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§ 71.049 CROWDING; FRONT SEAT.
   No person shall drive a motor vehicle when it is so loaded or when there is in the front seat such a number of persons exceeding three as to obstruct the view of the driver to the front or sides of the vehicle or to interfere with the driver’s control over the driving mechanism of such vehicle.
(Neb. RS 60-6,179) (Prior Code, § 5-318) Penalty, see § 71.999
§ 71.050 RIDING; OUTSIDE VEHICLE.
   No person shall permit any other person to ride on the running board, hood, top, or fenders of any motor vehicle. Nor shall any person ride on the running board, hood, top, or fenders of any motor vehicle.
(Prior Code, § 5-319) Penalty, see § 71.999
§ 71.051 DRIVING IN SIDEWALK SPACE.
   No motor vehicle shall be driven or ridden within any sidewalk space except a permanent or temporary driveway.
(Neb. RS 60-6,178) (Prior Code, § 5-320) Penalty, see § 71.999
§ 71.052 VEHICLE; MUFFLER.
   Every motor vehicle operated within the city shall be provided with a muffler in good working order to prevent excessive or unusual noise or smoke. No person shall modify or change the exhaust muffler, intake muffler, or any other noise abatement device of a motor vehicle in a manner such that the noise emitted by the motor vehicle is increased above that emitted by the vehicle as originally manufactured. It shall be unlawful to use a “muffler cut-out” on any motor vehicle upon any street; provided, the provisions of this section shall not apply to authorized emergency vehicles.
(Neb. RS 60-6,286, 60-6,370) (Prior Code, § 5-321) Penalty, see § 71.999
§ 71.053 WRONGFUL TAKING OF MOTOR VEHICLE.
   Whoever wrongfully takes any automobile or motorcycle from a garage or any other place where the same may have been lawfully placed without the consent of the owner or who shall use any motor vehicle in bailment beyond that use which was originally intended or agreed upon with intent to wrongfully use the automobile or motorcycle so taken, shall be guilty of wrongful taking of a motor vehicle and shall be punished as provided by law.
(Neb. RS 28-516) (Prior Code, § 5-322) Penalty, see § 71.999
§ 71.054 EMERGENCY; REGULATIONS.
   The Chief of Police is hereby empowered to make and enforce temporary traffic regulations to cover emergencies.
(Prior Code, § 5-323)
§ 71.055 POLICE.
   (A)   Enforcement. The police are hereby authorized, empowered, and ordered to exercise all powers and duties with relation to the management of street traffic and to direct, control, stop, restrict, regulate, and, when necessary, temporarily divert or exclude in the interest of public safety, health, and convenience the movement of pedestrian, animal, and vehicular traffic of every kind in streets, parks, and on bridges. The driver of any vehicle shall stop upon the signal of any police officer.
(Neb. RS 60-683) (Prior Code, § 5-324)
   (B)   Refusal to obey. It shall be unlawful for any person to refuse or fail to comply with any lawful order, signal, or direction of a police officer.
(Prior Code, § 5-325)
   (C)   Traffic officers. The governing body or the Municipal Police may at any time detail officers to be known as “traffic officers” at street intersections. All traffic officers shall be vested with the authority to regulate and control traffic at the intersections to which they are assigned. It shall be their duty to direct the movement of traffic and prevent congestion and accidents. It shall be unlawful for any person to violate any order or signal of any such traffic officer, notwithstanding the directive of a stop sign or signal device which may have been placed at any such intersection.
(Neb. RS 60-683, 60-6,222) (Prior Code, § 5-326)
Penalty, see § 71.999
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