CIVIL TRAFFIC ORDINANCE

RULES OF THE ROAD

OBEDIENCE TO AND EFFECT OF TRAFFIC LAWS

8.61.005 Chapter Refers to Vehicles Upon Highways - Exceptions

8.61.015 Obedience to Police Officers, Flagmen, or Fire Fighters

8.61.022 Failure to Obey Officer - Penalty

8.61.025 Persons Riding Animals or Driving Animal-Drawn Vehicles

8.61.030 Persons Working on Highway Right of Way - Exceptions

8.61.035 Authorized Emergency Vehicles

TRAFFIC SIGNS, SIGNALS, AND MARKINGS

8.61.050 Obedience to and Required Traffic Control Devices

8.61.075 Display of Unauthorized Signs, Signals, or Markings

8.61.080 Interference with Official Traffic-Control Devices, Signs or Signals

DRIVING ON RIGHT SIDE OF ROADWAY-- OVERTAKING AND PASSING--USE OF ROADWAY

8.61.100 Keep Right Except When Passing, etc.

8.61.105 Passing Vehicles Proceeding in Opposite Directions

8.61.110 Overtaking a Vehicle on the Left

8.61.115 When Overtaking on the Right is Permitted

8.61.120 Limitations on Overtaking on the Left

8.61.125 Further Limitations on Driving to Left of Center of Roadway

8.61.130 No-passing Zones

8.61.135 One-way Roadways and Rotary Traffic Islands

8.61.140 Driving on Roadways Laned for Traffic

8.61.145 Following too Closely

RIGHT OF WAY

8.61.180 Vehicle Approaching Intersection

8.61.185 Vehicle Turning Left

8.61.190 Vehicle Entering Stop or Yield Intersection

8.61.195 Arterial Highways Designated - Stopping on Entering

8.61.200 Stop Intersections Other than Arterial May Be Designated

8.61.202 Stopping When Traffic Obstructed

8.61.205 Vehicle Entering Highway from Private Road or Driveway

8.61.210 Operation of Vehicles on Approach of Authorized Emergency Vehicles

8.61.215 Highway Construction and Maintenance

8.61.220 Transit Vehicles

PEDESTRIANS' RIGHTS AND DUTIES

8.61.230 Pedestrians Subject to Traffic Regulations

8.61.235 Stopping for Pedestrians in Crosswalks

8.61.240 Crossing at Other than Crosswalks

8.61.245 Drivers to Exercise Care

8.61.250 Pedestrians on Roadways

8.61.255 Pedestrians Soliciting Rides or Business

8.61.261 Pedestrians' Right of Way on Sidewalk

8.61.264 Pedestrians Yield to Emergency Vehicles

8.61.266 Pedestrians Under the Influence of Alcohol or Drugs

TURNING AND STARTING AND SIGNALS ON STOPPING AND TURNING

8.61.290 Required Position and Method of Turning at Intersections.

8.61.295 "U" Turns

8.61.300 Starting Parked Vehicle

8.61.305 Turning, Stopping, Moving Right or Left - Signals Required - Improper Use Prohibited

8.61.310 Signals by Hand and Arm or Signal Lamps

8.61.315 Method of Giving Hand and Arm Signals

SPECIAL STOPS REQUIRED

8.61.365 Emerging from Alley, Driveway, or Building

8.61.370 Overtaking or Meeting School Bus - Duties of Bus Driver

8.61.371 Violators of School Bus Stop Sign Laws - Identification by Vehicle Owner

8.61.372 Violators of School Bus Stop Sign Laws - Report by Bus Driver - Law Enforcement Investigation

8.61.375 Overtaking or Meeting Private Carrier Bus - Duties of Bus Driver

SPEED RESTRICTIONS

8.61.400 Basic rule and maximum limits

8.61.425 Minimum speed regulation - Passing slow moving vehicle

8.61.427 Slow moving vehicle to pull off roadway

8.61.440 Maximum speed limit when passing school or playground crosswalks

8.61.445 Due care required

8.61.455 Vehicles with solid or hollow cushion tires

8.61.460 Special speed limitation on motor-driven cycle

8.61.465 Exceeding speed limit evidence of reckless driving

8.61.470 Speed traps defined, certain types permitted - Measured courses, speed measuring devices, timing from aircraft.

ALCOHOL AND RECKLESS RELATED

8.61.519 Alcoholic Beverages - Drinking or Open Container in Vehicle on Highway - Exceptions

8.61.5195 Disguising Alcoholic Beverage Container

8.61.525 Operating Motor Vehicle in a Negligent Manner - Penalty - Exception

8.61.527 Roadway Construction Zones

8.61.530 Racing of Vehicles on Highways - Reckless Driving - Exception

STOPPING, STANDING, AND PARKING

8.61.560 Stopping, Standing, or Parking Outside Business or Residence Districts

8.61.570 Stopping, Standing, or Parking Prohibited in Specified Places - Reserving Portion of Highway Prohibited

8.61.575 Additional Parking Regulations

8.61.590 Unattended Motor Vehicle - Removal from Highway

MISCELLANEOUS RULES

8.61.600 Unattended Motor Vehicle

8.61.605 Limitations on Backing

8.61.606 Driving on Sidewalk Prohibited - Exception

8.61.608 Operating Motorcycles on Roadways Laned for Traffic

8.61.610 Riding on Motorcycles

8.61.611 Motorcycles - Maximum Height for Handlebars

8.61.612 Riding on Motorcycles - Both Feet not to Be on Same Side

8.61.613 Motorcycles - Temporary Suspension of Restrictions for Parades or Public Demonstrations

8.61.614 Riding on Motorcycles - Clinging to Other Vehicles

8.61.615 Obstructions to Driver's View or Driving Mechanism

8.61.620 Opening and Closing Vehicle Doors

8.61.625 Riding in Trailers

8.61.630 Coasting Prohibited

8.61.635 Following Fire Apparatus Prohibited

8.61.640 Crossing Fire Hose

8.61.645 Throwing Dangerous Materials on Highway Prohibited - Removal

8.61.655 Dropping Load, Other Materials - Covering

8.61.660 Carrying Persons or Animals on Outside Part of Vehicle

8.61.665 Embracing Another While Driving

8.61.670 Driving with Wheels off Roadway

8.61.675 Causing or Permitting Vehicle to be Unlawfully Operated

8.61.680 Lowering Passenger Motor Vehicle below Legal Clearance - Penalty

8.61.685 Leaving Children Unattended in Standing Vehicle with Motor Running - Penalty

8.61.687 Child Passenger Restraint Required - Conditions - Exceptions - Penalty for Violation - Dismissal - Noncompliance not Negligence

8.61.688 Safety Belts, Use Required - Penalties - Exemptions

8.61.700 Parent or Guardian Shall Not Authorize or Permit Violation by a Child or Ward

8.61.710 Mopeds - General Requirements and Operation

8.61.720 Mopeds - Safety Standards

8.61.730 Wheelchair Conveyances

OPERATION OF NONMOTORIZED VEHICLES

8.61.750 Effect of Regulations - Penalty

8.61.755 Traffic Laws Apply to Persons Riding Bicycles

8.61.758 Hand Signals

8.61.760 Riding on Bicycles

8.61.765 Clinging to Vehicles

8.61.770 Riding on Roadways and Bicycle Paths

8.61.775 Carrying Articles

8.61.780 Lamps and Other Equipment on Bicycles

Obedience to and Effect of Traffic Laws

8.61.005 Chapter Refers to Vehicles Upon Highways - Exceptions

The provisions of this chapter relating to the operation of vehicles refer exclusively to the operation of vehicles upon highways except:

(a) Where a different place is specifically referred to in a given section.

(b) The provisions of 8.52.010 through 8.52.090 and 8.61.5195 through 8.61.525 apply upon highways and elsewhere throughout the Skokomish Indian Reservation.

8.61.015 Obedience to Police Officers, Flagmen, or Fire Fighters.

No person shall willfully fail or refuse to comply with any lawful order or direction of any duly authorized flagman or any police officer or fire fighter invested by law with authority to direct, control, or regulate traffic.

8.61.022 Failure to Obey Officer - Penalty

Any person who willfully fails to stop when requested or signaled to do so by a person reasonably identifiable as a law enforcement officer is guilty of a class C criminal violation.

8.61.025 Persons Riding Animals or Driving Animal-Drawn Vehicles

Every person riding an animal or driving any animal-drawn vehicle upon a roadway shall be granted all of the rights and shall be subject to all of the duties applicable to the driver of a vehicle by this chapter except those provisions of this chapter which by their very nature can have no application.

8.61.030 Persons Working on Highway Right of Way - Exceptions

Unless specifically made applicable, the provisions of this chapter shall not apply to persons, motor vehicles and other equipment while legitimately engaged in work within the right of way of any highway but shall apply to these persons and vehicles when traveling to or from such work.

8.61.035 Authorized Emergency Vehicles

(a) The driver of an authorized emergency vehicle, when responding to an emergency call or when in the pursuit of an actual or suspected violator of the law or when responding to but not upon returning from a fire alarm, may exercise the privileges set forth in this section, but subject to the conditions stated.

(b) The driver of an authorized emergency vehicle may:

(1) Park or stand, irrespective of the provisions of this chapter;

(2) Proceed past a red or stop signal or stop sign, but only after slowing down as may be necessary for safe operation;

(3) Exceed the maximum speed limits so long as he does not endanger life or property;

(4) Disregard regulations governing direction of movement or turning in specified directions.

(c) The exemptions granted to an authorized emergency vehicle shall apply only when the vehicle is making use of visual signals, except that:

(1) An authorized emergency vehicle operated as a police vehicle need not be equipped with or display a red light visible from in front of the vehicle;

(2) authorized emergency vehicles shall use audible signals when necessary to warn others of the emergency nature of the situation but in no case shall they be required to use audible signals while parked or standing.

(d) The foregoing provisions shall not relieve the driver of an authorized emergency vehicle from the duty to drive with due regard for the safety of all persons, nor shall these provisions protect the driver from the consequences of his reckless disregard for the safety of others.

Traffic Signs, Signals, and Markings

8.61.050 Obedience to and Required Traffic Control Devices.

(a) The driver of any vehicle, every bicyclist, and every pedestrian shall obey the instructions of any applicable official traffic control device placed in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, unless otherwise directed by a police officer, subject to the exception granted the driver of an authorized emergency vehicle in this chapter.

(b) No provision of this chapter for which official traffic control devices are required is enforced against an alleged violator if at the time and place of the alleged violation an official device is not in proper position and sufficiently legible or visible to be seen by an ordinarily observant person. Whenever a particular section does not state that official traffic control devices are required, that section is effective even though no devices are erected or in place.

(c) Whenever official traffic control devices are placed in position approximately conforming to the requirements of this chapter, the devices are presumed to have been so placed by the official act or direction of lawful authority, unless the contrary is established by competent evidence.

(d) Any official traffic control device placed pursuant to the provisions of this chapter and purporting to conform to the lawful requirements pertaining to these devices is presumed to comply with the requirements of this chapter, unless the contrary is established by competent evidence.

8.61.075 Display of Unauthorized Signs, Signals, or Markings.

(a) No person shall place, maintain or display upon or in view of any highway any unauthorized sign, signal, marking or device which purports to be or is an imitation of or resembles an official traffic-control device, sign or signal, or which attempts to direct the movement of traffic, or which hides from view or interferes with the effectiveness of an official traffic-control device or any sign or signal.

(b) No person shall place or maintain nor shall any public authority permit upon any highway any traffic sign or signal bearing thereon any commercial advertising.

(c) This section shall not be deemed to prohibit the erection upon private property adjacent to highways of signs giving useful directional information and of a type that cannot be mistaken for official signs.

(d) Every prohibited sign, signal or marking is hereby declared to be a public nuisance and the Skokomish Department of Public Safety is hereby empowered to remove the same or cause it to be removed without notice.

8.61.080 Interference with Official Traffic-Control Devices Signs or Signals.

No person shall, without lawful authority, attempt to or in fact alter, deface, injure, knock down or remove any official traffic-control device or any sign or signal or any inscription, shield or insignia, or any other part.

Driving on Right Side of Roadway - Overtaking and Passing - Use of Roadway

8.61.100 Keep Right Except When Passing, Etc.

Upon all roadways of sufficient width a vehicle shall be driven upon the right half of the roadway, except as follows:

(a) When overtaking and passing another vehicle proceeding in the same direction under the rules governing such movement;

(b) When an obstruction exists making it necessary to drive to the left of the center of the highway; provided, any person so doing shall yield the right of way to all vehicles traveling in the proper direction upon the unobstructed portion of the highway within such distance as to constitute an immediate hazard;

(c) Upon a roadway divided into three marked lanes and providing for two-way movement traffic under the rules applicable thereon; or

(d) Upon a street or highway restricted to one-way traffic.

8.61.105 Passing Vehicles Proceeding in Opposite Directions

Drivers of vehicles proceeding in opposite directions shall pass each other to the right, and upon roadways having width for not more than one line of traffic in each direction each driver shall give to the other at least one-half of the main-traveled portion of the roadway as nearly as possible.

8.61.110 Overtaking a Vehicle on the Left

The following rules shall govern the overtaking and passing of vehicles proceeding in the same direction, subject to those limitations, exceptions and special rules hereafter stated:

(a) The driver of a vehicle overtaking another vehicle proceeding in the same direction shall pass to the left at a safe distance and shall not again drive to the right side of the roadway until safely clear of the overtaken vehicle.

(b) The driver of an overtaken vehicle shall give way to the right in favor of the overtaking vehicle on audible signal and shall not increase the speed of his vehicle until completely passed by the overtaking vehicle.

8.61.115 When Overtaking on the Right is Permitted

(a) The driver of a vehicle may overtake and pass upon the right of another vehicle only under the following conditions:

(1) When the vehicle overtaken is making or about to make a left turn;

(2) Upon a roadway with unobstructed pavement of sufficient width for two or more lines of vehicles moving lawfully in the direction being traveled by the overtaking vehicle.

(b) The driver of a vehicle may overtake and pass another vehicle upon the right only under conditions permitting the movement in safety. The movement shall not be made by driving off the roadway.

8.61.120 Limitations on Overtaking on the Left

No vehicle shall be driven to the left side of the center of the roadway in overtaking and passing another vehicle proceeding in the same direction unless authorized by this chapter and unless the left side is clearly visible and is free of oncoming traffic for a sufficient distance ahead to permit the overtaking and passing to be completely made without interfering with the operation of any vehicle approaching from the opposite direction or any vehicle overtaken. In every event the overtaking vehicle must return to an authorized lane of travel as soon as practicable and in the event the passing movement involves the use of a lane authorized for vehicles approaching from the opposite direction, before coming within two hundred feet of any approaching vehicle.

8.61.125 Further Limitations on Driving to Left of Center of Roadway

(a) No vehicle shall be driven on the left side of the roadway under the following conditions:

(1) When approaching or upon the crest of a grade or a curve in the highway where the driver's view is obstructed within such distance as to create a hazard in the event another vehicle might approach from the opposite direction;

(2) When the view is obstructed upon approaching within one hundred feet of any bridge or viaduct.

(b) The foregoing limitations shall not apply upon a one-way roadway, nor under the conditions described in 8.61.100(b), nor to the driver of a vehicle turning left into or from an alley, private road or driveway.

8.61.130 No-passing zones

(a) The appropriate Tribal or state authorities shall determine those portions of any highway under their respective jurisdictions where overtaking and passing or driving to the left of the roadway would be especially hazardous and may by appropriate signs or markings on the roadway indicate the beginning and end of the zones. When the signs or markings are in place and clearly visible to an ordinarily observant person every driver of a vehicle shall obey their directions.

(b) Where signs or markings are in place to define a no-passing zone as set forth in subsection (a), no driver may at any time drive on the left side of the roadway within the no-passing zone or on the left side of any pavement striping designed to mark the no-passing zone throughout its length.

(c) This section does not apply under the conditions described in 8.61.100(b) nor to the driver of a vehicle turning left into or from an alley, private road, or driveway.

8.61.135 One-Way Roadways and Rotary Traffic Islands

(a) The Skokomish Tribal Council may designate any highway, roadway, part of a roadway, or specific lanes upon which vehicular traffic shall proceed in one direction as indicated by official traffic contro