Section
General Provisions
71.01 Restrictions on direction of travel
71.02 Right-of-way; stop and yield signs
71.03 Interference with traffic control devices or railroad signs or signals
71.04 Signs, markers, devices, or notices; prohibited acts
71.05 Tire requirements and prohibitions; permissive uses
71.06 Prohibiting truck traffic on River Street
71.07 Engine brakes
Speed Limits
71.20 Basic rule
71.21 Maximum limits
71.22 Bridges and other elevated structures
71.23 Alternative maximum limits
71.24 Near schools
71.99 Violations; fines
GENERAL PROVISIONS
(A) The City Council with respect to highways under its jurisdiction may designate any highway, roadway, part of a roadway, or specific lanes upon which vehicular traffic shall proceed in one direction at all times or at such times as shall be indicated by traffic control devices.
(B) Except for emergency vehicles, no vehicle shall be operated, backed, pushed, or otherwise caused to move in a direction which is opposite to the direction designated by competent authority on any deceleration lane, acceleration lane, access ramp, shoulder, or roadway.
(C) A vehicle which passes around a rotary traffic island shall be driven only to the right of such island.
(Neb. RS 60-6,138)
(A) The City Council may provide for preferential right-of-way at an intersection and indicate such by stop signs or yield signs erected by such authorities.
(B) Except when directed to proceed by a peace officer or traffic control signal, every driver of a vehicle approaching an intersection where a stop is indicated by a stop sign shall stop at a clearly marked stop line or shall stop, if there is no such line, before entering the crosswalk on the near side of the intersection or, if no crosswalk is indicated, at the point nearest the intersecting roadway where the driver has a view of approaching traffic on the intersecting roadway before entering the intersection. After having stopped, such driver shall yield the right-of-way to any vehicle which has entered the intersection from another highway or which is approaching so closely on such highway as to constitute an immediate hazard if such driver moved across or into such intersection.
(C) The driver of a vehicle approaching a yield sign shall slow to a speed reasonable under the existing conditions and, if required for safety to stop, shall stop at a clearly marked stop line or shall stop, if there is no such line, before entering the crosswalk on the near side of the intersection or, if no crosswalk is indicated, at the point nearest the intersecting roadway where the driver has a view of approaching traffic on the intersecting roadway. After slowing or stopping, such driver shall yield the right-of-way to any vehicle in the intersection or approaching on another highway so closely as to constitute an immediate hazard if such driver moved across or into such intersection.
(Neb. RS 60-6,148) Penalty, see § 70.99
No person shall, without lawful authority, attempt to or in fact alter, deface, injure, knock down, or remove any traffic control device, any railroad sign or signal, or any part of such a device, sign, or signal.
(Neb. RS 60-6,129) Penalty, see § 70.99
(A) Any person who willfully or maliciously shoots upon the public highway and injures, defaces, damages, or destroys any signs, monuments, road markers, traffic control devices, traffic surveillance devices, or other public notices lawfully placed upon such highways shall be guilty of an offense.
(B) No person shall willfully or maliciously injure, deface, alter, or knock down any sign, traffic control device, or traffic surveillance device.
(C) It shall be unlawful for any person, other than a duly authorized representative of the Department of Transportation, the county, or the city, to remove any sign, traffic control device, or traffic surveillance device placed along a highway for traffic control, warning, or informational purposes by official action of the department, county, or city. It shall be unlawful for any person to possess a sign or device which has been removed in violation of this division.
(D) Any person violating division (B) or (C) of this section shall be guilty of an offense and shall be assessed liquidated damages in the amount of the value of the sign, traffic control device, or traffic surveillance device and the cost of replacing it.
(Neb. RS 60-6,130) Penalty, see § 10.99
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