grounds therefore, and of the person’s right to a hearing, specifying the steps that must be
taken to obtain a hearing.
(1) Within 15 days after the notice has been given, the person may, in writing, request a
formal hearing.
(2) For the purposes of this section, the scope of such hearing shall cover the issues of
whether a law enforcement officer had reasonable grounds to believe the person had
been driving or was in actual physical control of a motor vehicle within this Reservation
while under the influence of intoxicating liquor, whether the person was placed under
arrest, and whether the person refused to submit to the test or tests upon request of
the officer after having been informed that such refusal would result in the suspension
or revocation of the person’s privilege to drive on the Reservation.
(3) The Court shall order that the suspension or revocation be rescinded or sustained.
(4) Any decision by the Tribal Court to revoke a person’s driving privilege on the Spokane
Indian Reservation shall be stayed and shall not take effect while a formal hearing is
pending as provided in this subsection or during the pendency of a subsequent appeal
to the Spokane Tribal Court of Appeals so long as there is no conviction for a moving
violation or no finding that the person has committed a traffic infraction that is a moving
violation during the pendency of the hearing and appeal.
(k) If the suspension or revocation is sustained after such a hearing, the person whose license,
privilege, or permit is suspended or revoked has the right to file a petition in the Spokane Tribal
Court of Appeals to review the final order of suspension or revocation.
15-5.11 Yield to Emergency Vehicles. The driver of every vehicle shall yield the right-of-way by pulling over
to the far right of the road and stopping upon immediate approach of an authorized emergency or law
enforcement vehicle making lawful use of sirens and visual signals.
15-5.12 Following Fire Vehicle Prohibited. The driver of any vehicle other than 1 of official business shall not
follow any official fire vehicle traveling in response to a fire alarm, closer than 500 feet.
15-5.13 Crossing Fire Hose. No person shall drive or move a vehicle over any unprotected fire hose without
consent of the fire official in command.
15-5.14 Emergency Vehicles Exempted from Speed Limits - Due Care Required.
(a) The speeds designated in this Chapter shall not apply to authorized emergency vehicles when
operated in emergencies.
(b) Nothing in this Chapter shall relieve the driver of an authorized emergency vehicle from the duty
to drive with due regard for the safety of all persons using a roadway.
15-5.15 Motorcycles - Operation on Laned Roads.
(a) All motorcycles are entitled to full use of a lane and no motor vehicle shall be driven in a way
that deprives a motorcycle of the full use of a lane.
(b) The operator of a motorcycle shall not overtake and pass in the same lane as is occupied by the
vehicle being overtaken.
(c) The operator of a motorcycle shall not overtake and pass a vehicle while any oncoming vehicles
are adjacent to the vehicle being overtaken.
(d) Motorcycles shall not be operated more than 2 abreast in a lane.
(e) Subsections (b) and (c) shall not apply to enforcement officers in the performance of their
official duties.
(f) It is unlawful for any person to transport a child under the age of 5 on a motorcycle or motordriven cycle.
15-5.16 Motorcycles - Riding on the Permanent Seat Only.
(a) A person operating a motorcycle shall ride only upon the permanent and regular seat attached
to the motorcycle and such operator shall not carry any other person nor shall any other person
ride on a motorcycle unless such motorcycle is designed to carry more than 1 person.
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