Chapter 4.40
TRAFFIC OFFENSES
Sections:
4.40.040 Attempting to elude pursuing Police vehicle.
4.40.050 Obedience to enforcement officers.
4.40.060 Refusal to give identification.
4.40.070 Failure to appear/respond.
4.40.080 Taking motor vehicle without permission.
4.40.090 Driving while license is suspended, revoked.
4.40.010 Vehicular homicide.
Any person who causes the death of another by operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of an alcoholic beverage or drug to a degree which affects his or her safe operation of a vehicle shall be guilty of a Class A offense. [Res. 2011-020; Res. 2006-63; GC vote 11/13/1993; GC vote 3/7/1989. Prior code § 3.1.8.010.]
4.40.020 Vehicular assault.
Any person who operates any vehicle in a reckless manner or while under the influence of alcohol or drugs and whose conduct is the proximate cause of serious bodily injury to another shall be guilty of a Class B offense. [Res. 2016-17; Res. 2011-020; Res. 2006-63; GC vote 11/13/1993; GC vote 3/7/1989. Prior code § 3.1.8.020.]
4.40.030 Reckless driving.
Any person who operates any motor vehicle within the territorial jurisdiction of the Chehalis Tribe in a manner which causes damage to any person or property, or in a manner which endangers or is likely to endanger any person or property, shall be guilty of a Class B offense. [Res. 2016-17; Res. 2011-020; Res. 2006-63; GC vote 11/13/1993; GC vote 3/7/1989. Prior code § 3.1.8.030.]
4.40.040 Attempting to elude pursuing Police vehicle.
Any driver of any vehicle who willfully fails or refuses to immediately bring his vehicle to a stop after being given a visual or audible signal to bring the vehicle to a stop by a law enforcement officer shall be guilty of a Class B offense.
The signal given by the law enforcement officer may be by emergency light or siren. [Res. 2016-17; Res. 2011-020; Res. 2006-63; GC vote 11/13/1993; GC vote 3/7/1989. Prior code § 3.1.8.040.]
4.40.050 Obedience to enforcement officers.
Any person who refuses or fails to comply with any lawful order, signal, or direction of any law enforcement officer, or any flagger, or firefighter, who has authority to direct, control, or regulate traffic, shall be guilty of a Class B offense. A signal under this section includes signals by hand, voice, siren, or emergency light. [Res. 2016-17; Res. 2011-020; Res. 2006-63; GC vote 11/13/1993; GC vote 3/7/1989. Prior code § 3.1.8.050.]
4.40.060 Refusal to give identification.
Any person who while operating or in charge of a vehicle refuses when requested by a law enforcement officer to give his or her name and address and the name and address of the owner of the vehicle, or gives a false name and address, shall be guilty of a Class C offense. Any person who refuses upon demand of such law enforcement officer to produce: (A) his or her certificate of license registration for the vehicle; and (B) his or her vehicle operator’s license or his Tribal enrollment identification card or refuses to permit the officer to take any such license, certificate, or card for the purpose of examination thereof, or refuses to permit the examination of any equipment of the vehicle or the weighing of the vehicle, shall be guilty of a Class C offense. [Res. 2016-17; Res. 2011-020; Res. 2006-63; GC vote 11/13/1993; GC vote 3/7/1989. Prior code § 3.1.8.060.]
4.40.070 Failure to appear/respond.
Any person who willfully violates his or her written and signed promise to appear in court, or his or her written and signed promise to respond to a notice of civil traffic infraction, or who fails to respond to a criminal traffic citation or civil traffic infraction whether or not he or she signed the citation, shall be guilty of a Class C offense. [Res. 2011-020; Res. 2006-63; GC vote 11/13/1993; GC vote 3/7/1989. Prior code § 3.1.8.070.]
4.40.080 Taking motor vehicle without permission.
Any person who without the permission of the owner or person entitled to the possession thereof intentionally takes or drives away any automobile or motor vehicle, shall be guilty of taking a motor vehicle without permission. Every person voluntarily riding in or upon said automobile or motor vehicle with knowledge of the fact that the same was unlawfully taken shall be guilty of violation of this section, which is a Class C offense. [Res. 2016-17; Res. 2011-020; Res. 2006-63; GC vote 11/13/1993; GC vote 3/7/1989. Prior code § 3.1.8.080.]
4.40.090 Driving while license is suspended, revoked.
Any person who operates a motor vehicle within the jurisdiction of the Chehalis Tribe when the person’s operator’s license has been suspended or revoked by any jurisdiction, except in compliance with the terms of a valid occupational or limited use license, shall be guilty of a Class C offense. [Res. 2016-17; Res. 2011-020; Res. 2009-04; Res. 2006-63; GC vote 11/13/1993; GC vote 3/7/1989. Prior code § 3.1.8.090.]