Title 28 — Transportation

A. If special pedestrian control signals exhibiting the words "walk" or "don't walk" or a symbol of a walking person that symbolizes the word "walk" or a symbol of an upraised hand that symbolizes the words "don't walk" are in place, the signals shall indicate as follows: 1. Walk…

If an illuminated flashing red or yellow signal is used in a traffic sign or signal it requires obedience by vehicular traffic as follows: 1. Flashing red stop signal. If a red lens is illuminated with rapid intermittent flashes, drivers of vehicles shall stop before entering the…

A. A person shall not place, maintain or display on or in view of a highway an unauthorized sign, signal, marking or device that either: 1. Purports to be or is an imitation of or resembles an official traffic control device or railroad sign or signal. 2. Attempts to direct the m…

A. A person shall not attempt without lawful authority to or in fact alter, deface, injure, knock down or remove an official traffic control device, a railroad sign or signal or an inscription, shield or insignia on any device, sign or signal or any part of the device, sign or si…

A person, contractor or political subdivision performing work on roads, streets or highways shall post and maintain warning signs, signals, markers and barricades that are in compliance with the manual and specifications prescribed in section 28-641. These warning signs, signals,…

A person shall not drive on or through any private property, road or driveway to avoid obedience to traffic rules or traffic control devices.

A. The director shall adopt standards and specifications for the use of traffic control devices and for work zone safety and mobility in state highway work zones, including an emergency vehicle access plan as prescribed in this section. B. The standards and specifications for the…

A. Any individual who is stationed in a state highway work zone to provide temporary traffic control shall have completed training and be certified by a program that meets the training and certification standards of the national safety council highway flagger training program, th…

A. The driver of a vehicle involved in an accident on public or private property resulting in injury to or death of a person shall: 1. Immediately stop the vehicle at the scene of the accident or as close to the accident scene as possible but shall immediately return to the accid…

A. The driver of a vehicle involved in an accident on public or private property resulting only in damage to a vehicle that is driven or attended by a person shall: 1. Immediately stop the vehicle at the scene of the accident or as close to the accident scene as possible but shal…

A. The driver of a vehicle involved in an accident on public or private property resulting in injury to or death of a person or damage to a vehicle that is driven or attended by a person shall: 1. Give the driver's name and address and the registration number of the vehicle the d…

A. The driver of a vehicle that collides with a vehicle that is unattended on public or private property shall immediately: 1. Stop. 2. Either: (a) Locate and notify the operator or owner of the vehicle of the name and address of the driver and owner of the vehicle striking the u…

A. The driver of a vehicle involved in an accident resulting only in damage to fixtures or other property legally on or adjacent to a highway shall: 1. Take reasonable steps to locate and notify the owner or person in charge of the property of: (a) The fact of the accident. (b) T…

A. The driver of a vehicle involved in an accident resulting in injury to or death of a person shall give notice of the accident immediately by the quickest means of communication, whether oral or written, to either: 1. The local police department if the accident occurs within a …

A. A law enforcement officer or public employee who, in the regular course of duty, investigates a motor vehicle accident resulting in bodily injury, death or damage to the property of any person in excess of $2,000 or the issuance of a citation shall complete a written report of…

A. A peace officer who investigates an accident that involves the death of one or more drivers shall promptly notify the county medical examiner of the death or deaths. If probable cause exists to believe that a deceased driver committed an alcohol related traffic offense, the co…

A. The department shall prepare and on request supply to police departments, sheriffs and other suitable agencies forms for accident reports required under this article that are appropriate with respect to the persons required to make the reports and the purposes to be served. Th…

The department: 1. Shall tabulate all accident reports. 2. May analyze all accident reports. 3. Shall publish annually or at more frequent intervals statistical information based on the accident reports as to the number and circumstances of traffic accidents.

Any incorporated city or town, by ordinance, may require the driver of a vehicle involved in an accident to also file with a designated city or town department a report of an accident or a copy of any report required by this article to be filed with the department. The reports ar…

1. Section 28-645, subsection A, paragraph 3, subdivision (a). 2. Section 28-710. 3. Section 28-729. 4. Section 28-771. 5. Section 28-772. 6. Section 28-773. 7. Section 28-792. 8. Section 28-794. 9. Section 28-797, subsection F, G, H or I. 10. Section 28-855, subsection B. 11. Se…

A. A person who operates a motor vehicle within this state gives consent to a test or tests of the person's blood, breath, urine or other bodily substance for the purposes of determining alcohol concentration or drug content if the person is involved in a traffic accident resulti…

A. Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, motor vehicles involved in traffic accidents and drivers of motor vehicles involved in traffic accidents are subject to this section. B. This section applies to motor vehicle traffic accidents that occur on controlled access…

A. A person is guilty of causing death by use of a vehicle if all of the following apply: 1. The person is not allowed to operate a motor vehicle pursuant to subsection B of this section. 2. While operating a motor vehicle, the person causes the death of another person. 3. The pe…

A. A person is guilty of causing serious physical injury by use of a vehicle if all of the following apply: 1. The person is not allowed to operate a motor vehicle pursuant to subsection B of this section. 2. While operating a motor vehicle, the person causes serious physical inj…

A. The legislature finds that the regulation of emergency response services fees for motor vehicle accidents or other incidents involving motor vehicles or investigations, cleanup or preparation of reports of accidents or incidents is a matter of statewide concern and not subject…

A. A city, town or county, by ordinance, may establish a program to provide emergency responders with critical health information about program participants so that emergency responders may aid program participants who are involved in motor vehicle emergencies or accidents and wh…

A. A person who drives a vehicle in reckless disregard for the safety of persons or property is guilty of reckless driving. B. A person who is convicted of reckless driving is guilty of a class 2 misdemeanor. C. In addition, the judge may require the surrender to a police officer…

A. A person who drives the wrong way on a controlled access highway commits wrong-way driving. B. A person who is found responsible for a violation of this section is subject to a civil penalty of five hundred dollars. C. A person who is found responsible for a violation of this …

A. A person commits aggressive driving if both of the following occur: 1. During a course of conduct the person commits a violation of either section 28-701, subsection A or section 28-701.02 and at least two of the following violations: (a) Failure to obey traffic control device…

A. A person shall not drive a vehicle on a highway at a speed greater than is reasonable and prudent under the circumstances, conditions and actual and potential hazards then existing. A person shall control the speed of a vehicle as necessary to avoid colliding with any object, …

A. A person shall not: 1. Exceed thirty-five miles per hour approaching a school crossing. 2. Exceed the posted speed limit in a business or residential district by more than twenty miles per hour, or if no speed limit is posted, exceed forty-five miles per hour. 3. Exceed the po…

A. If the director determines on the basis of an engineering and traffic investigation that any maximum speed limit is greater or less than is reasonable or safe under the conditions found to exist on any part of a state highway, the director may determine and declare a reasonabl…

A. If the maximum speed limit on a public highway in this state is at least thirty miles per hour in an area that is outside of an urbanized area, a person shall not drive a motor vehicle at a speed in excess of the posted speed limit on that highway. If the maximum speed limit o…

If a resident of this state is convicted of violating the maximum speed limit of fifty-five miles per hour on the interstate system highways of another state and the speed at which the person is alleged to have driven is sixty-five miles per hour or less: 1. A department or agenc…

A. Except as provided in subsections C and D of this section, the speed limit for all types of motor vehicles is sixty-five miles per hour on the interstate system highways located outside of an urbanized area with a population of fifty thousand or more persons, except that the d…

A. If a local authority determines on the basis of an engineering and traffic investigation that the maximum speed permitted under this article is greater or less than is reasonable or safe under the conditions found to exist on any part of a street or highway in its jurisdiction…

The agency or authority establishing a speed zone under section 28-702 or 28-703 is responsible for erecting: 1. At the beginning of each zone a sign designating the maximum allowable speed within the zone. 2. At the end of each zone a sign bearing either the legend "resume speed…

On multiple lane highways with two or more separate roadways, different prima facie speed limits may be established for different roadways under any of the procedures specified in sections 28-702 and 28-703.

A. A person shall not drive a motor vehicle at such a slow speed as to impede or block the normal and reasonable movement of traffic except when either of the following applies: 1. Reduced speed is necessary for safe operation or in compliance with law. 2. The reasonable flow of …

A person shall not operate a motor driven cycle at any time provided in section 28-922 at a speed of more than thirty-five miles per hour unless the motor driven cycle is equipped with a head lamp or head lamps that are adequate to reveal a person or vehicle at a distance of thre…

A. A person shall not drive a vehicle equipped with solid rubber or cushion tires at a speed of more than ten miles per hour. B. A person shall not drive a vehicle over any bridge or other elevated structure constituting a part of a highway at a speed that is greater than the max…

A. In a charge of violating a speed restriction in this article, the complaint shall specify all of the following: 1. The speed at which the defendant is alleged to have driven and the maximum speed applicable within the district or at the location. 2. The identification of the d…

A. A person shall not drive a vehicle or participate in any manner in a race, speed competition or contest, drag race or acceleration contest, test of physical endurance or exhibition of speed or acceleration or for the purpose of making a speed record on a street or highway. B. …

A. Unless a lower maximum speed limit is posted or the department designates a greater maximum speed limit pursuant to subsection B of this section, a person shall not drive either of the following on a highway in this state at a speed that is greater than sixty-five miles per ho…

A. In a state highway work zone as defined in section 28-652 that is designated as a state highway work zone by traffic control devices indicating the beginning and end of the state highway work zone and in which workers are not present, a person shall not drive a vehicle at a sp…

A. On all roadways of sufficient width, a person shall drive a vehicle on the right half of the roadway except as follows: 1. When overtaking and passing another vehicle proceeding in the same direction under the rules governing the movement. 2. When the right half of a roadway i…

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

The following rules govern the overtaking and passing of vehicles proceeding in the same direction: 1. The driver of a vehicle overtaking another vehicle proceeding in the same direction shall pass to the left of the vehicle at a safe distance and shall not again drive to the rig…

A. The driver of a vehicle may overtake and pass on 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. On a street or highway with unobstructed pavement that is not occupied by parked vehicles…

A person shall not drive a vehicle to the left side of the center of the roadway in overtaking and passing another vehicle proceeding in the same direction unless the left side is clearly visible and is free of oncoming traffic for a sufficient distance ahead to permit the overta…