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CHAPTER 482A - AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES
NRS 482A.010 Definitions.
NRS 482A.020 “Artificial
intelligence” defined. [Repealed.]
NRS 482A.025 “Autonomous
technology” defined.
NRS 482A.030 “Autonomous
vehicle” defined.
NRS 482A.040 “Highway”
defined.
NRS 482A.050 “Sensors”
defined. [Repealed.]
NRS 482A.060 Testing
autonomous vehicle: Requirement for insurance or bond.
NRS 482A.070 Testing
autonomous vehicle: Requirements for safety and control of vehicle.
NRS 482A.080 Vehicle
to meet federal standards and regulations for registration; requirements for
testing or operating upon highways in this State.
NRS 482A.090 Manufacturer
not liable for certain damages.
NRS 482A.100 Adoption
of regulations to authorize operation; requirements.
NRS 482A.200 Endorsement
on driver’s license to operate; regulations.
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NRS 482A.010 Definitions. As
used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and
terms defined in NRS 482A.025, 482A.030 and 482A.040
have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections.
(Added to NRS by 2011, 2876;
A 2013,
2010)
NRS 482A.020 “Artificial intelligence” defined. Repealed.
(See chapter 377, Statutes of Nevada 2013, at page 2010.)
NRS 482A.025 “Autonomous technology” defined. “Autonomous
technology” means technology which is installed on a motor vehicle and which
has the capability to drive the motor vehicle without the active control or
monitoring of a human operator. The term does not include an active safety
system or a system for driver assistance, including, without limitation, a
system to provide electronic blind spot detection, crash avoidance, emergency
braking, parking assistance, adaptive cruise control, lane keeping assistance,
lane departure warning, or traffic jam and queuing assistance, unless any such
system, alone or in combination with any other system, enables the vehicle on
which the system is installed to be driven without the active control or
monitoring of a human operator.
(Added to NRS by 2013, 2009)
NRS 482A.030 “Autonomous vehicle” defined. “Autonomous
vehicle” means a motor vehicle that is equipped with autonomous technology.
(Added to NRS by 2011, 2876;
A 2013,
2010)
NRS 482A.040 “Highway” defined. “Highway”
means the entire width between the boundary lines of every way dedicated to a
public authority when any part of the way is open to the use of the public for
purposes of vehicular traffic, whether or not the public authority is
maintaining the way.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 1478; A 1981, 1690)
NRS 482A.050 “Sensors” defined. Repealed.
(See chapter 377, Statutes of Nevada 2013, at page 2010.)
NRS 482A.060 Testing autonomous vehicle: Requirement for insurance or bond. Before a person or entity begins testing an
autonomous vehicle on a highway within this State, the person or entity must:
1. Submit to the Department proof of
insurance or self-insurance acceptable to the Department in the amount of
$5,000,000; or
2. Make a cash deposit or post and
maintain a surety bond or other acceptable form of security with the Department
in the amount of $5,000,000.
(Added to NRS by 2013, 2009)
NRS 482A.070 Testing autonomous vehicle: Requirements for safety and control
of vehicle. If an autonomous
vehicle is being tested on a highway within this State, a human operator must
be:
1. Seated in a position which allows the
human operator to take immediate manual control of the autonomous vehicle;
2. Monitoring the safe operation of the
autonomous vehicle; and
3. Capable of taking over immediate manual
control of the autonomous vehicle in the event of a failure of the autonomous
technology or other emergency.
(Added to NRS by 2013, 2009)
NRS 482A.080 Vehicle to meet federal standards and regulations for
registration; requirements for testing or operating upon highways in this
State.
1. An autonomous vehicle shall not be
registered in this State unless the autonomous vehicle meets all federal
standards and regulations that are applicable to a motor vehicle.
2. An autonomous vehicle shall not be
tested or operated on a highway within this State unless the autonomous vehicle
is:
(a) Equipped with a means to engage and disengage
the autonomous technology which is easily accessible to the human operator of
the autonomous vehicle;
(b) Equipped with a visual indicator located
inside the autonomous vehicle which indicates when autonomous technology is
operating the autonomous vehicle;
(c) Equipped with a means to alert the human
operator to take manual control of the autonomous vehicle if a failure of the
autonomous technology has been detected and such failure affects the ability of
the autonomous technology to operate safely the autonomous vehicle; and
(d) Capable of being operated in compliance with
the applicable motor vehicle laws and traffic laws of this State.
(Added to NRS by 2013, 2009)
NRS 482A.090 Manufacturer not liable for certain damages. The manufacturer of a motor vehicle that has
been converted by a third party into an autonomous vehicle is not liable for
damages to any person injured due to a defect caused by the conversion of the
motor vehicle or by any equipment installed to facilitate the conversion unless
the defect that caused the injury was present in the vehicle as originally
manufactured.
(Added to NRS by 2013, 2009)
NRS 482A.100 Adoption of regulations to authorize operation; requirements.
1. The Department shall adopt regulations
authorizing the operation of autonomous vehicles on highways within the State
of Nevada.
2. The regulations required to be adopted
by subsection 1 must:
(a) Set forth requirements that an autonomous
vehicle must meet before it may be operated on a highway within this State;
(b) Set forth requirements for the insurance that
is required to test or operate an autonomous vehicle on a highway within this
State;
(c) Establish minimum safety standards for
autonomous vehicles and their operation;
(d) Provide for the testing of autonomous
vehicles;
(e) Restrict the testing of autonomous vehicles
to specified geographic areas; and
(f) Set forth such other requirements as the
Department determines to be necessary.
(Added to NRS by 2011, 2876)
NRS 482A.200 Endorsement on driver’s license to operate; regulations. The Department shall by regulation establish a
driver’s license endorsement for the operation of an autonomous vehicle on the
highways of this State. The driver’s license endorsement described in this
section must, in its restrictions or lack thereof, recognize the fact that a
person is not required to actively drive an autonomous vehicle.
(Added to NRS by 2011, 2873)