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Whenever a child who is less than sixteen years of age is
being transported in a motor vehicle that is in operation
and that is required by RCW 46.37.510 to be equipped with
a safety belt system in a passenger seating position, the
driver of the vehicle shall keep the child properly
restrained as follows:
(a) If the child is less than six years old and/or sixty
pounds and the passenger seating position equipped with a
safety belt system allows sufficient space for
installation, then the child will be restrained in a
child restraint system that complies with standards of
the United States department of transportation and that
is secured in the vehicle in accordance with instructions
of the manufacturer of the child in accordance with
instructions of the manufacturer of the child restraint
system;
(b) If the child is less than one year of age or
weighs less than twenty pounds, the child shall be
properly restrained in a rear-facing infant seat;
(c) If the child is more than one but less than four
years of age or weighs less than forty pounds but at
least twenty pounds, the child shall be properly
restrained in a forward facing child safety seat
restraint system;
(d) If the child is less than six but at least four
years of age or weighs less than sixty pounds but at
least forty pounds, the child shall be properly
restrained in a child booster seat;
(e) If the child is six years of age or older or
weighs more than sixty pounds, the child shall be
properly restrained with the motor vehicle's safety belt
properly adjusted and fastened around the child's body or
an appropriately fitting booster seat; and
Drinking and Driving Laws (Driving under the
influence)
(1) A person is guilty of driving while under the
influence of intoxicating liquor or any drug if the
person drives a vehicle within this state:
(a) And the person
has, within two hours after driving, an alcohol
concentration of 0.08 or higher as shown by analysis of
the person's breath or blood made under RCW 46.61.506; or
(b) While the
person is under the influence of or affected by
intoxicating liquor or any drug; or
(c) While the
person is under the combined influence of or affected by
intoxicating liquor and any drug.
(2) The fact that a person charged with a violation of
this section is or has been entitled to use a drug under
the laws of this state shall not constitute a defense
against a charge of violating this section.
(3) It is an affirmative defense to a violation of
subsection (1)(a) of this section which the
defendant must prove by a preponderance of the evidence
that the defendant consumed a sufficient quantity of
alcohol after the time of driving and before the
administration of an analysis of the person's breath or
blood to cause the defendant's alcohol concentration to
be 0.08 or more within two hours after driving.
(4) Analyses of blood or breath samples obtained
more than two hours after the alleged driving may be used
as evidence that within two hours of the alleged driving,
a person had an alcohol concentration of 0.08 or more in
violation of subsection (1)(a) of this section,
and in any case in which the analysis shows an alcohol
concentration above 0.00 may be used as evidence that a
person was under the influence of or affected by
intoxicating liquor or any drug in violation of
subsection (1)(b) or (c) of this section.
(5) A violation of this section is a gross
misdemeanor.
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