Other LanguagesEmbracing and racing are defined as reckless driving and the statutory provisions requiring suspension of operator's license and the furnishing of financial responsibility before reinstatement are applicable.
Operators of motorcycles and farm tractors operated on the public highways are subject to the Financial Responsibility Act (chapters 46.24 and 46.28 RCW) since the definition of motor vehicles contained in said act (RCW 46.24.010 as derived from § 4 (b), chapter 158, Laws of 1939) and not the definition contained in RCW 46.04.320 (1955 Supp.) defines the motor vehicles to which it is applicable.
Any vehicle, eligible to be operated on the public highways, whether or not it may be a motor vehicle, may be licensed, but it must meet the statutory requirements applicable to the use and operation of such vehicles while on the highways, not as a requirement for licensing but as a requirement for operation.
There is no statutory crime in merely being an intoxicated passenger in a private car which is parked or operated on a public highway. Facts and circumstances, however, such as obscenity or disturbance of the public peace would bring the passenger within the purview of the prohibition of being intoxicated in a public place.
The poundage over that for which the vehicle was licensed, rather than the poundage over the maximum for which the vehicle was designed or could be licensed under the law, determines excess weight as provided in RCW 46.44.
Conversion trucks, equipped to use either gasoline or propane fuel, must carry "DT" or "diesel truck" license plates, issued pursuant to RCW 46.16.074, which imposes a 25% higher fee than that required for trucks propelled solely by gasoline.