SPEEDING
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 while a driver reacts to danger.
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ASSESSED AGAINST DRIVER'S LICENSE |
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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 |
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35 mph + over posted limit |
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You can be ticketed and charged with a speed violation by exceeding the posted speed limit for the road on which you are driving. Due to weather conditions (i.e., snow, ice, rain, etc.) you could be given a ticket for speeding too fast for road conditions. Nebraska law enforcement officers use aircraft, Doppler radar, laser radar, and vascar to clock the speed of motor vehicles
FACT: Speed -- exceeding the posted limit or driving too fast for conditions – is one of the most prevalent factors contributing to traffic crashes.
FACT: In Nebraska, more than one out of ten fatal crashes are speed-related.
FACT: The chances of death or serious injury double for every 10 mph over 50 mph a vehicle travels.
FACT: The total stopping distance for a vehicle traveling at 60 mph is longer than a football field; at 75 mph it takes 1 ˝ football fields.
FACT: Fines for speeding are doubled for exceeding the posted speed limit in construction zones.