Nebraska Work Zone Laws

How Nebraska handles work zones

Nebraska doubles your speeding fine in a maintenance, repair, or construction zone, but only where road construction workers are present (§60-682.01, §60-6,188). The base ladder runs $50 for 1-5 over up to $400 for more than 35 over, then doubles. Zones post that fines are doubled. Maximum work-zone speed is 35 mph rural, 25 urban. Obey the flagger's paddle. No statewide handheld ban, only a texting law.

Speed, fines, phone, and the flagger

• Speed rule: Maximum work-zone speed is 35 mph rural, 25 mph urban, or lower if posted. Fines double only in the signed zone where road workers are actually present.
• Fine multiplier: Fines doubled for speeding when workers are present. Base ladder $50 to $400 by mph over, then doubled. Zones are posted that fines are doubled.
• Phone in a work zone: Covered by the general handheld rule
• Flagger authority: A flagger's paddle carries the authority of a traffic-control device; Nebraska adopts the MUTCD and requires obedience to those devices (Neb. Rev. Stat. §60-6,118 and §60-6,119).
• Base fine: $50 (1-5 over), $75 (5-10), $125 (10-15), $200 (15-20), $300 (20-35 over), $400 (more than 35 over) under §60-682.01, doubled in a construction zone when workers are present.

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