From the Washington State Drivers Guide:
Drivers are responsible for making sure that their vehicle is not a hazard when it is parked.
Whenever you park, be sure it is in a place that is far enough from any travel lane to avoid interfering with traffic and visible to vehicles approaching from either direction.
If you must park on a roadway, park your vehicle as far away from traffic as possible and outside of the traveled way. If there is a curb, park as close to it as you can.
State law prohibits parking:
- In an intersection.
- On a crosswalk or sidewalk.
- In a construction area if your vehicle will block traffic.
- Within 30 feet of a traffic signal, stop sign or yield sign.
- Within 20 feet of a pedestrian safety zone.
- Within 15 feet of a fire hydrant.
- Within 50 feet of a railroad crossing.
- More than 12 inches from the curb.
- Within 20 feet of a fire station driveway on the same side of the street or within 75 feet of the fire station driveway on the other side of the street.
- Within 5 feet of a driveway, alley, private road or area of the curb removed or lowered for access to the sidewalk.
- On a bridge or overpass or in a tunnel or underpass.
- On the wrong side of the street.
- In a space marked for the disabled unless you have a disabled license plate or placard, on the road side of a parked vehicle (double parking).
- On railroad tracks.
- On the shoulder of the freeway unless you have an emergency.
- Wherever there is a sign that says you cannot park.
- In front of mailboxes during mail delivery.
