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§ 71.023 ALTERNATIVE MAXIMUM LIMITS.
   (A)   Whenever the Department of Transportation determines, upon the basis of an engineering and traffic investigation, that any maximum speed limit is greater or less than is reasonable or safe under the conditions found to exist at any intersection, place, or part of the state highway system outside of the corporate limits of cities and villages as well as inside the corporate limits of cities and villages on freeways which are part of the state highway system, it may determine and set a reasonable and safe maximum speed limit for such intersection, place, or part of such highway which shall be the lawful speed limit when appropriate signs giving notice thereof are erected at such intersection, place, or part of the highway, except that the maximum rural and freeway limits shall not be exceeded. Such a maximum speed limit may be set to be effective at all times or at such times as are indicated upon such signs.
   (B)   On all highways within its corporate limits, except on state-maintained freeways which are part of the state highway system, the City Council shall have the same power and duty to alter the maximum speed limits as the Department if the change is based on engineering and traffic investigation, except that no imposition of speed limits on highways which are part of the state highway system in the city shall be effective without the approval of the Department.
   (C)   Not more than six such speed limits shall be set per mile along a highway, except in the case of reduced limits at intersections, and the difference between adjacent limits shall not be more than 20 mph.
   (D)   When the Department or the City Council determines by an investigation that certain vehicles in addition to those specified in Neb. RS 60-6,187, 60-6,305, and 60-6,313 cannot with safety travel at the speeds provided in §§ 71.021 and 71.022 of this subchapter and Neb. RS 60-6,187, 60-6,305, and 60-6,313 or set pursuant to this section, § 71.022 of this subchapter, or Neb. RS 60-6,188, the Department or the City Council may restrict the speed limit for such vehicles on highways under its respective jurisdiction and post proper and adequate signs.
(Neb. RS 60-6,190)
§ 71.024 NEAR SCHOOLS.
   (A)   It shall be unlawful for the driver of any vehicle, when passing premises on which school buildings are located and which are used for school purposes, during school recess or while children are going to or leaving school during the opening or closing hours, to drive the vehicle at a rate of speed in excess of 15 mph past the premises.
   (B)   The driver shall stop at all stop signs located at or near such school premises, and it shall be unlawful for the driver to make a U-turn at any intersection where such stop signs are located at or near such school premises.
Penalty, see § 71.999
PROHIBITIONS AND ENFORCEMENT
§ 71.035 LITTERING.
   It shall be unlawful for any person to drop or cause to be left upon any municipal highway, street, or alley, except at places designated by the governing body, any rubbish, debris, or waste, and any person so doing shall be guilty of littering.
(Neb. RS 39-311) (Prior Code, § 5-301) Penalty, see § 71.999
§ 71.036 GLASS; POINTED OBJECTS.
   No person shall throw, cast, lay, or place upon any street any thorns, nails, tacks, glass, bottles, window glass, or other articles made of or containing glass, and in case of an accident causing the breaking of any glass upon any street, the owner or person in charge of such glass or the person responsible for such breakage shall at once remove or cause the same to be removed from the street. (Neb. RS 39-311) (Prior Code, § 5-302) Penalty, see § 71.999
§ 71.037 SIGNS.
   It shall be unlawful for any person to willfully deface, injure, remove, obstruct, or interfere with any official traffic sign or signal.
(Neb. RS 60-6,129) (Prior Code, § 5-303) Penalty, see § 71.999
§ 71.038 ELECTRONIC SPEED DETECTOR.
   (A)   The speed of any motor vehicle within the city 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.
   (B)   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.
(Neb. RS 60-6,192) (Prior Code, § 5-307)
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