A. No person shall turn a vehicle from the direct course of travel upon a street, slow down or stop, or change traffic lanes, unless and until such movement can be made in safety, and then only after giving an appropriate signal of such intention, in the following manner.
1. A signal of intention to turn right or left from the direct course of travel, or to change lanes, shall be given continuously during not less than the last one hundred (100) feet traveled by the vehicle before turning or changing lanes;
2. Under any condition when a hand and arm signal would not be visible both to the front and rear of the vehicle of such signaling driver for one hundred feet, the required signals shall be given by such signal light. If the required signals are given by hand, such signals shall be given in the following manner, and such signals shall indicate as follows:
TURN RIGHT by extending the left hand and forearm upward from the left side of the vehicle; TURN LEFT by extending the left hand and arm horizontally from the left side of the vehicle; STOP or DECREASE
SPEED by extending the left hand and arm downward from the left side of the vehicle;
CHANGING LANE TO LEFT (Use turn left rule);
CHANGING LANE TO RIGHT (Use turn right rule).
3. If the required signals are given by a signal light of a type approved by the Department of Motor Vehicles of the State of Nebraska, such signals shall be given in the following manner, and such signals shall indicate as follows:
TURNING LEFT - Flashing of only the left signal light;
TURNING RIGHT - Flashing of only the right signal light;
STOPPING or DECREASING SPEED - Flash of brake signal lights;
CHANGING LANE TO LEFT - Flashing of left signal light;
CHANGING LANE TO RIGHT - Flashing of right signal light.
B. The signals herein required to be given shall be given either by means of the hand and arm as herein prescribed, or by a signal light of a type approved by the Department of Motor Vehicles of the State of Nebraska.
C. No person shall stop or suddenly decrease the speed of a vehicle without first giving an appropriate signal in the manner provided herein to the driver of any vehicle immediately to the rear when there is opportunity to give such signal.
HISTORY
Amended by Ord. 9962 on 2/14/2024