Pedestrian yielding — Nebraska Permit Test
Pedestrian yielding on the Nebraska permit test — 5 rules, each with the reason behind it and a question on it while it is fresh.
The rules
Expect pedestrians anywhere at any time and always yield to them.
People step out between parked cars and in the dark, far from any crosswalk.
Expect pedestrians anywhere at anytime and always yield to them.
Be alert for pedestrians crossing in the middle of the street, especially near schools, parks and residential areas.
Children chase balls and walk to friends' homes, crossing where they please and not at the corner.
Be alert for pedestrians crossing in the middle of the street especially near schools, parks, and residential areas.
Be alert for pedestrians who disregard or misjudge traffic signals and walk against the light.
Your green light does not stop a person who misreads the signal and walks out into your lane.
Be alert for pedestrians who disregard or misjudge traffic signals and walk against the light.
Yield to pedestrians when turning, and be especially alert where turns on red are allowed.
A turning driver looks at cars, not the crosswalk, and hits the person stepping into it.
Yield to pedestrians when turning.
Do not pass a vehicle that has stopped for a pedestrian; the stopped vehicle may block your view of the person in the street.
The stopped car hides the person crossing, and a driver who goes around it hits them as they step out.
Do not pass a vehicle which has stopped for a pedestrian.
On the test
A car in the next lane has stopped at a crosswalk. What should you do?
Stay behind it; do not pass. The stopped car hides the person crossing, and a driver who goes around it hits them as they step out. Nebraska Driver’s Manual, p.69: “Do not pass a vehicle which has stopped for a pedestrian.”
How this works
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Where these come from
Every rule here is checked against Nebraska Driver’s Manual, published by the Nebraska Department of Motor Vehicles, and against the state code itself. Last checked 2026-10-04.
- src/assets/drivers-manuals/NE.pdf (Nebraska Driver’s Manual, Class O Drivers Manual-English 1-2025, Nebraska Department of Motor Vehicles, retrieved 2026-09-14 and re-checked 2026-10-04; sha256 pinned in SOURCES.json)
- src/assets/drivers-manuals/NE.pages.txt (plain pdftotext through scripts/ne-text.py, the fixture every citation here was cut from and verified against; sha256 pinned in SOURCES.json)
- src/assets/drivers-manuals/NE-exam.txt (Nebraska DMV, Driver Licensing Examiner manual, https://dmv.nebraska.gov/sites/dmv.nebraska.gov/files/doc/dls/DLE_ENTIRE_MANUAL_11222023.pdf, read 2026-10-04; states both exam figures in Section 3; sha256 pinned under examSource)
- https://dmv.nebraska.gov/manuals (read 2026-10-04; links the manual)