Revised Code of Washington (RCW) (Last Updated: August 9, 2016) |
Title 46. MOTOR VEHICLES |
Chapter 46.37. Vehicle lighting and other equipment. |
Section 46.37.673. Signal preemption device—Accident—Property damage or less than substantial bodily harm—Penalty.
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- (1) When an accident that results only in injury to property or injury to a person that does not arise to substantial bodily harm as defined in RCW 9A.04.110 occurs as a proximate result of the operation of a signal preemption device which was not authorized in RCW 46.37.670, the driver is guilty of negligently causing an accident by use of a signal preemption device.(2) Negligently causing an accident by use of a signal preemption device is a class C felony punishable under chapter 9A.20 RCW.