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If state patrol catches you on your phone or doing other "distracted driving" actions, then you'll get in big old fat trouble, with a capital T.

Why can't Washington state residents own these contraband critters?

Take this quiz to test your knowledge of when it is legal to honk your car horn.

The new DUI-E law has gone into effect and that means a ticket for holding a cellphone in your hand while driving. But we have some thoughts on how to avoid a ticket.
Here are 5 ways to beat the new law, according to our research ...

Washington state has to have some of the stiffest traffic laws in the United States. Now the Washington State Patrol, and many motorists, are fed up with a certain pet peeve of driving that could get you a $136 ticket.

You have to figure if talking on your phone is illegal and if texting is illegal, you'd think driving with a dog on your lap is very illegal, right? Well, I asked Washington State Patrol because I was curious.

We're trying to make smarter drivers out of everyone across the nation, especially right here in our backyard of Washington state. I know it's illegal to talk on your phone while driving (with your phone pressed up against your ear) and it's illegal to text and drive, but I see more and more people …

P.S. It's illegal to warm up your car unattended -- that's true in Yakima and all of Washington state.

A website called DumbLaws.com points out some of the ludicrous statutes across all 50 of the United States. If you're about to get all uppity about how "progressive" Washington is and how our state is immune to the backwards thinking that seems to affect other states check you…

There are many things that new moms forget to do, but that is because they have a new amazing baby in their life and of course only want to spend time with the baby!  I sure forgot things like appointments for myself, returning missed calls, replying to emails - but I had something far better t…