WSR 98-23-002
PERMANENT RULES
WASHINGTON STATE PATROL
[Filed November 4, 1998, 1:43 p.m.]
Date of Adoption: October 7, 1998.
Purpose: New chapter 204-46 WAC, Backup alert devices and rear crossview mirrors, 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.
Adopted under notice filed as WSR 98-18-073 on September 1, 1998.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 3, amended 0, repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0.
Effective Date of Rule: Thirty-one days after filing.
November 3, 1998
Annette M. Sandberg
Chief
OTS-2304.2
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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