(A) Operator’s license required. No person shall operate a moped upon the streets, alleys, or highways within the village unless such person has:
(1) A valid Class O operator’s license; or
(2) A valid school or learner’s permit.
(Prior Code, § 5-305)
(B) Traffic regulations applicable.
(1) (a) Any person who rides a moped upon a roadway shall have all the rights and shall be subject to all of the duties applicable to the driver of a motor vehicle under the State Rules of the Road except for special moped regulations in the rules and except for those provisions of the rules which by their nature can have no application.
(b) Such regulations applicable to mopeds shall apply whenever a moped is operated upon any street, alley, or highway within the village or upon any path set aside by the Department of Roads or the village for the use of mopeds.
(2) Notwithstanding any established maximum speed limits in excess of 25 mph, no person shall operate any moped at a speed in excess of 30 mph.
(Prior Code, § 5-306)
(C) Operation.
(1) Any person who operates a moped shall ride only upon a permanent and regular seat attached to the moped. A person operating a moped shall not carry any other person nor shall any other person ride on a moped unless such moped is designed by the manufacturer to carry more than one person.
(2) A person shall ride upon a moped only while sitting astride the seat, facing forward.
(3) No person shall operate a moped while carrying any package, bundle, or other article which prevents him, her, or them from keeping both hands on the handlebars.
(4) No operator shall carry any person, nor shall any person ride, in a position that interferes with the operation or control of the moped or the view of the operator.
(5) Any moped which carries a passenger shall be equipped with footrests for such passenger.
(Prior Code, § 5-307)
(D) Use of traffic lanes.
(1) A moped shall be entitled to full use of a traffic lane or any of any highway with an authorized speed limit of 45 mph or less and no vehicle shall be operated in such a manner as to deprive any moped of the full use of such lane, except that mopeds and motorcycles may be operated two abreast in a single lane.
(2) No person shall operate a moped between lanes of traffic or between adjacent lines or rows of vehicles.
(3) Mopeds shall not be operated more than two abreast in a single lane.
(4) Any person who operates a moped on a roadway with an authorized speed limit of more than 45 mph shall ride as near to the right side of the roadway as practicable and shall not ride more than single file.
(5) No person who rides upon a moped shall attach himself, herself, themself or the moped to any other vehicle on a roadway.
(6) Mopeds shall not be operated on the sidewalks.
(Prior Code, § 5-308)
(Ord. 439, passed 9-7-1994; Ord. 440, passed 9-7-1994; Ord. 441, passed 9-7-1994; Ord. 442, passed 9-7-1994) Penalty, see § 73.99
Statutory reference:
Related provisions, see Neb. RS 60-6,310, 60-6,311, 60-6,313