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1,357 sections in this chapter.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 60-6,164 Stopping, parking, or standing upon a roadway, freeway, or bridge; limitations; duties of driver.
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(1) No person shall stop, park, or leave standing any vehicle, whether attended or unattended, upon a roadway outside of a business or residential district when it is practicable to stop, park, or leave such vehicle off such part of a highway, but in any event an unobstructed wid…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 60-6,165 Persons authorized to remove vehicles; cost of removal; lien.
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(1) Whenever any peace officer, or any authorized employee of a law enforcement agency who is employed by a political subdivision of the state and specifically empowered by ordinance to act, finds a vehicle standing upon a highway in violation of any of the provisions of the Nebr…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 60-6,166 Stopping, standing, or parking prohibited; exceptions.
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(1) Except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic or when in compliance with law or the directions of a peace officer or traffic control device, no person shall: (a) Stop, stand, or park any vehicle: (i) On the roadway side of any vehicle stopped or parked at the edg…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 60-6,167 Parking regulations; signs; control by Department of Transportation or local authority.
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(1) Except as otherwise provided in this section, any vehicle stopped or parked upon a two-way roadway where parking is permitted shall be so stopped or parked with the right-hand wheels parallel to and within twelve inches of the right-hand curb or edge of such roadway. No vehic…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 60-6,168 Unattended motor vehicles; conditions.
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No person having control or charge of a motor vehicle shall allow such vehicle to stand unattended on a highway without first: (1) Stopping the motor of such vehicle; (2) except for vehicles equipped with motor starters that may be actuated without a key, locking the ignition and…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 60-6,169 Limitations on backing vehicles.
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(1) The driver of a vehicle shall not back such vehicle on any roadway unless such movement can be made with safety and without interfering with other traffic. (2) The driver of a vehicle shall not back such vehicle upon any roadway or shoulder of any freeway.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 60-6,170 Obedience to signal indicating approach of train or on-track equipment; prohibited acts.
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(1) Whenever any person driving a vehicle approaches a railroad grade crossing under any of the circumstances set forth in this section, the driver of such vehicle shall stop within fifty feet but not less than fifteen feet from the nearest rail of such railroad and shall not pro…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 60-6,171 Railroad crossing stop signs; jurisdiction.
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The Department of Transportation and local authorities on highways under their respective jurisdictions may designate particularly dangerous highway grade crossings of railroads and erect stop signs at the crossings. When such stop signs are erected, the driver of any vehicle sha…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 60-6,172 Buses and school buses required to stop at all railroad grade crossings; exceptions.
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(1) The driver of any bus carrying passengers for hire or of any school bus, before crossing at grade any track of a railroad, shall stop such vehicle within fifty feet but not less than fifteen feet from the nearest rail of such railroad and while so stopped shall listen and loo…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 60-6,173 Grade crossings; certain carriers; required to stop; exceptions.
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(1) The driver of any vehicle which is required to be placarded pursuant to section 75-364, before crossing at a grade any track of a railroad on streets and highways, shall stop such vehicle not more than fifty feet nor less than fifteen feet from the nearest rail or railroad an…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 60-6,174 Moving heavy equipment at railroad grade crossings; required to stop.
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(1) No person shall operate or move any crawler-type tractor, any steam shovel, any derrick, any roller, or any equipment or structure having a normal operating speed of ten miles per hour or less or a vertical body or load clearance of less than one-half inch per foot of the dis…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 60-6,175 School bus; safety requirements; use of stop signal arm; use of warning signal lights; violations; penalty.
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(1) Upon meeting or overtaking, from the front or rear, any school bus on which the yellow warning signal lights are flashing, the driver of a motor vehicle shall reduce the speed of such vehicle to not more than twenty-five miles per hour, shall bring such vehicle to a complete …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 60-6,177 Signs relating to overtaking and passing school buses.
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The Department of Transportation shall post on highways of the state highway system outside of business and residential districts signs to the effect that it is unlawful to pass school buses stopped to load or unload children. Such signs shall be adequate in size and number to pr…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 60-6,178 Driving upon sidewalk; prohibited; exception.
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No person shall drive any vehicle upon a sidewalk except upon a permanent or duly authorized temporary driveway.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 60-6,179 Overloading front seat or obstructing driver; prohibited.
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(1) No person shall drive a motor vehicle when it is so loaded, or when there is in the front seat such a number of persons, exceeding three, as to obstruct the view of the driver to the front or sides of the vehicle or to interfere with the driver's control over the driving mech…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 60-6,179.01 Use of handheld wireless communication device; prohibited acts; enforcement; violation; penalty.
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(1) This section does not apply to an operator of a commercial motor vehicle if section 60-6,179.02 applies. (2) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (3) of this section, no person shall use a handheld wireless communication device to read a written communication, manually …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 60-6,179.02 Operator of commercial motor vehicle; operator of certain passenger motor vehicle; operator of school bus; texting while driving prohibited; exception; use of handheld mobile telephone while driving prohibited; exception; violation; penalty.
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(1)(a) Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (1)(b) of this section, no operator of a commercial motor vehicle or a motor vehicle designed or used to transport between nine and fifteen passengers, including the driver, not for direct compensation, if the vehicle does not ot…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 60-6,180 Opening and closing vehicle doors; restriction.
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No person shall open the door of a motor vehicle on the side available to moving traffic unless and until it is reasonably safe to do so and it can be done without interfering with the movement of other traffic, nor shall any person leave a door open on the side of a vehicle avai…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 60-6,181 Traversing defiles, canyons, or mountain highways; audible warning.
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The driver of a motor vehicle traversing defiles, canyons, or mountain highways shall hold such motor vehicle under control and as near the right-hand side of the highway as reasonably possible and, upon approaching any curve where the view is obstructed within a distance of two …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 60-6,182 Traveling on a downgrade; gears; position.
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The driver of a motor vehicle when traveling upon a downgrade upon any highway shall not coast with the gears of such vehicle in neutral.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 60-6,183 Following fire apparatus in response to an alarm; prohibited.
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The driver of any vehicle other than one on official business shall not follow any fire apparatus traveling in response to a fire alarm closer than five hundred feet or drive into or park such vehicle within the block where fire apparatus has stopped in answer to a fire alarm.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 60-6,184 Restrictions on driving over unprotected fire hose.
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No vehicle shall be driven over unprotected hose of a fire department when laid down on any highway or private road or driveway, in use or to be used at any fire or alarm of fire, without the consent of the fire department official in command.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 60-6,185 Basic rule; speed.
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No person shall drive a vehicle on a highway at a speed greater than is reasonable and prudent under the conditions and having regard to the actual and potential hazards then existing. A person shall drive at a safe and appropriate speed when approaching and crossing an intersect…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 60-6,186 Speed; maximum limits; signs.
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(1) Except when a special hazard exists that requires lower speed for compliance with section 60-6,185, the limits set forth in this section and sections 60-6,187, 60-6,188, 60-6,305, and 60-6,313 shall be the maximum lawful speeds unless reduced pursuant to subsection (2) of thi…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 60-6,187 Special speed limitations; motor vehicle towing a mobile home; motor-driven cycle.
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(1) No person shall operate any motor vehicle when towing a mobile home at a rate of speed in excess of fifty miles per hour. (2)(a) A person may operate any motor-driven cycle at a speed in excess of thirty-five miles per hour upon a roadway at nighttime if such motor-driven cyc…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 60-6,188 Construction zone; signs; Director-State Engineer; authority.
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(1) The maximum speed limit through any maintenance, repair, or construction zone on the state highway system shall be thirty-five miles per hour in rural areas and twenty-five miles per hour in urban areas. (2) Such speed limits shall take effect only after appropriate signs giv…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 60-6,189 Driving over bridges; maximum speed; determination by Department of Transportation or local authority; effect.
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(1) No person shall drive a vehicle over any public bridge, causeway, viaduct, or other elevated structure at a speed which is greater than the maximum speed which can be maintained with safety thereon when such structure is posted with signs as provided in subsection (2) of this…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 60-6,190 Establishment of state speed limits; power of Department of Transportation; other than state highway system; power of local authority; signs.
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(1) Whenever the Department of Transportation determines, upon 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 at any intersection, place, or part of the state hi…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 60-6,191 Maximum lawful speed; temporary reduction; reasons; display sign; minimum speed, effect; Department of Transportation; powers and duties.
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(1) The Department of Transportation may temporarily reduce the maximum lawful speed for vehicles on any highway for any of the following reasons: (a) Any weather or environmental condition that reduces the visibility of vehicle operators to approximately one-fourth of one mile o…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 60-6,192 Speed determination; use of speed measurement devices; requirements; apprehension of driver; when.
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(1) Determinations made regarding the speed of any motor vehicle based upon the visual observation of any peace officer, while being competent evidence for all other purposes, shall be corroborated by the use of a radio microwave, mechanical, or electronic speed measurement devic…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 60-6,193 Minimum speed regulation; impeding traffic.
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(1) No person shall drive a motor vehicle at such a slow speed as to impede the normal and reasonable movement of traffic except when reduced speed is necessary for safe operation or in compliance with law. (2) On a freeway no motor vehicle, except emergency vehicles, shall be op…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 60-6,194 Charging violations of speed regulation; summons; burden of proof; elements of offense.
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(1) In every charge of violation of any speed regulation in the Nebraska Rules of the Road, the complaint and the summons or notice to appear shall specify the speed at which defendant is alleged to have driven and the maximum speed for the type of vehicle involved applicable wit…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 60-6,195 Racing on highways; violation; penalty.
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(1) No person shall drive any vehicle on any highway in any 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, and no person shall in any manner par…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 60-6,196 Driving under influence of alcoholic liquor or drug; penalties.
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(1) It shall be unlawful for any person to operate or be in the actual physical control of any motor vehicle: (a) While under the influence of alcoholic liquor or of any drug; (b) When such person has a concentration of eight-hundredths of one gram or more by weight of alcohol pe…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 60-6,196.01 Driving under influence of alcoholic liquor or drug; additional penalty.
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In addition to any other penalty provided for operating a motor vehicle in violation of section 60-6,196, if a person has a prior conviction as defined in section 60-6,197.02 for a violation punishable as a felony under section 60-6,197.03 and is subsequently found to have operat…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 60-6,197 Driving under influence of alcoholic liquor or drugs; implied consent to submit to chemical test; when test administered; refusal; advisement; effect; violation; penalty.
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(1) Any person who operates or has in his or her actual physical control a motor vehicle in this state shall be deemed to have given his or her consent to submit to a chemical test or tests of his or her blood, breath, or urine for the purpose of determining the concentration of …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 60-6,197.01 Driving while license has been revoked; driving under influence of alcoholic liquor or drug; second and subsequent violations; restrictions on motor vehicles; additional restrictions authorized.
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(1) Upon conviction for a violation described in section 60-6,197.06 or a second or subsequent violation of section 60-6,196 or 60-6,197, the court shall impose either of the following restrictions: (a)(i) The court shall order all motor vehicles owned by the person so convicted …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 60-6,197.02 Driving under influence of alcoholic liquor or drugs; implied consent to submit to chemical test; terms, defined; prior convictions; use; sentencing provisions; when applicable.
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(1) A violation of section 60-6,196 or 60-6,197 shall be punished as provided in sections 60-6,196.01 and 60-6,197.03. For purposes of sentencing under sections 60-6,196.01 and 60-6,197.03: (a) Prior conviction means a conviction for a violation committed within the fifteen-year …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 60-6,197.03 Driving under influence of alcoholic liquor or drugs; implied consent to submit to chemical test; penalties.
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Any person convicted of a violation of section 60-6,196 or 60-6,197 shall be punished as follows: (1) Except as provided in subdivision (2) of this section, if such person has not had a prior conviction, such person shall be guilty of a Class W misdemeanor, and the court shall, a…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 60-6,197.04 Driving under influence of alcoholic liquor or drugs; preliminary breath test; refusal; penalty.
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Any peace officer who has been duly authorized to make arrests for violation of traffic laws of this state or ordinances of any city or village may require any person who operates or has in his or her actual physical control a motor vehicle in this state to submit to a preliminar…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 60-6,197.05 Driving under influence of alcoholic liquor or drugs; implied consent to chemical test; revocation; effect.
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Any period of revocation imposed by the court for a violation of section 60-6,196 or 60-6,197 shall be reduced by any period of revocation imposed under sections 60-498.01 to 60-498.04, including any period during which a person has a valid ignition interlock permit or 24/7 sobri…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 60-6,197.06 Operating motor vehicle during revocation period; penalties.
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(1) Unless otherwise provided by law pursuant to an ignition interlock permit or a 24/7 sobriety program permit, any person operating a motor vehicle on the highways or streets of this state while his or her operator's license has been revoked pursuant to section 28-306, section …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 60-6,197.07 Driving under influence of alcoholic liquor or drugs; implied consent to submit to chemical test; city or village ordinances; authorized.
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Any city or village may enact ordinances in conformance with sections 60-6,196 and 60-6,197. Upon conviction of any person of a violation of such a city or village ordinance, the provisions of sections 60-6,197.02 and 60-6,197.03 with respect to the operator's license of such per…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 60-6,197.08 Driving under influence of alcoholic liquor or drugs; presentence evaluation.
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Any person who has been convicted of driving while intoxicated shall, during a presentence evaluation, submit to and participate in an alcohol assessment by a licensed alcohol and drug counselor. The alcohol assessment shall be paid for by the person convicted of driving while in…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 60-6,197.09 Driving under influence of alcoholic liquor or drugs; not eligible for probation or suspended sentence.
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Notwithstanding the provisions of section 60-6,197.03, a person who commits a violation punishable under subdivision (3)(b) or (c) of section 28-306 or subdivision (3)(b) or (c) of section 28-394 or a violation of section 60-6,196, 60-6,197, or 60-6,198 while participating in cri…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 60-6,197.10 Driving under influence of alcohol or drugs; public education campaign; Department of Motor Vehicles; duties.
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The Department of Motor Vehicles shall conduct an ongoing public education campaign to inform the residents of this state about the dangers and consequences of driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs in this state. Information shall include, but not be limited to, the cri…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 60-6,198 Driving under influence of alcoholic liquor or drugs; serious bodily injury; violation; penalty.
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(1) Any person who, while operating a motor vehicle in violation of section 60-6,196 or 60-6,197, proximately causes serious bodily injury to another person or an unborn child of a pregnant woman shall be guilty of a Class IIIA felony and the court shall, as part of the judgment …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 60-6,199 Driving under influence of alcoholic liquor or drugs; test; additional test; refusal to permit; effect; results of test; available upon request.
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The peace officer who requires a chemical blood, breath, or urine test or tests pursuant to section 60-6,197 may direct whether the test or tests shall be of blood, breath, or urine. The person tested shall be permitted to have a physician of his or her choice evaluate his or her…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 60-6,200 Driving under influence of alcoholic liquor or drugs; chemical test; consent of person incapable of refusal not withdrawn.
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Any person who is unconscious or who is otherwise in a condition rendering him or her incapable of refusal shall be deemed not to have withdrawn the consent provided by section 60-6,197 and the test may be given.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 60-6,201 Driving under influence of alcoholic liquor or drugs; chemical test; violation of statute or ordinance; results; competent evidence; permit; fee.
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(1) Any test made under section 60-6,197, if made in conformity with the requirements of this section, shall be competent evidence in any prosecution under a state statute or city or village ordinance involving operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of alcoholic liqu…