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The words and phrases used in this chapter, pertaining to motor vehicles
and traffic regulations, shall be construed as defined in Chapter
60, Article 6 of the Revised Statutes of Nebraska, 1943, as now existing
or hereafter amended. If not defined in the designated statute, the
word or phrase shall have its common meaning. (Neb. RS 60-605)
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ALLEY
ARTERIAL HIGHWAY
AUTHORIZED EMERGENCY VEHICLE
CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT
CROSSWALK
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(2)Â
DRIVER
FOUR-LANE STREET
HIGHWAY
INTERSECTION or STREET INTERSECTION
MEDIAN
MOTOR VEHICLES
MUFFLER
OFFICIAL TRAFFIC SIGNS OR DEVICES
OPERATOR
OWNER
PARK or PARKING
PEDESTRIAN
POLICE OFFICER
RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT
RIGHT-OF-WAY
SIDEWALK
STOP or STOPPING
(1)Â
(2)Â
STORAGE OR TURNING LANE
STREET
VEHICLE
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated:
A highway intended to provide access to the rear or side
of lots or buildings and not intended for the purpose of through vehicular
traffic. (Neb. RS 60-607)
A highway primarily for through traffic, usually on a continuous
route. (Neb. RS 60-609)
Such Fire Department vehicles, police vehicles, rescue vehicles,
and ambulances as are publicly owned, such other publicly or privately
owned vehicles as are designated by the Director of Motor Vehicles,
and such publicly owned military vehicles of the National Guard as
are designated by the Adjutant General pursuant to Neb. RS 55-133.
(Neb. RS 60-610)
Includes that portion of the municipality embraced within
and the area of public streets enumerated as follows:
That part of a roadway at an intersection included within the
connections of the lateral lines of the sidewalks on opposite sides
of such roadway measured from the curbs or, in the absence of curbs,
from the edge of the roadway; or
Any portion of a roadway at an intersection or elsewhere distinctly
designated by competent authority and marked for pedestrian crossing
by lines, signs, or other devices.
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(Neb. RS 60-616)
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See "operator."
A street constructed to provide for four driving lanes, two
on 1/2 of the street for vehicular traffic moving in the same direction
in said two lanes and also two lanes on the opposite 1/2 of the highway
for vehicular traffic moving in the same direction in said two lanes
with vehicular traffic in 1/2 of said street but traveling in a direction
opposite to vehicles traveling in the other 1/2 of said street.
The entire width between the boundary limits of any street,
road, avenue, boulevard, or way which is publicly maintained when
any part thereof is open to the use of the public for purposes of
vehicular travel. (Neb. RS 60-624)
The area embraced within the prolongation or connection of
the lateral curblines or, if there are no lateral curblines, the lateral
boundary lines of the roadways of two or more highways which join
one another at, or approximately at, right angles or the area within
which vehicles traveling upon different highways joining at any other
angle may come in conflict. When a highway includes two roadways 30
feet or more apart, then every crossing of each roadway of such divided
highway by an intersecting highway shall be regarded as a separate
intersection. In the event such intersecting highway also includes
two roadways 30 feet or more apart, then every crossing of two roadways
of such highways shall be regarded as a separate intersection. The
junction of an alley with a highway shall not constitute an intersection.
(Neb. RS 60-627)
That part of a divided highway, such as a physical barrier
or clearly indicated dividing section or space, so constructed as
to impede vehicular traffic across or within such barrier, section,
or space or to divide such highway into two roadways for vehicular
travel in opposite directions.
Every self-propelled land vehicle, not operated upon rails,
except bicycles, mopeds, self-propelled chairs used by persons who
are disabled, and electric personal assistive mobility devices. (Neb.
RS 60-638)
A device consisting of a series of chamber or baffle plates,
or other mechanical design for the purpose of receiving exhaust gas
from an internal combustion engine, and effective in reducing noise.
All official traffic signs, markings, and devices, other
than mechanical or electrical signals, not inconsistent with this
chapter, placed or erected by authority of the governing body for
the purpose of directing, warning, or regulating traffic. (Neb. RS
60-670 and 60-671)
Any person who operates, drives, or is in actual physical
control of a vehicle. (Neb. RS 60-642)
A person other than a lienholder, having the property in
or title to a vehicle, including a person entitled to the use and
possession of a vehicle subject to a security interest in another
person, but excluding a lessee under a lease not intended as security.
(Neb. RS 60-644)
The standing of a vehicle, whether occupied or not, otherwise
than temporarily for the purpose of and while actually engaged in
loading or unloading merchandise or passengers. (Neb. RS 60-645)
Any person afoot. (Neb. RS 60-647)
Every officer of the Police Department of the municipality
or any officer authorized to direct or regulate traffic or make arrests
for the violation of traffic regulation. (Neb. RS 60-646)
Includes the residential districts as adopted by ordinance
and as appear upon the Zoning Map of the City of Seward. (Neb. RS
60-654)
The right of one vehicle or pedestrian to proceed in a lawful
manner in preference to another vehicle or pedestrian approaching
under such circumstances of direction, speed, and proximity as to
give rise to danger of collision unless one grants precedence to the
other. (Neb. RS 60-655)
That portion of a highway between the curblines, or the lateral
lines of a roadway, and the adjacent property lines, intended for
use by pedestrians. (Neb. RS 60-662)
(Neb. RS 60-667)
Stop, when required, shall mean a complete cessation of movement.
Stop or stopping, when prohibited, shall mean any halting, even
momentarily, of a vehicle, whether occupied or not, except when necessary
to avoid conflict with other traffic or in compliance with the directions
of a peace officer or traffic control device.
A lane at or near the center of a four-lane street as it
approaches an intersection in addition to the two lanes provided for
moving traffic and to the left thereof providing sufficient space
for entry of one or more vehicles for the purpose of turning left
from any said storage lane and to the right thereof providing sufficient
space for entry of one or more vehicles for the purpose of turning
right from any said storage lane at any intersection which said storage
lane approaches.
See "highway."
Every device in, upon, or by which any person or property
is or may be transported or drawn upon a highway, except devices moved
solely by human power or used exclusively upon stationary rails or
tracks. (Neb. RS 60-676)
