The drawbar or other connection between vehicles in combination shall be of sufficient strength to hold the weight of the towed vehicle on any grade where operated. No trailer shall whip, weave or oscillate or fail to follow substantially in the course of the towing vehicle. When a disabled vehicle is being towed by means of bar, chain, rope, cable or similar means and the distance between the towed vehicle and the towing vehicle exceeds fifteen feet there shall be fastened on such connection in approximately the center thereof a white flag or cloth not less than twelve inches square.
RCW 46.44.070
Drawbar requirements—Trailer whipping or weaving—Towing flag.
Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case 81 Wash. 2d 448 - Siegler v. Kuhlman (1972)
Most recently applied in 34 Wash. App. 687 - Solomonson v. Melling (May 1983)
1961 c 12 s 46.44.070
Official source: Washington State Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Washington statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.