Sec. 24-5.  Application of chapter to persons working on highways.

 

Unless specifically made applicable, the provisions of this chapter, except those provisions relative to careless driving and to reckless driving, shall not apply to:

 

(1)       Persons, teams of draft animals, motor vehicles, and other equipment while actually engaged in work upon the surface of a highway but shall apply to such persons and vehicles when traveling to or from such work; or

 

(2)       Government employees and public utility employees to the extent that there would be a conflict between this chapter and the performance of their official duties.

State law reference--Similar provisions, R.R.S. 1943, 60-6,110 to 60-6,114.