Chapter 60 — MOTOR VEHICLES
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Neb. Rev. Stat. § 60-6 Accidents; reports required of garages and repair shops.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 60-601 Nebraska Rules of the Road, how cited.
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Sections 60-601 to 60-6,383 shall be known and may be cited as the Nebraska Rules of the Road.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 60-602 Declaration of legislative purpose.
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The purposes and policies of the Nebraska Rules of the Road are: (1) To make more uniform highway traffic laws between states; (2) To educate drivers so that they can develop instinctive habits resulting in safer emergency reactions; (3) To educate drivers and pedestrians of all …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 60-603 Rules; not retroactive.
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The Nebraska Rules of the Road as enacted by Laws 1993, LB 370, shall not have a retroactive effect and shall not apply to any traffic accident, to any cause of action arising out of a traffic accident or judgment arising therefrom, or to any violation of the motor vehicle laws o…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 60-604 Construction of rules.
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The Nebraska Rules of the Road shall be so interpreted and construed as to effectuate their general purpose to make uniform the laws relating to motor vehicles.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 60-605 Definitions, where found.
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For purposes of the Nebraska Rules of the Road, the definitions found in sections 60-606 to 60-676.01 shall be used.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 60-606 Acceleration or deceleration lane, defined.
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Acceleration or deceleration lane shall mean a supplementary lane of a highway lane for traffic, which adjoins the traveled lanes of a highway and connects an approach or exit road with such highway.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 60-607 Alley, defined.
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Alley shall mean a highway intended to provide access to the rear or side of lots or buildings and not intended for the purpose of through vehicular traffic.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 60-608 Approach or exit road, defined.
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Approach or exit road shall mean any highway or ramp designed and used solely for the purpose of providing ingress or egress to or from an interchange or rest area of a highway. An approach road shall begin at the point where it intersects with any highway not a part of the highw…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 60-609 Arterial highway, defined.
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Arterial highway shall mean a highway primarily for through traffic, usually on a continuous route.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 60-610 Authorized emergency vehicle, defined.
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Authorized emergency vehicle shall mean such fire department vehicles, police vehicles, rescue vehicles, and ambulances as are publicly owned, such other publicly or privately owned vehicles as are designated by the Director of Motor Vehicles, and such publicly owned military veh…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 60-610.01 Autocycle, defined.
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Autocycle means any motor vehicle (1) having a seat that does not require the operator to straddle or sit astride it, (2) designed to travel on three wheels in contact with the ground, (3) having antilock brakes, (4) designed to be controlled with a steering wheel and pedals, and…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 60-611 Bicycle, defined.
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Bicycle shall mean: (1) Every device propelled solely by human power, upon which any person may ride, and having two, three, or four wheels any one or more of which being more than fourteen inches in diameter; and (2) An electric bicycle.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 60-612 Bus, defined.
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Bus shall mean every motor vehicle designed for carrying more than ten passengers and used for the transportation of persons and every motor vehicle, other than a taxicab, designed and used for the transportation of persons for compensation.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 60-613 Business district, defined.
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Business district shall mean the territory contiguous to and including a highway when within any six hundred feet along such highway there are buildings in use for business or industrial purposes, including, but not limited to, hotels, banks, office buildings, railroad stations, …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 60-614 Cabin trailer, defined.
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Cabin trailer shall mean a trailer or semitrailer which is designed, constructed, and equipped as a dwelling place, living abode, or sleeping place, whether used for such purposes or instead permanently or temporarily for the advertising, sale, display, or promotion of merchandis…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 60-614.01 Continuous alcohol monitoring device, defined.
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Continuous alcohol monitoring device means a portable device capable of automatically and periodically testing and recording alcohol consumption levels and automatically and periodically transmitting such information and tamper attempts regarding such device, regardless of the lo…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 60-614.02 Class I electric bicycle, defined.
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Class I electric bicycle means a device with the following components: (1) Two, three, or four wheels; (2) A saddle or seat for the rider; (3) Fully operative pedals for propulsion by human power; and (4) An electric motor: (a) Not exceeding seven hundred fifty watts of power; (b…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 60-614.03 Class II electric bicycle, defined.
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Class II electric bicycle means a device with the following components: (1) Two, three, or four wheels; (2) A saddle or seat for the rider; (3) Fully operative pedals for propulsion by human power; and (4) An electric motor: (a) Not exceeding seven hundred fifty watts of power; (…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 60-614.04 Class III electric bicycle, defined.
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Class III electric bicycle means a device with the following components: (1) Two, three, or four wheels; (2) A saddle or seat for the rider; (3) Fully operative pedals for propulsion by human power; and (4) An electric motor: (a) Not exceeding seven hundred fifty watts of power; …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 60-615 Controlled-access highway, defined.
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Controlled-access highway shall mean every highway or roadway in respect to which owners or occupants of abutting lands and other persons have no legal right of access to or egress from except at such points only and in such manner as may be determined by the public authority hav…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 60-616 Crosswalk, defined.
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Crosswalk shall mean: (1) That part of a roadway at an intersection included within the connections of the lateral lines of the sidewalks on opposite sides of such roadway measured from the curbs or, in the absence of curbs, from the edge of the roadway; or (2) Any portion of a r…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 60-617 Daytime, defined.
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Daytime shall mean that period of time between sunrise and sunset.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 60-618 Divided highway, defined.
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Divided highway shall mean a highway with separated roadways for traffic in opposite directions.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 60-618.01 Expressway, defined.
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Expressway shall mean a divided arterial highway designed primarily for through traffic with full or partial control of access which may have grade separations at intersections.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 60-618.02 Electric personal assistive mobility device, defined.
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Electric personal assistive mobility device shall mean a self-balancing, two-nontandem-wheeled device, designed to transport only one person and containing an electric propulsion system with an average power of seven hundred fifty watts or one horsepower, whose maximum speed on a…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 60-618.03 Electric bicycle, defined.
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Electric bicycle means a Class I electric bicycle, a Class II electric bicycle, and a Class III electric bicycle.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 60-619 Farm tractor, defined.
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Farm tractor shall mean every motor vehicle designed and used primarily as a farm implement for drawing plows, mowing machines, and other implements of husbandry.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 60-620 Final conviction, defined.
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Final conviction shall mean the final determination of all questions of fact and of law.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 60-620.01 Former military vehicle, defined.
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Former military vehicle means a motor vehicle that was manufactured for use in any country's military forces and is maintained to accurately represent its military design and markings, regardless of the vehicle's size or weight, but is no longer used, or never was used, by a mili…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 60-621 Freeway, defined.
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Freeway shall mean a divided arterial highway designed primarily for through traffic with full control of access and with grade separations at all intersecting road crossings, including all interchanges and approach and exit roads thereto.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 60-622 Full control of access, defined.
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Full control of access shall mean that the right of owners or occupants of abutting land or other persons to access or view is fully controlled by public authority having jurisdiction and that such control is exercised to give preference to through traffic by providing access con…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 60-622.01 Golf car vehicle, defined.
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Golf car vehicle means a vehicle that has at least four wheels, has a maximum level ground speed of less than twenty miles per hour, has a maximum payload capacity of one thousand two hundred pounds, has a maximum gross vehicle weight of two thousand five hundred pounds, has a ma…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 60-623 Grade separation, defined.
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Grade separation shall mean a crossing of two highways at different levels.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 60-624 Highway, defined.
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Highway shall mean the entire width between the boundary limits of any street, road, avenue, boulevard, or way which is publicly maintained when any part thereof is open to the use of the public for purposes of vehicular travel.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 60-624.01 Idle reduction technology, defined.
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Idle reduction technology means any device or system of devices that is installed on a heavy-duty diesel-powered on-highway truck or truck-tractor and is designed to provide to such truck or truck-tractor those services, such as heat, air conditioning, or electricity, that would …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 60-625 Implement of husbandry, defined.
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Implement of husbandry shall mean every vehicle or implement designed and adapted exclusively for agricultural, horticultural, or livestock-raising operations or for lifting or carrying an implement of husbandry and used primarily off any highway.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 60-625.01 Impoundment of operator's license, defined.
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Impoundment of operator's license shall have the meaning found in section 60-470.01.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 60-626 Interchange, defined.
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Interchange shall mean a grade-separated intersection with one or more turning roadways for travel between any of the highways radiating from and forming part of such intersection.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 60-627 Intersection, defined.
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Intersection shall mean the area embraced within the prolongation or connection of the lateral curb lines or, if there are no lateral curb lines, the lateral boundary lines of the roadways of two or more highways which join one another at, or approximately at, right angles or the…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 60-628 Local authority, defined.
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Local authority shall mean every county, municipal, and other local board or body having power to enact laws, rules, or regulations relating to traffic under the Constitution of Nebraska and the laws of this state and generally including the directors of state institutions, the G…