BILL REQ. #:  S-4072.1 

Read first time 01/30/14.   Referred to Committee on Transportation.

     AN ACT Relating to pedestrians walking along roadways; and amending RCW 46.61.250.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

Sec. 1   RCW 46.61.250 and 1990 c 241 s 6 are each amended to read as follows:
     (1) Where sidewalks are provided it is unlawful for any pedestrian to walk or otherwise move along and upon an adjacent roadway. Where sidewalks are provided but wheelchair access is not available, ((disabled)) persons with disabilities who require such access may walk or otherwise move along and upon an adjacent roadway until they reach an access point in the sidewalk.
     (2) Where sidewalks are not provided, any pedestrian walking or otherwise moving along and upon a highway shall, when practicable, walk or move only on the left side of the roadway or its shoulder facing traffic which may approach from the opposite direction ((and upon meeting an oncoming vehicle shall move clear of the roadway)).