Letter to the editor: Use your signal, drivers

Editor:

RCW 46.61.305

Mandatory vehicle light and turn signals became required vehicle safety features in 1968. You have to use your turn signal any time you merge, turn, change lanes, or sit at a traffic light. Every driver or pedestrian should know your next move; 100 feet is the recommended continuously signal notification.  Refer to your state driver’s handbook for details.

Penalty for turning violations in Washington state is recorded as a moving violation and six violations in 12 months can enact the state to suspend your license for 60 days. Subsequent violations carry harsher penalties. Think about the increase in your insurance premiums. Every car is mandated to have safety features and every driver is required to use them.

Hawk signals are installed for driver and pedestrian safety … please push the button so vehicles can see that you want to use the crosswalk … that includes bike riders, parent with strollers and walkers. Stay safe and push the button.

Christine Koch
Edmonds

  1. Great message! I have one question. Since when have Dogs become licensed drivers? I cannot count the times that a dog was driving a car in Edmonds, in particular 5th main, Dayton, Walnut, etc. and how many times I’ve had to blast the brakes, go into the opposite lane to avoid a collision. Can someone at Edmonds P.D., let me know when this was approved? Thank you.

  2. Now here is a comment about driving and general public safety that is worth reading and makes some sense. I’m seeing lots of people just blowing stop signs and most of them aren’t in their golden years.

  3. Oh, I just assumed there was a shortage of blinker fluid in our state & people were just trying to use it sparingly.

  4. All police departments and highway patrol should get aggressive about ticketing drivers and preventing accidents. It will probably identify drivers who are uninsured. Maybe this income could provide for a meter maid to work the weekends in Edmonds and issue parking violations. Violators correct their behavior when it comes from their wallet.

    This is a perfect safety project for the street corner sign holders … Traffic signals are law /Every turn, every lane change.

  5. I thought it was illegal to drive with an animal on your lap. Unsafe for many reasons! Also, how much are the tickets for parking, turn signal and doggy driver violations?

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