(A) Any person who operates a motorcycle shall have all of the rights and shall be subject to all of the duties applicable to the driver of any other vehicle under this subchapter.
(B) Any person who operates a motorcycle shall ride only upon a permanent and regular seat attached thereto, and shall not carry any other person nor shall any other person ride on a motorcycle unless such motorcycle is designed to carry more than one person, in which event a passenger may ride upon the permanent and regular seat if designed for two persons, or upon another seat firmly attached to the motorcycle to the rear or side of the operator.
(C) Any person shall ride upon a motorcycle only while sitting astride the seat, facing forward.
(D) No person shall operate a motorcycle while carrying any package, bundle or other article which prevents him or her from keeping both hands on the handlebars.
(E) No operator shall carry any person, nor shall any person ride, in a position that will interfere with the operation or control of the motorcycle or the view of the operator.
(F) (1) A motorcycle shall be entitled to full use of a traffic lane of any highway and no vehicle shall be driven in such a manner as to deprive any motorcycle of the full use of such land.
(2) This division (F) shall not apply to motorcycles operated two abreast in a single lane.
(G) The operator of a motorcycle shall not overtake and pass in the same lane occupied by the vehicle being overtaken.
(H) No person shall operate a motorcycle between lanes of traffic or between adjacent lines or rows of vehicles.
(I) Motorcycles shall not be operated more than two abreast in a single lane.
(J) Divisions (G) and (H) above shall not apply to police officers in the performance of their official duties.
(Prior Code, § 3-403) Penalty, see § 73.99
Statutory reference:
Related provisions, see Neb. RS 60-6,306 and 60-6,308