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RCW 46.61.183 — Nonfunctioning signal lights

Current through 2026 Regular Session

Part of Chapter 46.61: Rules Of The Road, Revised Code of Washington.

Full text of RCW 46.61.183

Statutory text current through the 2026 Regular Session. This publication reproduces the official text of the Revised Code of Washington from the Code Reviser's published files; it is not the official statutes of the State of Washington.

RCW 46.61.183Primary source, current through the 2026 Regular Session
Except when directed to proceed by a flagger, police officer, or firefighter, the driver of a vehicle approaching an intersection controlled by a traffic control signal that is temporarily without power on all approaches or is not displaying any green, red, or yellow indication to the approach the vehicle is on, shall consider the intersection to be an all-way stop. After stopping, the driver shall yield the right-of-way in accordance with RCW 46.61.180(1) and 46.61.185.

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