Brief Description: Regulating ferry queues.

Sponsors: Senators Haugen, Swecker and Shin.

Senate Committee on Transportation
House Committee on Transportation

Background: Under current law, blocking a residential driveway is not a violation.

Summary: It is a traffic infraction for a driver of a motor vehicle intending to board a Washington State ferry, other than the Keller Ferry, to: (1) block a residential driveway while waiting to board the ferry; or (2) move in front of another vehicle in a queue already waiting to board the ferry without the authorization of a state ferry system employee. Vehicles qualifying for preferential loading privileges are exempt from these requirements. For a vehicle which moves in front of another vehicle, there is an additional penalty that requires the driver to move his or her vehicle to the end of the ferry queue. Violations of this act are not part of a driver's driving record.

Votes on Final Passage:

Senate      47   0
House      87   11   (House amended)
Senate      43   2   (Senate concurred)

Effective:   July 22, 2007