{"data":{"id":"us-wa/rcw-46.61.625","jurisdiction":"us-wa","citation":"RCW 46.61.625","heading":"Riding in trailers or towed vehicles.","body":"(1) No person or persons shall occupy any trailer while it is being moved upon a public highway, except a person occupying a proper position for steering a trailer designed to be steered from a rear-end position.\n(2) Except as provided in subsection (3) of this section, no person or persons may occupy a vehicle while it is being towed by a tow truck as defined in RCW 46.55.010.\n(3)(a) A tow truck operator may allow passengers to ride in a vehicle that is carried on the deck of a flatbed tow truck only when the following conditions are met:\n(i) The number of people that need to be transported exceeds the seating capacity of the tow truck or a person needing to be transported has a disability that limits that person's ability to enter the tow truck;\n(ii) All passengers in the carried vehicle and in the tow truck comply with RCW 46.61.687 and 46.61.688;\n(iii) Any passenger under sixteen years of age is accompanied by an adult riding in the same vehicle; and\n(iv) There is a way for the passengers in the carried vehicle to immediately communicate, either verbally, audibly, or visually, with the tow truck operator in case of an emergency.\n(b) No passenger of such a carried vehicle may exit the carried vehicle, ride outside of the passenger compartment of the carried vehicle, or exhibit dangerous or distracting behaviors while in the carried vehicle.","path":["Title 46","Chapter 46.61"],"source_url":"https://app.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=46.61.625","current_through":"July 15, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T02:20:50Z","sha256":"0c4b8dde021c8b03a80c73127f9ad1bbeee5f6caed20fad59d2b05c7a87bfc81","source_id":"us-wa","stale":false,"prev":"us-wa/rcw-46.61.620","next":"us-wa/rcw-46.61.630"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}