HOUSE BILL REPORT
EHB 1107
As Passed House
March 13, 1993
Title: An act relating to right of way for transit vehicles.
Brief Description: Requiring yielding right of way to buses.
Sponsors: Representatives R. Fisher and Jacobsen.
Brief History:
Reported by House Committee on:
Transportation, February 4, 1993, DPA;
Passed House, March 13, 1993, 97-0.
HOUSE COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION
Majority Report: Do pass as amended. Signed by 24 members: Representatives R. Fisher, Chair; Brown, Vice Chair; Jones, Vice Chair; Schmidt, Ranking Minority Member; Mielke, Assistant Ranking Minority Member; Brough; Brumsickle; Cothern; Eide; Finkbeiner; Forner; Fuhrman; Hansen; Heavey; Horn; Johanson; J. Kohl; H. Myers; Orr; Quall; Sheldon; Shin; Wood; and Zellinsky.
Staff: Jeff Doyle (786-7322).
Background: Automobiles are not required to yield the right of way to transit vehicles.
Summary of Bill: The driver of a vehicle must yield the right of way to a transit vehicle traveling in the same direction that has signaled and is attempting to reenter the flow of traffic.
Fiscal Note: Not requested.
Effective Date: Ninety days after adjournment of session in which bill is passed.
Testimony For: Buses are allowed to reenter the traffic flow after stopping to drop off and pick up passengers.
Testimony Against: None.
Witnesses: Steve Ross, Amalgamated Transit Union (with concerns); Dan Snow, Washington State Transit Association (with concerns); and Rick Jensen, Washington State Patrol (with concerns).