As long as we're at it I didn't see anything in the RCW 46 referencing
Measures. So any distance provision of
Stopping, standing, would be subjective at best under that body of law absent a defind marking by the applicable jurisdiction. And even so those markings are at the discretion of the county road engineer per part 5 of
Definitions.
Bottom line is a there is a reason parking tickets are the lowest form of misdemeanor, most easily fought & won. Means of compliance must be defined or plainly observable.
And believe it or not, I'm not actually disagreeing with you concerning convention. Theres just a lot of subtlty & nuance regarding whether or not a ticket can be made to stick
independent of whether it's worth the fight or not. The claim is made by the officer it's on him to prove his case. Whether a judge agrees or not depends on how high you want to go & hard you want to fight.
(I once worked with a guy that spent $270,000 to fight a judgement all the Washington Supreme Court. He lost & subsequently ran for Governor on the platform of changing the law. He placed 5th in the primary election with some 13,764 votes..It's a long story & unrelated to bicycles.)