RCW 46.61.205 Vehicle entering highway from private road or driveway. (Effective until January 1, 2020.)
The driver of a vehicle about to enter or cross a highway from a private road or driveway shall yield the right-of-way to all vehicles lawfully approaching on said highway.
[ 1990 c 250 § 88; 1965 ex.s. c 155 § 31.]
NOTES:
Rules of court: Monetary penalty schedule—IRLJ 6.2.
RCW 46.61.205
Vehicle entering highway from private road or driveway—Vulnerable users of a public way—Fine. (Effective January 1, 2020.)
(1) The driver of a vehicle about to enter or cross a highway from a private road or driveway shall yield the right-of-way to all vehicles lawfully approaching on said highway.
(2)(a) When right-of-way has not been yielded in accordance with this section to a vehicle that is a vulnerable user of a public way, a driver of a motor vehicle found to be in violation of this section must be assessed an additional fine equal to the base penalty assessed under RCW 46.63.110(3). This fine may not be waived, reduced, or suspended, unless the court finds the offender to be indigent, and is not subject to the additional fees and assessments that the base penalty for this violation is subject to under RCW 2.68.040, 3.62.090, and 46.63.110.
(b) For the purposes of this section, "vulnerable user of a public way" has the same meaning as provided in RCW 46.61.526(11)(c).
(3) The additional fine imposed under subsection (2) of this section must be deposited into the vulnerable roadway user education account created in RCW 46.61.145.
[ 2019 c 403 § 8; 1990 c 250 § 88; 1965 ex.s. c 155 § 31.]
NOTES:
Rules of court: Monetary penalty schedule—IRLJ 6.2.
Finding—Intent—Effective date—2019 c 403: See notes following RCW 46.04.071.
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