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TITLE I: GENERAL PROVISIONS
TITLE III: ADMINISTRATION
TITLE V: PUBLIC WORKS
TITLE VII: TRAFFIC CODE
TITLE IX: GENERAL REGULATIONS
TITLE XI: BUSINESS REGULATIONS
TITLE XIII: GENERAL OFFENSES
TITLE XV: LAND USAGE
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§ 70.64 NEGLIGENT DRIVING.
   Any person who operates a motor vehicle in such a manner as to indicate a want of ordinary care and caution that a person of ordinary prudence would use under like circumstances shall be deemed guilty of negligent driving.
(Neb. RS 60-4,182) (1973 Code, § 5-618) (Ord. 407, passed 12-5-1974) Penalty, see § 70.99
§ 70.65 UNNECESSARY TIRE NOISE.
   Any person who drives, uses, operates, parks, or stops any motor vehicle in such a manner as to cause unnecessary tire noise shall be deemed guilty of causing unnecessary tire noise.
(1973 Code, § 5-619) (Ord. 407, passed 12-5-1974) Penalty, see § 70.99
§ 70.66 ACCIDENT; DRIVER'S DUTY.
   (A)   The driver of any vehicle involved in an accident upon a public highway, private road, or private drive, resulting in injury or death to any person, shall:
      (1)   Immediately stop the vehicle at the scene of the accident;
      (2)   Give his or her name, address, and the registration number of his or her vehicle, and exhibit his or her operator's, or chauffeur's license, to the person struck, or the driver, or occupants, of any vehicle collided with; and
      (3)   Render to any person injured in the accident reasonable assistance, including the carrying of the person to a physician or surgeon for medical or surgical treatment if it is apparent that the treatment is necessary, or is requested by the injured person.
   (B)   The driver of any vehicle involved in an accident, whether upon the public highway, private road, or private drive, resulting in damage to property, shall:
      (1)   Immediately stop the vehicle at the scene of the accident; and
      (2)   Give his or her name, address, and the registration number of his or her vehicle, and exhibit his or her operator's, or chauffeur's license to the owner of the property struck, or the driver, or occupants of any other vehicle involved in the collision.
(Neb. RS 60-680) (1973 Code, § 5-620) Penalty, see § 70.99
§ 70.67 EMERGENCY; REGULATIONS.
   The Police Chief is hereby empowered to make and enforce temporary traffic regulations to cover emergencies.
(Neb. RS 81-2,005) (1973 Code, § 5-621) (Ord. 419, passed 3-4-1976)
§ 70.68 POLICE.
   (A)   Enforcement. The city police are hereby authorized, empowered, and ordered to exercise all powers and duties, with relation to the management of street traffic, and to direct, control, stop, restrict, regulate, and, when necessary, temporarily divert, or exclude, in the interest of public safety, health, and convenience the movement of pedestrian, animal, and vehicular traffic of every kind in streets, parks, and on bridges. The driver of any vehicle shall stop upon the signal of any police officer.
(Neb. RS 60-683) (1973 Code, § 5-622)
   (B)   Refusal to obey. It shall be unlawful for any person to refuse, or fail to comply with, any lawful order, signal, or direction of a police officer.
(Neb. RS 60-680) (1973 Code, § 5-623)
   (C)   Traffic officers. The City Council or the city police may at any time detail officers, to be known as "traffic officers," at street intersections. All traffic officers shall be vested with the authority to regulate and control traffic at the intersections to which they are assigned. It shall be their duty to direct the movement of traffic and prevent congestion and accidents. It shall be unlawful for any person to violate any order, or signal, of any such traffic officer notwithstanding the directive of a stop sign, or signal device, which may have been placed at any such intersection.
(Neb. RS 60-680, 60-683, and 60-6,222) (1973 Code, § 5-624)
Penalty, see § 70.99
§ 70.69 TRAFFIC CITATIONS.
   (A)   Disposition. The city police, upon issuing a traffic citation to an alleged violator of any provision of this title, shall deposit the original traffic citation with the City Attorney, who shall at his or her discretion file a complaint in the appropriate court.
(1973 Code, § 5-625)
   (B)   Illegal cancellation. Any person who cancels, or solicits the cancellation of, any traffic citation in any manner other than as provided herein shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
(Neb. RS 60-680) (1973 Code, § 5-626)
Penalty, see § 70.99
§ 70.70 SUMMONS; DESTRUCTION.
   It shall be unlawful for any person to tear up, or destroy, a parking tag placed upon any vehicle by the city police, or to disregard the summons contained on the tag, and fail to appear in court as directed by the tag.
(Neb. RS 60-680) (1973 Code, § 5-627) Penalty, see § 70.99
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