- (1) Every farm tractor, self-propelled unit of farm equipment, implement of husbandry designed for operation at speeds not in excess of twenty-five miles per hour and every combination of farm tractor and towed farm equipment or towed implement of husbandry normally operated at speeds not in excess of twenty-five miles per hour must at all times be equipped with a slow-moving vehicle emblem.
- (2) Other classes of vehicles not covered by RCW 46.37.160 such as road construction vehicles and road maintenance vehicles which normally operate at a speed of twenty-five miles per hour or less may be equipped with slow-moving vehicle emblems meeting the requirements of this section.
(3) In order to comply with the provisions of RCW 46.37.160(6), slow-moving vehicle emblems:
- (a) Must be constructed in conformance with SAE Standard J943.
- (b) Must be mounted point up in plane perpendicular to the direction of travel of the vehicle so that the reflectorized side of the emblem is facing to the rear.
- (c) Must be mounted, as nearly as is practicable, centrally at the rear of the vehicle in an unobscured location.
- (d) Must be mounted not less than two feet nor more than six feet above the ground on which the vehicle stands measured from the lower edge of the emblem.
- (e) May be permanently attached to the vehicle. Where portable brackets are used, they must be so constructed that they will hold the emblem securely and in a position meeting the requirements of all other mounting instructions under this section.
- (f) Must be placed on the towed unit if the towed unit is sufficiently large to obscure the slow-moving vehicle emblem on the farm tractor, the towed unit must be equipped with a slow-moving vehicle emblem. In such cases, the towing vehicle need not display the emblem. Where the slow-moving vehicle emblem on the farm tractor unit is not obscured by the towed unit, then either or both may be equipped with the required emblem.
- (g) Must not replace any of the required lamps or other devices required in chapter 46.37 RCW.
- (h) Must not be used as a clearance marker for wide equipment.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 46.37.005 and 46.37.320. WSR 15-16-124, § 204-21-160, filed 8/5/15, effective 9/5/15; WSR 08-19-104, § 204-21-160, filed 9/17/08, effective 10/18/08.]