HB 2564 - DIGEST
(DIGEST AS ENACTED)

Finds that it is the policy of the state of Washington to encourage the safe and efficient use of the roads by all citizens, regardless of mode of transportation. Driver training programs should enhance the driver training curriculum in order to emphasize the importance of safely sharing the road with bicyclists and pedestrians.

Requires that the basic minimum required curriculum shall include information on bicycle and pedestrian safety, to ensure that operators of motor vehicles have been instructed in the importance of safely sharing the road with bicyclists and pedestrians.

Provides that the superintendent of public instruction shall require that information on driving safely among bicyclists and pedestrians, approved by the director of the department of licensing, be included in instructional material used in traffic safety education courses.