 46.61.667
• Child passenger restraints and penalties: RCW 46.61.687
• Children unattended in vehicle when running: RCW 46.61.685
• Disabled Parking Restrictions: RCW 46.19.050
• Dropping load and other materials – Covering: RCW 46.61.655
• DUI – Impaired Driving: RCW 46.61.502
• HOV Lanes (high-occupancy vehicle): RCW 46.61.165
• Minimum speed – Passing slow vehicles: RCW 46.61.425
• Mopeds, EPAMDs, and motorized scooters: RCW 46.61.710
• Motorcycles – Operating on roadways: RCW 46.61.608
• Motorcycles – Riding on motorcycles: RCW 46.61.610
• Racing vehicles and reckless driving: RCW 46.61.530
• Refusal to cooperate with officers – Penalty: RCW 46.61.020
• Roadway construction zones: RCW 46.61.527
• Seat belt requirements and penalties: RCW 46.61.688
• Speed traps defined – Certain types permitted: RCW 46.61.470
• Speeding and maximum speed limits: RCW 46.61.400
• Texting while driving – RCW 46.61.668
• Trailers - Riding in trailers or towed vehicles: RCW 46.61.625
• Unattended motor vehicle – Removal: RCW 46.61.590
  
  Other Regulations and Law Links:
  • Auto Insurance: Mandatory Auto Insurance Law
  • Child Restraint Law: The Anton Skeen Act
  • Concealed Weapons: AGO - Concealed Weapons
  • Emergency Zone Law: 46.61.212 RCW
  • Emissions inspection - Motor vehicles: Chapter 173-422 WAC
  • Firearms and Dangerous Weapons: Chapter 9.41 RCW
  • Keep right except when passing, etc: RCW 46.61.100
  • Lemon Law – Motor Vehicles: LemonLaw
  • Loud Exhaust, mufflers, smoke: 46.37.390 RCW
  • Motor vehicle excise tax: Chapter 308-57 WAC
  • Off-road and non-highway vehicles: Chapter 46.09 RCW
  • Operation of vehicles on approach of emergency vehicles: 46.61.210 RCW
  • Prohibited Lighting Equipment:Section 204-21-230 WAC
  • Towing and impoundment: Chapter 46.55 RCW
  • Vehicle ownership and registration: Chapter 46.12 RCW
  • Vehicle licenses: Chapter 46.16 RCW
  • Vehicle lighting and other equipment: Chapter 46.37 RCW
  • Vehicle size, weight and load: Chapter 46.44 RCW

If you have more that you would like to add, feel free to provide the links below.

Tom

 

Yeah this is very useful Tomas. most people don't know these rules. thanks

 

The most important rule, IMHO:

• Keep right except when passing, etc: RCW 46.61.100

[Added to first post list. --Tomas]

 

Agreed. Left lane campers are lame.

 

haha i would rather deal with some old @ss dude in the left lane than some majorly drunk person.....hahahaha

 

Then try to keep up, Pete!

 

what you sayin thomas!!! lol I PITY THE FOO!!!


HAHA JK

 

Just added another to the list: Prohibited Lighting Equipment

 

http://apps.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=46.37.390, loud exhaust,

i got pulled over for this today, first offense for loud exhaust that ive had for two years.
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Yup. Per Washington laws now, the legal limit is no louder than the exhaust system it came with FROM THE FACTORY (this means that a louder exhaust is still unlawful even if sold by Scion/Toyota/TRD and installed by the dealer).

"RCW 46.37.390 (3) No person shall modify the exhaust system of a motor vehicle in a manner which will amplify or increase the noise emitted by the engine of such vehicle above that emitted by the muffler originally installed on the vehicle..."

Added to first post in list. --Tomas

 

and the funny part is we got pulled over by the same trooper....told you he would get ya. lol.

 

TRD is from the factory cops can say whatever like its not legal but it is fought it myself had Toyota write me a letter saying its factory and was dropped in court. Its based on the decimal level of the car.

 

Can WA state vehicle code be enforced with out of state registration, referencing modified exhaust. Just finished 8k mile trip to Alabama to register car, since Al doesn't have these laws.. and was just ticketed for this. Officer stated that active duty military are suspect to local laws.

 

That is why they hang out on the road that leads to the gates. They can just pick out the military with out of state plates. They already know that if you are going on base you've already been briefed on what the state laws are and you are suppose to abide by them. The bases in the distant past were were places of refuge for the speeders, if you can just get to the base before shutting you down. Not anymore, I can't believe you spent that much money in gas just for those plates. There is a reason why everything is bolt-on these days.

Take it from a retired military guy. If you are active duty, go to the self help garage on base and ask the oldest civilian guy working there what you can and can't get away with. They are diehard gear-heads and lead-foots, that still have a license for a reason.

 

What about tinted windows?