(1) Preferential right-of-way may be indicated by stop signs or
yield signs as authorized in RCW 47.36.110.
(2) Except when directed to proceed by a duly authorized
flagger, or a police officer, or a firefighter vested by law with
authority to direct, control, or regulate traffic, every driver
of a vehicle approaching a stop sign shall stop at a clearly
marked stop line, but if none, before entering a marked crosswalk
on the near side of the intersection or, if none, then at the
point nearest the intersecting roadway where the driver has a
view of approaching traffic on the intersecting roadway before
entering the roadway, and after having stopped shall yield the
right-of-way to any vehicle in the intersection or approaching on
another roadway so closely as to constitute an immediate hazard
during the time when such driver is moving across or within the
intersection or junction of roadways.
(3) The driver of a vehicle approaching a yield sign shall
in obedience to such sign slow down to a speed reasonable for the
existing conditions and if required for safety to stop, shall
stop at a clearly marked stop line, but if none, before entering
a marked crosswalk on the near side of the intersection or if
none, then at the point nearest the intersecting roadway where
the driver has a view of approaching traffic on the intersecting
roadway before entering the roadway, and then after slowing or
stopping, the driver shall yield the right-of-way to any vehicle
in the intersection or approaching on another roadway so closely
as to constitute an immediate hazard during the time such driver
is moving across or within the intersection or junction of
roadways: PROVIDED, That if such a driver is involved in a
collision with a vehicle in the intersection or junction of
roadways, after driving past a yield sign without stopping, such
collision shall be deemed prima facie evidence of the driver's
failure to yield right-of-way.
[2000 c 239 § 5; 1975 c 62 § 27; 1965 ex.s. c 155 § 30.]
NOTES:
Rules of court: Monetary penalty schedule -- IRLJ 6.2.
Captions not law -- 2000 c 239: See note following RCW 49.17.350.
Severability -- 1975 c 62: See note following RCW 36.75.010.
Stop signs, "Yield" signs -- Duties of persons using highway: RCW 47.36.110.