(1) Any person who is at least fifteen years of age may apply for an LPD-learner’s permit from the department. In order to obtain an LPD-learner’s permit, the applicant shall successfully complete a written examination. A person may take the written examination beginning sixty days prior to his or her fifteenth birthday but shall not be issued a permit until he or she is fifteen years of age. The written examination may be waived for any person who has been issued an LPE-learner’s permit, LPD-learner’s permit, or SCP-school permit that has been expired for no more than one year.

Terms Used In Nebraska Statutes 60-4,123

  • Action: shall include any proceeding in any court of this state. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
  • Autocycle: means any motor vehicle (1) having a seat that does not require the operator to straddle or sit astride it, (2) designed to travel on three wheels in contact with the ground, (3) having antilock brakes, (4) designed to be controlled with a steering wheel and pedals, and (5) in which the operator and passenger ride either side by side or in tandem in a seating area that is equipped with a manufacturer-installed three-point safety belt system for each occupant and that has a seating area that either (a) is completely enclosed and is equipped with manufacturer-installed airbags and a manufacturer-installed roll cage or (b) is not completely enclosed and is equipped with a manufacturer-installed rollover protection system. See Nebraska Statutes 60-463.02
  • Department: means the Department of Motor Vehicles. See Nebraska Statutes 60-465.01
  • Interactive wireless communication device: means any wireless electronic communication device that provides for voice or data communication between two or more parties, including, but not limited to, a mobile or cellular telephone, a text messaging device, a personal digital assistant that sends or receives messages, an audio-video player that sends or receives messages, or a laptop computer. See Nebraska Statutes 60-470.02
  • Motor vehicle: means all vehicles propelled by any power other than muscular power. See Nebraska Statutes 60-471
  • Person: shall mean every natural person, firm, partnership, limited liability company, association, or corporation. See Nebraska Statutes 60-476
  • State: when applied to different states of the United States shall be construed to extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories organized by Congress. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
  • Vehicle: shall mean every device in, upon, or by which any person or property is or may be transported or drawn upon a highway except devices moved solely by human power or used exclusively upon stationary rails or tracks. See Nebraska Statutes 60-478
  • Year: shall mean calendar year. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801

(2) Upon successful completion of the written examination and the payment of a fee and surcharge as prescribed in section 60-4,115, the applicant shall be issued an LPD-learner’s permit as provided in section 60-4,113. The permit shall be valid for twelve months.

(3)(a) The holder of an LPD-learner’s permit shall only operate a motor vehicle on the highways of this state if he or she is accompanied at all times by a licensed operator who is at least twenty-one years of age and who has been licensed by this state or another state and if (i) for all motor vehicles other than autocycles, motorcycles, or mopeds, he or she is actually occupying the seat beside the licensed operator, (ii) in the case of an autocycle, he or she is actually occupying the seat beside or in front of the licensed operator, or (iii) in the case of a motorcycle, other than an autocycle, or a moped, he or she is within visual contact of and under the supervision of, in the case of a motorcycle, a licensed motorcycle operator or, in the case of a moped, a licensed motor vehicle operator.

(b) The holder of an LPD-learner’s permit shall not use any type of interactive wireless communication device while operating a motor vehicle on the highways of this state. Enforcement of this subdivision shall be accomplished only as a secondary action when the holder of the LPD-learner’s permit has been cited or charged with a violation of some other law.

(4) Department personnel or the county treasurer shall collect the fee and surcharge prescribed in section 60-4,115 for the issuance of each LPD-learner’s permit.