Nebraska Move-Over Law

What Nebraska requires

Nebraska expanded its law under LB 530 on September 3, 2025. On controlled-access highways you now move over for every stopped vehicle on your side, not just responders, unless the vehicle is empty with nobody around. Can't change lanes? Slow to a safe speed. A first offense is a traffic infraction (up to $100); a second inside five years is a misdemeanor. The law also makes you move over for pedestrians, cyclists, and work crews on any road (Neb. Rev. Stat. 60-6,378).

Who you move over for, and the fallback

• Move over for: On controlled-access highways, every stopped vehicle on your side of the road, not just responders and roadside-assistance trucks. Exception: it doesn't apply if the stopped vehicle is unoccupied and nobody is in or near it. On all highways it also covers vulnerable road users: pedestrians, bicyclists, people in crosswalks, construction and maintenance crews, and agricultural vehicles.
• If you can't move over: Move over one lane if there are two lanes your way and it's safe. If there aren't two adjacent lanes or you can't move over, slow to a safe speed and proceed with care or as directed by authorized personnel.
• LB 530 took effect Sept. 3, 2025 and expanded the duty from responders-only to all stopped vehicles on controlled-access highways (except empty, unattended ones), plus vulnerable road users on all roads. Older 'responders only' summaries are outdated. First-offense dollar figure is inferred from Nebraska's general traffic-infraction ceiling (up to $100); the statute itself states only the infraction/misdemeanor classification.

What a violation costs

First offense is a traffic infraction (fine up to $100 under the general infraction schedule). A second or later violation within five years is a Class IIIA misdemeanor, which carries jail exposure. No separate injury/death enhancement is written into this section.

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