Section
General Provisions
71.001 Safety of blind persons in public places
71.002 Signals of the road
71.003 Careless driving
71.004 Negligent driving
71.005 Excessive torque
71.006 Engine braking and semi-tractors, prohibited noise
71.007 Request to move vehicle
71.008 Alcoholic beverages; persons under 21 years of age
71.009 Hazardous activities for children
71.010 Moving disabled vehicles
71.011 Obstructing funeral processions
71.012 Tractors on pavement prohibited
71.013 Overweight permits for licensed garbage haulers
71.014 All-terrain and utility vehicles
Pedestrians
71.025 Pedestrian jaywalking
71.026 Driving through pedestrian zones
Speed Limits
71.040 Speed regulated
71.041 Use of radar to measure speed; arrest authorized
Turning
71.055 Turning right
71.056 Turning left
71.057 U-turns
Right-of-Way
71.070 Approaching or entering intersection
71.071 Turning left
71.072 Pedestrians
71.073 Entering a public road
71.074 Moving a stopped, standing or parked vehicle
71.075 Authorized emergency vehicles
71.076 Stop signs
71.077 Yield signs
Material or Debris on Road
71.090 Scattering of glass or nails
71.091 Duty to remove scattered materials
71.092 Duty to remove debris left by damaged vehicle
Street Designations
71.105 Arterial or collector streets
71.106 Truck routes
Regulations for Operators
71.120 Position of vehicles
71.121 Overtaking vehicles; intersections
71.122 Keep to right of center line of street
71.123 Overtaken vehicle to yield right-of-way
71.124 Following too closely
71.125 Following authorized emergency vehicles
71.126 Stop required while buses loading, unloading
71.127 Improper lane change
71.128 Driving against traffic
71.129 Failure to maintain control
71.130 Clinging to motor vehicles
71.131 Unhampered operation
71.132 Endgates in place
71.133 Dragging ropes or chains
71.134 Driving over fire hose
71.135 Driving over newly laid pavement
Regulations for Passengers
71.150 Riding on outside of vehicle
71.151 Riding in truck beds
71.152 Soliciting rides
71.999 Penalty
GENERAL PROVISIONS
(A) For the purpose of guarding against accidents, persons who are wholly or partially blind may use a white cane or walking stick while walking in a public place as a means of identifying them to operators of vehicles or motor vehicles.
(B) It shall be unlawful for any person who is not wholly or partially blind to use a white cane or walking stick in a public place as if that person were wholly or partially blind.
(C) (1) The driver or operator of any vehicle or motor vehicle shall immediately come to a full stop when the driver approaches or is coming in close proximity to a person who is in the path or about to enter the path of the vehicle or motor vehicle and that person is carrying a white cane or walking stick or is accompanied by a seeing eye dog or service dog, and the driver knows or has reason to know that the person is being accompanied by a seeing eye dog or service dog.
(2) The driver or operator shall not proceed until the driver may do so without causing an accident or injury to the person carrying the white cane or walking stick or accompanied by the seeing eye dog or service dog.
(D) The phrase WHITE IN COLOR as used to describe a cane or walking stick shall mean a cane or walking stick which is painted or enameled white. This phrase shall not describe a cane or walking stick which is unpainted or whose natural wood color is white.
(Prior Code, § 71.001) (Ord. 98-27, passed 7-20-1998) Penalty, see § 71.999
(A) It shall be unlawful for the driver of any vehicle to move left or right upon a street or road, to change lanes or to turn right or left unless and until the movement can be made with reasonable safety and then only after giving an appropriate signal in accordance with divisions (B) or (C) below.
(B) The signals required in division (A) above shall be given by means of the signal lights of a vehicle unless the signal lights are inoperative, in which case, the required signals shall be made in accordance with division (C) below.
(C) If the signal lights of a vehicle are inoperative or the vehicle is not equipped with signal lights, then the signals required in division (A) above shall be given by means of hand and arm signals from the left side of the vehicle as follows:
(1) Left turn: By extending the left hand and arm horizontally to the left;
(2) Right turn: By extending the left hand and forearm upward;
(3) Stop or decrease speed: By extending the left hand and arm downward; and
(4) Bicycles, right turn: Any person operating a bicycle may signal a right turn by fully extending the right arm and pointing.
(Prior Code, § 71.002) (Ord. 98-27, passed 7-20-1998) Penalty, see § 71.999
Any person who drives any motor vehicle within the city carelessly or without due caution so as to endanger any person or property shall be guilty of careless driving.
(Prior Code, § 71.003) (Ord. 98-27, passed 7-20-1998) Penalty, see § 71.999
Statutory reference:
Related provisions, see Neb. Rev. Stat. § 60-6,212
(A) It shall be unlawful for any person to drive, use, operate, park, cause to park or stop any motor vehicle in a negligent manner so as to endanger person or property.
(B) The term NEGLIGENT, as it is used in this section, shall mean a failure to exercise due care which is the omission of that care which a person of common prudence usually takes of that person’s concerns.
(Prior Code, § 71.004) (Ord. 98-27, passed 7-20-1998) Penalty, see § 71.999
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