(A) Any person driving any motor vehicle which has or is required to have seat safety belts, shall ensure that all children under the age of four or weighing less than 40 pounds being transported in such vehicle, use a child restraint system of a type which meets Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard 213 as developed by the Highway Safety Administration as of the effective date of this Act and which is correctly installed in such vehicle; and all children weighing 40 pounds or more or at least four years of age and younger than five years of age being transported in such vehicle, use a seat safety belt; provided, however, this section does not apply to taxicabs, mopeds, motorcycles, and any other vehicle designated by the manufacturer as a 1963 year model or earlier which is not equipped with a seat safety belt.
(B) Whenever any physician licensed to practice medicine in the state determines through accepted medical procedures that use of a child passenger restraint system by a particular child would be harmful by reason of the child’s weight, physical condition, or other medical reason, the provisions of division (A) above shall be waived. The driver of any vehicle transporting such a child shall carry on his or her person or in the vehicle a signed written statement of the physician identifying the child and stating the grounds for such waiver.
(C) The drivers of authorized emergency vehicles as defined in Neb. RS 39-602 shall not be subject to the requirements of division (A) above when operating such authorized emergency vehicles pursuant to their employment.
(D) The Department of Motor Vehicles shall develop and implement an ongoing public information and education program regarding the use of child passenger restraint systems and seat safety belts.
(Prior Code, § 5-215) (Ord. 410, passed 11-5-1985; Ord. 465, passed 2-5-1991) Penalty, see § 10.99
Statutory reference:
Related provisions, see Neb. RS 60-6,267