(A) (1) No person shall drive a motor vehicle on any street within the city at a speed greater than is reasonable and prudent under the conditions and having regard to the actual and potential hazards then existing, nor in any case at a rate of speed greater than the maximum speed established for such place by ordinance of the Mayor and Council as shown on the Traffic-Control Map or as authorized by an agency of the state. Any person shall decrease speed when approaching and crossing an intersection or railroad grade crossing, when approaching and going around a curve, when approaching a hill crest, when traveling upon any narrow or winding roadway or when special hazards exist with respect to pedestrians or other traffic by reason of weather or highway conditions; and speed shall be decreased as may be necessary to avoid colliding with any person or vehicle on or entering the highway in compliance with legal requirements and the duty of all persons to use due care.
(2) The Mayor and Council may, from time to time by ordinance as identified on the Traffic- Control Map, designate a maximum speed limit for all or any part of any street, alley or other public way. Notice of such speed limits shall be given by signs, marking on the street surface or other appropriate method to advise operators of vehicles of same.
(3) On all streets, alleys and other public ways for which the Mayor and Council has not established a different speed limit, the maximum lawful speed limit shall be that which is established by law for the state.
(2005 Code, § 5-306)
(B) The governing body may, by resolution, designate certain streets near schools as school zones, and may make it unlawful to drive any motor vehicle at a rate of speed greater than 15 mph in those zones. Such school zones shall be posted accordingly.
(2005 Code, § 5-307)
(C) (1) The speed of any motor vehicle within the municipality may be determined by the use of radio microwaves or other electronic device. The results of such determinations shall be accepted as prima facie evidence of the speed of such motor vehicle in any court, or legal proceedings, where the speed of the motor vehicle is at issue.
(2) The driver of any such motor vehicle may be arrested without a warrant under the authority herein granted if the arresting officer is in uniform or displays his or her badge of authority; provided that, such officer shall have observed the recording of the speed of such motor vehicle by the radio microwaves, or other electronic device or had received a radio message from the officer who observed the speed of the motor vehicle recorded by the radio microwaves or other electronic device. In the event of an arrest based on such a message, such radio message must have been dispatched immediately after the speed of the motor vehicle had been recorded, and must include a description of the vehicle and the recorded speed.
(2005 Code, § 5-308) (Ord. 755, passed - -)
Statutory reference:
Related provisions, see Neb. RS 60-6,190