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Your Phone Behind The Wheel

Neb. Rev. Stat. § 60-6,179.01 — no reading, typing or sending a text while moving, enforced only alongside another violation

Not while moving. No one may use a handheld wireless device to read, manually type or send a written communication while operating a motor vehicle that is in motion, apart from officers, firefighters and emergency crews on duty, and emergencies.

  • Neb. Rev. Stat. § 60-6,179.01
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Only alongside another violation. The rule is enforced only as a secondary action, when the driver has been cited or charged with another traffic violation or offense.

  • Neb. Rev. Stat. § 60-6,179.01

A violation is a traffic infraction with points on the license and a fine of two hundred dollars the first time, three hundred dollars the second, and five hundred dollars after that.

  • Neb. Rev. Stat. § 60-6,179.01
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  1. Neb. Rev. Stat. § 60-6,179.01 — Use of handheld wireless communication device; prohibited acts; enforcement; violation; penalty

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