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SENATE BILL 5502
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State of Washington 54th Legislature 1995 Regular Session
By Senators Rinehart, Owen, Prince and Fairley
Read first time 01/25/95. Referred to Committee on Transportation.
AN ACT Relating to service and delivery vehicles; amending RCW 46.37.400; and adding a new section to chapter 46.37 RCW.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec. 1. RCW 46.37.400 and 1977 ex.s. c 355 s 34 are each amended to read as follows:
(1) Every motor vehicle shall be equipped with a mirror mounted on the left side of the vehicle and so located to reflect to the driver a view of the highway for a distance of at least two hundred feet to the rear of such vehicle.
(2) Every motor vehicle shall be equipped with an additional mirror mounted either inside the vehicle approximately in the center or outside the vehicle on the right side and so located as to reflect to the driver a view of the highway for a distance of at least two hundred feet to the rear of such vehicle.
(3) Every motor vehicle used in the service and delivery of goods and services in an area with a high volume of pedestrian activity shall be equipped with an additional mirror mounted on the left side of the vehicle and so located as to reflect to the driver a view of the highway that is not visible in the mirror required in subsection (1) of this section.
(4) All mirrors required by this section shall be maintained in good condition.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 2. A new section is added to chapter 46.37 RCW to read as follows:
Every motor vehicle used in the service and delivery of goods and services in an area with a high volume of pedestrian activity must be equipped with an audible warning device at the operator's station that has a reverse signal alarm audible above the surrounding noise level. The driver of a vehicle equipped with an audible warning device must activate the device before placing the vehicle in reverse.
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