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Washington State DUI laws are among the strictest in the nation. Like most states, the legal limit is .08% but the reading is produced by testing breath alcohol, not blood alcohol. Breath alcohol does not impair a driver; it is only alcohol in the blood that impairs a driver. Thus, a blood test would be [...]

Businesswire.com recently reported that a company is developing technology that detects a person’s alcohol level by measuring having the subject place a finger on a device known as the TruTouch 2000.  The device was announced as being aimed at industry and at law enforcement such as Washington state DUI squads for use in DUI trials. There, accurate measurement [...]

Recently the Washington State Supreme Court answered this hypothetical question in State v. King. In State v. King the Washington State Supreme Court framed the issue as follows:
We must decide whether a police officer had the authority to arrest a motorcyclist for reckless driving outside the officer’s jurisdiction…….
The facts in State v. King were [...]

Under Washington law negligent driving can be a crime or a civil infraction.

Negligent driving in the first degree is defined by RCW 46.61.5249, which states:

(1)(a) A person is guilty of negligent driving in the first degree if he or she operates a motor vehicle in a manner that is both negligent and endangers or is [...]

Under Washington law physical control of a motor vehicle while under the influence is defined by RCW 46.61.504, which states:

(1) A person is guilty of being in actual physical control of a motor vehicle while under the influence of intoxicating liquor or any drug if the person has actual physical control of a vehicle within [...]

If you are driving in Medina, WA, then you should know that cameras are watching you. Cameras have recently been installed at intersections to monitor every vehicle coming into the Medina, WA.

Under the “automatic license plate recognition” project, once a car enters Medina, a camera captures its license-plate number. Within seconds, the number …

Under Washington law your duty in the event of an accident is defined by RCW 46.52.020 and RCW 46.52.010.

RCW 46.52.020 states:

(1) A driver of any vehicle involved in an accident resulting in the injury to or death of any person or involving striking the body of a deceased person shall immediately stop such vehicle at [...]

Washington state vehicular assault is a very serious offense under Washington state law. In fact, it is a Class B Felony which has a level four seriousness level. The maximum punishment under Washington law is ten years in prison and a $20,000 fine. A person is guilty of Washington state vehicular assault if they operate [...]

Under Washington law attempting to elude is defined by RCW 46.61.024, which states:

(1) Any driver of a motor vehicle who willfully fails or refuses to immediately bring his vehicle to a stop and who drives his vehicle in a reckless manner while attempting to elude a pursuing police vehicle, after being given a visual or [...]

Under Washington law vehicular homicide is defined by RCW 46.61.520, which states: (1) When the death of any person ensues within three years as a proximate result of injury proximately caused by the driving of any vehicle by any person, the driver is guilty of vehicular homicide if the driver was operating a motor vehicle: [...]