6569-S AMH TR H5947.1

SSB 6569  - H COMM AMD
     By Committee on Transportation

     Strike everything after the enacting clause and insert the following:

"Sec. 1   RCW 46.61.560 and 1991 c 319 s 408 are each amended to read as follows:
     (1) Outside of incorporated cities and towns no person may stop, park, or leave standing any vehicle, whether attended or unattended, upon the roadway.
     (2) Subsection (1) of this section and RCW 46.61.570 and 46.61.575 do not apply to the driver of any vehicle that is disabled in such manner and to such extent that it is impossible to avoid stopping and temporarily leaving the vehicle in such position. The driver shall nonetheless arrange for the prompt removal of the vehicle as required by RCW 46.61.590.
     (3) Subsection (1) of this section does not apply to the driver of a public transit vehicle who temporarily stops the vehicle upon the roadway for the purpose of and while actually engaged in receiving or discharging passengers at a marked transit vehicle stop zone approved by the state department of transportation or a county upon highways under their respective jurisdictions. However, public transportation service providers, including private, nonprofit transportation providers regulated under chapter 81.66 RCW, may allow the driver of a transit vehicle to stop upon the roadway momentarily to receive or discharge passengers at an unmarked stop zone only under the following circumstances: (a) The driver activates four-way flashing lights; (b) the driver stops at a portion of the state highway where the posted speed limit is forty miles per hour or less; and (c) the driver stops at a portion of the highway that the driver has determined has an unobstructed view, for an adequate distance so as to not create a hazard, for other drivers who might approach from the same direction.
     (4) Subsection (1) of this section and RCW 46.61.570 and 46.61.575 do not apply to the driver of a solid waste collection company or recycling company vehicle who temporarily stops the vehicle as close as practical to the right edge of the right-hand shoulder of the roadway or right edge of the roadway if no shoulder exists for the purpose of and while actually engaged in the collection of solid waste or recyclables, or both, under chapters 81.77, 35.21, and 35A.21 RCW or by contract under RCW ((36.58.030 [36.58.040])) 36.58.040."

     Correct the title.

EFFECT:  (1) Removes the requirement that a driver for a transportation service provider stop a transit vehicle as far to the right hand side of the roadway as is practicable when receiving or discharging passengers.
     (2) Adds a requirement that the posted speed limit be forty miles per hour or less at the location where the driver of a transit vehicle is receiving or discharging passengers.
     (3) Adds a requirement that the driver determine that the portion of the highway on which the driver stops the vehicle has an adequately unobstructed view.

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