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Wash. Rev. Code § 46.61.427 (2026)

Slow-moving vehicle to pull off roadway

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On a two-lane highway where passing is unsafe because of traffic in the opposite direction or other conditions, a slow moving vehicle, behind which five or more vehicles are formed in a line, shall turn off the roadway wherever sufficient area for a safe turn-out exists, in order to permit the vehicles following to proceed. As used in this section a slow moving vehicle is one which is proceeding at a rate of speed less than the normal flow of traffic at the particular time and place.
[ 1973 c 88 s 1.]
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1 case, 1974–1974 · leading case: State v. Shoemaker, 522 P.2d 203 (Wash. Ct. App. 1974).
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State v. Shoemaker, 522 P.2d 203 (Wash. Ct. App. 1974). “This incident occurred before the effective date of RCW 46.61.427, which reads as follows: “Slow Moving Vehicle To Pull Off Roadway.”
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