Public-domain · open source
OpenJurist

RCW 46.61.245

Drivers to exercise care.

Applied in 9 court decisions — leading case 124 Wash. 2d 343 - Wright v. Engum (1994)

Most recently applied in 9 Am. Tribal Law 129 - Socula v. Colville Confederated Tribes (April 2010)

2010 c 242 s 2; 1965 ex.s. c 155 s 36.

How often courts cite this section

1970198019902000201020
citing decisions per year

Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.

(1) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this chapter every driver of a vehicle shall exercise due care to avoid colliding with any pedestrian upon any roadway and shall give warning by sounding the horn when necessary and shall exercise proper precaution upon observing any child or any obviously confused or incapacitated person upon a roadway.

(2)(a) If a person is found to have committed an infraction under this section within a school, playground, or crosswalk speed zone created under RCW 46.61.440, the person must be assessed a monetary penalty equal to twice the penalty assessed under RCW 46.63.110. The penalty may not be waived, reduced, or suspended.

(b) Fifty percent of the moneys collected under this subsection must be deposited into the school zone safety account.

Official source: Washington State Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Washington statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.