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                         SENATE BILL 5380

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State of Washington      56th Legislature     1999 Regular Session

By Senators Goings, Benton, Haugen and Costa; by request of Department of Transportation and Washington State Patrol

Read first time 01/21/1999.  Referred to Committee on Transportation.

Requiring stops at intersections with nonfunctioning signal lights.

    AN ACT Relating to requiring stops at intersections with nonfunctioning signal lights; and adding a new section to chapter 46.61 RCW.

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

NEW SECTION. Sec. 1.  A new section is added to chapter 46.61 RCW to read as follows:

    Except when directed to proceed by a flagger, police officer, or fire fighter, the driver of a vehicle approaching an intersection controlled by a traffic control signal that is temporarily without power on all approaches or is not displaying any green, red, or yellow indication to the approach the vehicle is on, shall consider the intersection to be an all-way stop.  After stopping, the driver shall yield the right of way in accordance with RCW 46.61.180(1) and 46.61.185.

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