Chapter 60 — MOTOR VEHICLES

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Neb. Rev. Stat. § 60-628.01 Low-speed vehicle, defined.
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(1) Low-speed vehicle means any: (a) Four-wheeled motor vehicle: (i) With a speed attainable in one mile of more than twenty miles per hour and not more than twenty-five miles per hour on a paved, level surface; (ii) With a gross vehicle weight rating of less than three thousand …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 60-629 Mail, defined.
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Mail shall mean to deposit in the United States mail properly addressed and with postage prepaid.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 60-630 Maintenance, defined.
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Maintenance shall mean the act, operation, or continuous process of repair, reconstruction, or preservation of the whole or any part of any highway, including surface, shoulders, roadsides, traffic control devices, structures, waterways, and drainage facilities, for the purpose o…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 60-631 Manual, defined.
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Manual shall mean the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices adopted by the Department of Transportation pursuant to section 60-6,118.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 60-632 Median, defined.
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Median shall mean that part of a divided highway, such as a physical barrier or clearly indicated dividing section or space, so constructed as to impede vehicular traffic across or within such barrier, section, or space or to divide such highway into two roadways for vehicular tr…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 60-633 Median crossover, defined.
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Median crossover shall mean a connection between roadways of a divided highway the use of which may permit a vehicle to reverse its direction by continuously moving forward.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 60-634 Median opening, defined.
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Median opening shall mean a gap in a median provided for crossing and turning traffic.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 60-635 Metal tire, defined.
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Metal tire shall mean every tire the surface of which in contact with the highway is wholly or partly of metal or other hard nonresilient material.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 60-636 Minibike, defined.
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(1) Minibike shall mean a two-wheel motor vehicle that: (a) Has a total wheel and tire diameter of less than fourteen inches; (b) Has an engine-rated capacity of less than forty-five cubic centimeters displacement; (c) Has an engine power output of less than three horsepower; (d)…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 60-636.01 Minitruck, defined.
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Minitruck means a foreign-manufactured import vehicle or domestic-manufactured vehicle which (1) is powered by an internal combustion engine with a piston or rotor displacement of one thousand five hundred cubic centimeters or less, (2) is sixty-seven inches or less in width, (3)…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 60-637 Moped, defined.
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Moped shall mean a device with fully operative pedals for propulsion by human power, an automatic transmission, and a motor with a cylinder capacity not exceeding fifty cubic centimeters which produces no more than two brake horsepower and is capable of propelling the device at a…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 60-638 Motor vehicle, defined.
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Motor vehicle shall mean every self-propelled land vehicle, not operated upon rails, except bicycles, mopeds, self-propelled chairs used by persons who are disabled, and electric personal assistive mobility devices.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 60-639 Motorcycle, defined.
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Motorcycle means every motor vehicle having a seat or saddle for the use of the rider and designed to travel on not more than three wheels in contact with the ground, excluding tractors and electric personal assistive mobility devices. Motorcycle includes an autocycle.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 60-640 Motor-driven cycle, defined.
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(1) Motor-driven cycle means every motorcycle, including every motor scooter, with a motor which produces not to exceed five brake horsepower as measured at the drive shaft, mopeds, and every bicycle with a motor attached except for an electric bicycle. Motor-driven cycle shall n…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 60-641 Nighttime, defined.
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Nighttime shall mean that period of time between sunset and sunrise.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 60-641.01 On-track equipment, defined.
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On-track equipment means any railroad locomotive or any other car, rolling stock, equipment, or other device operated upon stationary rails either alone or coupled to other railroad locomotives, cars, rolling stock, equipment, or devices.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 60-642 Operator or driver, defined.
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Operator or driver shall mean any person who operates, drives, or is in actual physical control of a vehicle.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 60-643 Operator's license, defined.
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Operator's license shall have the meaning found in section 60-474.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 60-644 Owner, with respect to a vehicle, defined.
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Owner, with respect to a vehicle, shall mean a person, other than a person holding a security interest, having the property in or title to a vehicle, including a person entitled to the use and possession of a vehicle subject to a security interest in another person, but excluding…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 60-645 Park or parking, defined.
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Park or parking shall mean the standing of a vehicle, whether occupied or not, otherwise than temporarily for the purpose of and while actually engaged in loading or unloading merchandise or passengers.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 60-646 Peace officer, defined.
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Peace officer shall mean any town marshal, chief of police, local police officer, sheriff, or deputy sheriff, the Superintendent of Law Enforcement and Public Safety, or any officer of the Nebraska State Patrol and shall also include members of the National Guard on active servic…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 60-647 Pedestrian, defined.
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Pedestrian shall mean any person afoot.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 60-648 Pneumatic tire, defined.
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Pneumatic tire shall mean any tire designed so that compressed air supports the load of the wheel.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 60-649 Private road or driveway, defined.
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Private road or driveway shall mean every way or place in private ownership and used for vehicular travel by the owner and those having express or implied permission from the owner but not by other persons.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 60-649.01 Property-carrying unit, defined.
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Property-carrying unit shall mean any part of a commercial motor vehicle combination, except the truck-tractor, used to carry property and shall include trailers and semitrailers.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 60-650 Railroad, defined.
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Railroad shall mean a carrier of persons or property upon cars, other than streetcars, operated upon stationary rails.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 60-651 Railroad sign or signal, defined.
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Railroad sign or signal shall mean any sign, signal, or device erected by authority of a public body or official or by a railroad intended to give notice of the presence of railroad tracks or the approach of a railroad train.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 60-652 Railroad train, defined.
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Railroad train shall mean a steam engine or an engine with an electric or other motor, with or without cars coupled thereto, operated upon rails.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 60-653 Registration, defined.
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Registration shall mean the registration certificate or certificates and license plates issued under the Motor Vehicle Registration Act.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 60-654 Residential district, defined.
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Residential district shall mean the territory contiguous to and including a highway not comprising a business district when the property on such highway for a distance of three hundred feet or more is in the main improved with residences or residences and buildings in use for bus…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 60-654.01 Revocation of operator's license, defined.
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Revocation of operator's license shall have the meaning found in section 60-476.01.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 60-655 Right-of-way, defined.
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Right-of-way shall mean the right of one vehicle or pedestrian to proceed in a lawful manner in preference to another vehicle or pedestrian approaching under such circumstances of direction, speed, and proximity as to give rise to danger of collision unless one grants precedence …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 60-656 Roadway, defined.
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Roadway shall mean that portion of a highway improved, designed, or ordinarily used for vehicular travel, exclusive of the berm or shoulder. If a highway includes two or more separate roadways, the term roadway shall refer to any such roadway separately but not to all such roadwa…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 60-657 Safety zone, defined.
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Safety zone shall mean an area or space officially set apart within a roadway for the exclusive use of pedestrians and which is protected or is so marked or indicated by adequate signs as to be plainly visible at all times while set apart as such area.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 60-658 School bus, defined.
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School bus shall mean any motor vehicle which complies with the general design, equipment, and color requirements adopted and promulgated pursuant to subdivision (12) of section 79-318 and which is used to transport students to or from school or in connection with school activiti…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 60-658.01 School crossing zone, defined.
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School crossing zone means the area of a roadway designated to the public by the Department of Transportation or any county, city, or village as a school crossing zone through the use of a sign or traffic control device as specified by the department or any county, city, or villa…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 60-659 Security interest, defined.
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Security interest shall mean an equitable title or property right in a vehicle reserved or created by agreement and which secures payment or performance of an obligation, including the interest of a lessor under a lease intended as security, and which is perfected when it is vali…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 60-660 Semitrailer, defined.
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Semitrailer shall mean any vehicle, with or without motive power, designed to carry persons or property and to be drawn by a motor vehicle and so constructed that some part of its weight and that of its load rests upon or is carried by another vehicle.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 60-661 Shoulder, defined.
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Shoulder shall mean that part of the highway contiguous to the roadway and designed for the accommodation of stopped vehicles, for emergency use, and for lateral support of the base and surface courses of the roadway.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 60-662 Sidewalk, defined.
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Sidewalk shall mean that portion of a highway between the curb lines, or the lateral lines of a roadway, and the adjacent property lines, intended for use by pedestrians.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 60-663 Snowmobile, defined.
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Snowmobile shall mean a self-propelled motor vehicle designed to travel on snow or ice or a natural terrain steered by wheels, skis, or runners and propelled by a belt-driven track with or without steel cleats.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 60-664 Solid tire, defined.
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Solid tire shall mean every tire of rubber or other resilient material which does not depend upon compressed air or metal for the support of the load of the wheel to which it attaches.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 60-665 Stand or standing, defined.
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Stand or standing shall mean the halting of a vehicle, whether occupied or not, other than temporarily for the purpose of and while actually engaged in receiving or discharging passengers.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 60-666 State, defined.
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State shall mean a state, territory, or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or a province of Canada.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 60-667 Stop or stopping, defined.
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(1) Stop, when required, shall mean a complete cessation of movement. (2) Stop or stopping, when prohibited, shall mean any halting even momentarily of a vehicle, whether occupied or not, except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic or in compliance with the directi…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 60-667.01 Super-two highway, defined.
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Super-two highway means a two-lane highway designed primarily for through traffic with passing lanes spaced intermittently and on alternating sides of the highway to provide predictable opportunities to pass slower moving vehicles.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 60-667.02 Superload, defined.
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Superload means a vehicle, or vehicle combination that is transporting a nondivisible load, that is in excess of: (1) Sixteen feet in width; (2) One hundred ninety-one inches in height; (3) One hundred fifty feet in length; or (4) One hundred sixty thousand pounds in gross weight…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 60-668 Through highway, defined.
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Through highway shall mean every highway or portion thereof on which vehicular traffic is given preferential right-of-way and at the entrances to which vehicular traffic from intersecting highways is required by law to yield such right-of-way to vehicles on such highway in obedie…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 60-669 Traffic, defined.
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Traffic shall mean pedestrians, ridden or herded animals, and vehicles and other conveyances either singly or together while using any highway for purposes of travel.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 60-670 Traffic control device, defined.
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Traffic control device shall mean any sign, signal, marking, or other device not inconsistent with the Nebraska Rules of the Road placed or erected by authority of a public body or official having jurisdiction for the purpose of regulating, warning, or guiding traffic.