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Code · Washington · Title 46 — Motor Vehicles · Chapter 46.37

RCW 46.37.020

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Every vehicle upon a highway within this state at any time from a half hour after sunset to a half hour before sunrise and at any other time when, due to insufficient light or unfavorable atmospheric conditions, persons and vehicles on the highway are not clearly discernible at a distance of one thousand feet ahead shall display lighted headlights, other lights, and illuminating devices as hereinafter respectively required for different classes of vehicles, subject to exceptions with respect to parked vehicles, and such stop lights, turn signals, and other signaling devices shall be lighted as prescribed for the use of such devices.
[ 1977 ex.s. c 355 s 2 ; 1974 ex.s. c 124 s 2 ; 1963 c 154 s 2 ; 1961 c 12 s 46.37.020 . Prior: 1955 c 269 s 2 ; prior: 1937 c 189 s 14, part; RRS s 6360-14, part; RCW 46.40.010 , part; 1929 c 178 s 2 ; 1927 c 309 s 19 ; 1921 c 96 s 22, part; 1919 c 59 s 10, part; 1917 c 155 s 15, part; 1915 c 142 s 21, part; RRS s 6362-19.]
Notes:
Severability — 1977 ex.s. c 355: See note following RCW 46.37.010 .
Effective date — 1963 c 154: See note following RCW 46.37.010 .
Local twenty-four hour headlight policy: RCW 47.04.180 .
Motorcycles and motor-driven cycles — When headlamps and tail lamps to be lighted: RCW 46.37.522 .
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