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Wash. Rev. Code § 46.61.670 (2026)

Driving with wheels off roadway

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It shall be unlawful to operate or drive any vehicle or combination of vehicles over or along any pavement or gravel or crushed rock surface on a public highway with one wheel or all of the wheels off the roadway thereof, except as permitted by RCW 46.61.428 or for the purpose of stopping off such roadway, or having stopped thereat, for proceeding back onto the pavement, gravel or crushed rock surface thereof.
[ 1977 ex.s. c 39 s 2; 1961 c 12 s 46.56.130. Prior: 1937 c 189 s 96; RRS s 6360-96. Formerly RCW 46.56.130.]
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4 cases, 1972–2018 · leading case: State of Washington v. Erica C. Magallon Alvarez, 430 P.3d 673 (Wash. Ct. App. 2018).
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State of Washington v. Erica C. Magallon Alvarez, 430 P.3d 673 (Wash. Ct. App. 2018). · cites it 20× “Even a minor, momentary violation meets the terms of the statute and can provide a basis for a traffic stop and imposition of an infraction. Erica Alvarez was stopped by a Washington State Patrol trooper after her car wheels briefly traveled over a fog line and onto an area not…”
State Of Washington v. Christi L. Kocher, 199 Wash. App. 336 (Wash. Ct. App. 2017). · cites it 22× “Because RCW 46.61.670 provided authority for the stop under the circumstances of this case, we affirm the decision of the superior court on RALJ review.”
Raybell v. State, 496 P.2d 559 (Wash. Ct. App. 1972). · cites it 3× “This testimony was likewise weakened, however, by the difficulty encountered in precisely determining the distance the vehicle traveled outward before beginning its vertical descent.”
State of Washington v. Jena Dale Brooks (Wash. Ct. App. 2018). · cites it 7× “Brooks’s merger over the highway’s neutral area constituted “driving with wheels off roadway,” in violation of RCW 46.61.670. 2 Ms. Brooks was subsequently convicted of several misdemeanor offenses after a jury trial.”
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