Nebraska Office of Highway
Safety (NOHS)
A Section of NDOR Traffic Engineering Division
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SPEED-RELATED
Few drivers view speeding as an immediate risk to their personal safety, but speeding reduces a driver’s ability to steer safely around curves on highways or objects in the roadway. Speed extends the distance necessary to stop a vehicle and increases the distance a vehicle travels when a driver reacts to danger.
- NOTICE: Speed Monitoring Trailers - Available on loan for Communities
LEGAL CONSEQUENCES OF SPEEDING
Fines do NOT include Court Costs
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Construction Zone & School Crossing Zone |
Against Drivers License |
| 1-5 mph over posted limit |
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| 6-10 mph over posted limit |
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| 11-15 mph over posted limit |
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| 16-20 mph over posted limit |
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| 21-35 mph over posted limit |
$200.00 |
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| 35 mph + over posted limit |
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The law for speed limit violations and fines can be found under section 60-682.01.
You can be ticketed and charged with a speed-related offense for exceeding the posted speed limit for the road on which you are driving. During poor weather conditions (i.e., snow, ice, rain, etc.), you could receive a ticket for driving too fast for road conditions. Nebraska law enforcement officers use aircraft, Doppler radar, laser radar, and vascar to clock the speed of motor vehicles.
FACTS:
Speed -- exceeding the posted speed limit or driving too fast for conditions – is one of the most prevalent factors contributing to traffic crashes.
In Nebraska more than one out of ten fatal crashes are speed-related.
The chance of death or serious injury double for every 10 mph over 50 mph a vehicle travels.
The total stopping distance for a vehicle traveling 60 mph is longer than a football field (100 yards); at 75 mph it takes 1 ½ football fields (150 yards).
Fines for speeding are doubled for exceeding the posted speed limit in construction zones and in school crossing zones.
- NE Fatal / Injury Speed-Related Crashes -1996-2011
- NE Interstate (Rural & Urban) Fatal Crashes & Fatalities -1968-2011
- NE Interstate (Rural & Urban) Injury Crashes Only -1968-2011
- NE Rural Interstate Fatal Crashes & Fatalities -1968-2011
- NE Rural Interstate Injury Crashes Only -1968-2011
- NE Urban Interstate Fatal Crashes & Fatalities -1968-2011
- NE Urban Interstate Injury Crashes Only -1968-2011
- NE Speeding Violations and Fine Information
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Speeding and Stopping Distances Information
- Speeding - 2007, 2008, 2009
- Rural/Urban Comparison - 2007, 2008, 2009
NHTSA Traffic Safety Facts: (Click on year for each years data)