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Washington State is slowly moving forward with plans to deploy new DUI breath testing machines.  The state has already purchased a number of machines, the Draeger 9510, and is in the process of testing them before deploying them to be used in actual DUI arrests.  The state is buying new breath test machines because the [...]

As of June 10, 2010, Washington State has a new cell phone law.  The publicity surrounding this law has mainly focused on the fact that the new law changes cell phone violations from a “secondary offense” for which a police officer may not stop you, to a “primary offense” for which a police officer may [...]

Every year, Washington State legislature amends the DUI laws in an effort to make the DUI laws even tougher or to “tune up ” the laws. This year’s legislative session resulted in the passage of HB 3124, a law that went into effect June 10, 2010. The law requires that a police officer who …

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]