RCW 46.61.625
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(1)No person or persons shall occupy any trailer while it is being moved upon a public highway, except a person occupying a proper position for steering a trailer designed to be steered from a rear-end position.
(2)Except as provided in subsection
(3)of this section, no person or persons may occupy a vehicle while it is being towed by a tow truck as defined in RCW 46.55.010 .
(3)(a) A tow truck operator may allow passengers to ride in a vehicle that is carried on the deck of a flatbed tow truck only when the following conditions are met:
(i)The number of people that need to be transported exceeds the seating capacity of the tow truck or a person needing to be transported has a disability that limits that person's ability to enter the tow truck;
(ii)All passengers in the carried vehicle and in the tow truck comply with RCW 46.61.687 and 46.61.688 ;
(iii)Any passenger under sixteen years of age is accompanied by an adult riding in the same vehicle; and
(iv)There is a way for the passengers in the carried vehicle to immediately communicate, either verbally, audibly, or visually, with the tow truck operator in case of an emergency.
(b)No passenger of such a carried vehicle may exit the carried vehicle, ride outside of the passenger compartment of the carried vehicle, or exhibit dangerous or distracting behaviors while in the carried vehicle.
[ 2013 c 155 s 1 ; 1999 c 398 s 9 ; 1995 c 360 s 10 ; 1965 ex.s. c 155 s 73 .]