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46.61.405 – Decreases by secretary of transportation.

RCW 46.61.405 Decreases by secretary of transportation. (1) Whenever the secretary of transportation shall determine upon the basis of an engineering and traffic investigation that any maximum speed hereinbefore set forth is greater than is reasonable or safe with respect to a state highway under the conditions found to exist at any intersection or upon […]

46.61.415 – When local authorities may establish or alter maximum limits.

RCW 46.61.415 When local authorities may establish or alter maximum limits. (1) Whenever local authorities in their respective jurisdictions determine on the basis of an engineering and traffic investigation that the maximum speed permitted under RCW 46.61.400 or 46.61.440 is greater or less than is reasonable and safe under the conditions found to exist upon […]

46.61.419 – Private roads—Speed enforcement.

RCW 46.61.419 Private roads—Speed enforcement. State, local, or county law enforcement personnel may enforce speeding violations under RCW 46.61.400 on private roads within a community organized under chapter 64.34, 64.32, or 64.38 RCW if: (1) A majority of the homeowner’s association’s, association of apartment owners’, or condominium association’s board of directors votes to authorize the […]

46.61.425 – Minimum speed regulation—Passing slow moving vehicle.

RCW 46.61.425 Minimum speed regulation—Passing slow moving vehicle. (1) No person shall drive a motor vehicle at such a slow speed as to impede the normal and reasonable movement of traffic except when reduced speed is necessary for safe operation or in compliance with law: PROVIDED, That a person following a vehicle driving at less […]

46.61.427 – Slow-moving vehicle to pull off roadway.

RCW 46.61.427 Slow-moving vehicle to pull off roadway. On a two-lane highway where passing is unsafe because of traffic in the opposite direction or other conditions, a slow moving vehicle, behind which five or more vehicles are formed in a line, shall turn off the roadway wherever sufficient area for a safe turn-out exists, in […]

46.61.428 – Slow-moving vehicle driving on shoulders, when.

RCW 46.61.428 Slow-moving vehicle driving on shoulders, when. (1) The state department of transportation and local authorities are authorized to determine those portions of any two-lane highways under their respective jurisdictions on which drivers of slow-moving vehicles may safely drive onto improved shoulders for the purpose of allowing overtaking vehicles to pass and may by […]

46.61.430 – Authority of secretary of transportation to fix speed limits on limited access facilities exclusive—Local regulations.

RCW 46.61.430 Authority of secretary of transportation to fix speed limits on limited access facilities exclusive—Local regulations. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary or inconsistent herewith, the secretary of transportation shall have the power and the duty to fix and regulate the speed of vehicles within the maximum speed limit allowed by law for state […]