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46.61.440  <<  46.61.445 >>   46.61.450

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RCW 46.61.445

Due care required.

Compliance with speed requirements of this chapter under the circumstances hereinabove set forth shall not relieve the operator of any vehicle from the further exercise of due care and caution as further circumstances shall require.
[ 1961 c 12 s 46.48.025. Prior: 1951 c 28 s 11; 1949 c 196 s 6, part; 1947 c 200 s 8, part; 1937 c 189 s 64, part; Rem. Supp. 1949 s 6360-64, part; 1927 c 309 s 3, part; 1923 c 181 s 6, part; 1921 c 96 s 27, part; 1917 c 155 s 16, part; 1915 c 142 s 24, part; RRS s 6362-3, part; 1909 c 249 s 279, part; Rem. & Bal. 2531, part. Formerly RCW 46.48.025.]

Notes:

Duty to use due care: RCW 46.61.400(1).