RCW 46.61.125
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(1)No vehicle shall be driven on the left side of the roadway under the following conditions:
(a)When approaching or upon the crest of a grade or a curve in the highway where the driver's view is obstructed within such distance as to create a hazard in the event other traffic might approach from the opposite direction;
(b)When approaching within one hundred feet of or traversing any intersection or railroad grade crossing;
(c)When the view is obstructed upon approaching within one hundred feet of any bridge, viaduct or tunnel;
(d)When a bicycle or pedestrian is within view of the driver and is approaching from the opposite direction, or is present, in the roadway, shoulder, or bicycle lane within a distance unsafe to the bicyclist or pedestrian due to the width or condition of the roadway, shoulder, or bicycle lane.
(2)The foregoing limitations shall not apply upon a one-way roadway, nor under the conditions described in RCW 46.61.100 (1)(b), nor to the driver of a vehicle turning left into or from an alley, private road or driveway.
[ 2005 c 396 s 3 ; 1972 ex.s. c 33 s 2 ; 1965 ex.s. c 155 s 20 .]
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Rules of court: Monetary penalty schedule — IRLJ 6.2.