WSR 98-18-073

PROPOSED RULES

WASHINGTON STATE PATROL

[Filed September 1, 1998, 8:20 a.m.]

Original Notice.

Preproposal statement of inquiry was filed as WSR 98-14-049.

Title of Rule: New chapter 204-46 WAC, Backup alert devices and rear crossview mirrors.

Purpose: To establish acceptable standards for backup alert devices and crossview mirrors to ensure drivers of trucks with cube-style walk-in cargo boxes will be able to detect objects or persons behind them.

Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 46.37.005 and 46.37.400.

Summary: The 1998 legislature amended RCW 46.37.400, to require backup alert devices on specified delivery trucks. This new WAC establishes state-wide standards for those devices.

Reasons Supporting Proposal: Session laws of 1998.

Name of Agency Personnel Responsible for Drafting: Ms. Carol Morton, P.O. Box 42635, (360) 412-8934; Implementation and Enforcement: Captain G. Marshall Pugh, P.O. Box 42614, (360) 753-5299.

Name of Proponent: Washington State Patrol, governmental.

Rule is not necessitated by federal law, federal or state court decision.

Explanation of Rule, its Purpose, and Anticipated Effects: This rule will establish acceptable state-wide standards for backup alert devices and rear crossview mirrors.

Proposal does not change existing rules.

No small business economic impact statement has been prepared under chapter 19.85 RCW.

RCW 34.05.328 does not apply to this rule adoption.

Hearing Location: Washington State Patrol, Commercial Vehicle Conference Room, Ground Floor, General Administration Building, Olympia, Washington 98504, on October 6, 1998, at 10 a.m.

Assistance for Persons with Disabilities: Contact Ms. Kendra Hensley by October 1, 1998, (360) 753-0678.

Submit Written Comments to: Ms. Carol Morton, P.O. Box 42635, Olympia, WA 98504-2635, fax (360) 493-9090, by October 1, 1998.

Date of Intended Adoption: October 7, 1998.

August 25, 1998

Annette M. Sandberg

Chief

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Chapter 204-46 WAC

BACKUP ALERT DEVICES AND REAR CROSSVIEW MIRRORS

NEW SECTION

WAC 204-46-010  Promulgation. By authority of RCW 46.37.005 and 46.37.400 the Washington state patrol hereby adopts the following rules pertaining to backup alert devices and crossview mirrors.

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NEW SECTION

WAC 204-46-020  Backup alert devices. Backup alert devices means any type of motion detection device, laser device, camera, or television device mounted on a truck with a cube-style, walk-in cargo box up to eighteen feet long, which will warn the driver of the detection of a person or object at a minimum of six feet to the rear of the vehicle and also encompass the width of the rear of the vehicle.

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NEW SECTION

WAC 204-46-030  Rear crossview mirrors. Rear crossview mirrors mean any type of mirrors which, when mounted, will allow the driver of a truck with a cube-style, walk-in cargo box up to eighteen feet long, to view a minimum distance of six feet to the rear and encompass the width of the rear of the vehicle in order to be able to detect an object or person. These crossview mirrors shall be installed in a manner that will satisfy the above requirements.

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