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Wash. Rev. Code § 46.37.230 (2026)

Use of multiple-beam road-lighting equipment

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(1) Whenever a motor vehicle is being operated on a roadway or shoulder adjacent thereto during the times specified in RCW 46.37.020, the driver shall use a distribution of light, or composite beam, directed high enough and of sufficient intensity to reveal persons and vehicles at a safe distance in advance of the vehicle, subject to the following requirements and limitations:
(2) Whenever a driver of a vehicle approaches an oncoming vehicle within five hundred feet, such driver shall use a distribution of light, or composite beam, so aimed that the glaring rays are not projected into the eyes of the oncoming driver. The lowermost distribution of light, or composite beam, specified in RCW 46.37.220(2) shall be deemed to avoid glare at all times, regardless of road contour and loading.
(3) Whenever the driver of a vehicle approaches another vehicle from the rear within three hundred feet such driver shall use a distribution of light permissible under this chapter other than the uppermost distribution of light specified in RCW 46.37.220(1).
[ 1963 c 154 s 17; 1961 c 12 s 46.37.230. Prior: 1955 c 269 s 23; prior: 1947 c 267 s 5, part; Rem. Supp. 1947 s 6360-25a, part; RCW 46.40.140, part; 1933 c 156 s 3, part; 1929 c 178 s 5, part; 1927 c 309 s 22, part; RRS s 6362-22, part.]

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Effective date—1963 c 154: See note following RCW 46.37.010.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1964–2022 · leading case: State v. L. Gardner, 2022 MT 3 (Mont. 2022).
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State v. L. Gardner, 2022 MT 3 (Mont. 2022). “2-1034 (2021); Wash. Rev. Code § 46.37.230 (2021); W. Va.”
Sanders v. Crimmins, 388 P.2d 913 (Wash. 1964). “RCW 46.37.230), prescribe the use and intensity of headlights in conformity with Laws of 1955, chapter 269, § 2, p.”
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