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Neb. Rev. Stat. § 39-669 (2026)

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39-669.

Transferred to section 60-6,212.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 9 cases, 1974–1996 · leading case: State v. Huffman, 275 N.W.2d 838 (Neb. 1979).
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State v. Huffman, 275 N.W.2d 838 (Neb. 1979). · cites it 28× “The specific question concerns the constitutionality of section 39-669, R.R.S.1943, which provides as follows: "Any person who operates a vehicle in a manner so as to endanger or be likely to endanger any person or property shall be guilty of careless driving.”
State v. Merithew, 371 N.W.2d 110 (Neb. 1985). · cites it 18× “Such act is made unlawful by Neb.Rev.Stat. § 39-669 *111 (Reissue 1984), but defendant claimed that section is unconstitutionally vague.”
State v. Coleman, 478 N.W.2d 349 (Neb. 1992). · cites it 2× “§ 39-620 (Reissue 1988) (a vehicle shall be driven on the right half of the roadway), and was sufficient to provide the officers with an objective basis for the officers’ reasonable or prudent belief that other Nebraska statutes may have been violated; for example, Neb. Rev.…”
State v. Young, 544 N.W.2d 808 (Neb. 1996). · cites it 2× “Remedial Purpose The State argued that Neb. Rev. Stat. § 39-669 ,15 (Cum. Supp. 1992) (now codified at Neb.”
State v. Green, 471 N.W.2d 402 (Neb. 1991). “Reckless Driving “Any person who drives any motor vehicle in such a manner as to indicate an indifferent or wanton disregard for the safety of persons or property shall be deemed to be guilty of reckless driving.”
State v. Cash, 526 N.W.2d 447 (Neb. Ct. App. 1995). · cites it 2× “Thus, Cash argues that since the preliminary test was not performed in accordance with the Department of Health test guidelines, the results should be vitiated, which would make the subsequent blood test inadmissible. To start, we determine what the word “observe” means in…”
Gatzemeyer v. Neligh Twp., 445 N.W.2d 593 (Neb. 1989). · cites it 2× “§ 39-6 ,177 (Reissue 1988); (5) operating the maintainer in a careless, reckless, or willfully reckless manner, in violation of Neb. Rev. Stat. §§ 39-669 , 39-669.01, and 39-669.”
State v. Gillett, 261 N.W.2d 763 (Neb. 1978). · cites it 2× “These are appeals from orders of the District Court for Dodge County, Nebraska, holding section 39-669, R. R. S. 1943, the careless driving statute, un *830 constitutional.”
Duffack v. Kissack, 223 N.W.2d 484 (Neb. 1974). · cites it 2× “Subsection (2) of the applicable statute, section 39-669 .08, R. R. S. 1943, requires that the arresting officer must have reasonable grounds for believing the driver to be intoxicated before, his arrest.”
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