Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - MOTOR VEHICLES, DEPARTMENT OF › Title 250 - NEBRASKA ADMINISTRATIVE CODE › Chapter 3 - RULES AND REGULATIONS GOVERNING DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES APPROVAL OF DRIVER'S SAFETY TRAINING PROGRAMS AS PRETRIAL DIVERSION PURSUANT TO NEB. REV. STAT. SECTIONS 29-3601 THROUGH 29-3609 › Section 250-3-003 - REQUIREMENTS FOR A DRIVER'S SAFETY TRAINING PROGRAM CERTIFICATION; APPROVAL, DENIAL, CANCELLATION

Current through June 17, 2024
A provider shall apply to the Department of Motor Vehicles in writing
	 for approval of a driver's safety training program for diversion of minor
	 traffic violations. Failure to provide the required information shall be
	 grounds for denial of the application. The application form for program
	 approval is found as Attachment 1 of these rules and regulations. The
	 application shall contain or be accompanied by all of the following information
	 and documentation:
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Who is a provider who needs to apply for program
	 certification?
A provider may be any organization that offers a driver's
	 safety training program. For example, a specific jurisdiction, county or city,
	 may be the provider if that jurisdiction develops and offers its own program.
	 The jurisdiction must then apply for certification of the program offered in
	 that specific jurisdiction. If on the other hand, a jurisdiction, contracts
	 with another organization, commercial, private, or non-profit, that
	 organization is the provider that must apply for certification of the
	 program.)
003.01
Curriculum
A written curriculum of driver's safety training designed to educate
	 persons committing minor traffic violations and to deter future violations. The
	 curriculum shall provide for a minimum four hours of instruction time, not
	 including breaks. This subsection shall be effective as provided in
Neb. Rev. Stat.
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										84-906.
	 Any provider may elect to retain a currently certified eight-hour course until
	 the next certification renewal. After the effective date of this regulation,
	 any provider with a certified eight-hour program in any jurisdiction may elect
	 to provide four-hour classes instead of eight-hour classes but shall provide
	 the Department with documentation verifying that the city or county attorney
	 and the applicable governing body of a city or county board have been notified
	 of the change to a four-hour class. Such verification must be provided to the
	 Department not less than five working days before the four-hour class begins.
	 The curriculum shall contain instruction including, but not limited to, the
	 following elements:
003.01A General
  driver attitude improvement;
003.01B Education on alcohol and drugs and
  relationship and effect of alcohol or drug
use to impaired driving and driving under the influence;
003.01C Occupant restraints
  systems and safety devices including but not limited to
correct use of safety belts, child restraints, booster seats, and
	 airbags;
003.01D Safe
  driving instruction, which shall include but is not limited to instruction on:
003.01D1 The Nebraska Rules of the Road
  including but not limited to signs, signals and markings, construction and
  school zones and other speeding violations, vehicle operating tasks,
  establishing vehicle position, lane use, parking, traffic flow tasks, and
  differing driving environments, and awareness of other roadway users.
003.01D2 Human functions during driving
  including visual scanning, detection/perception, evaluation, risk assessment,
  decision-making, and motor skills, and factors which affect driver
  performance.
003.01D3 Various
  causes and types of traffic accidents and crashes and methods to avoid
  involvement in traffic accidents and crashes.
003.01D4 Methods to minimize the impact and
  damage if involved in a traffic accident or crash.
003.01D5 Legal responsibilities of drivers
  and vehicle owners if involved in a traffic accident or crash and Financial
  Responsibility law for motor vehicles.
003.01D6 Information concerning the driving
  privilege and legal status of a driver's license.