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CHAPTER 484B - RULES OF THE ROAD
DEFINITIONS
NRS 484B.003 Definitions.
NRS 484B.007 “Administrative
roadblock” defined.
NRS 484B.010 “Business
district” defined.
NRS 484B.017 “Electric
bicycle” defined.
NRS 484B.020 “Flammable
liquid” defined.
NRS 484B.023 “Freight
curb loading zone” defined.
NRS 484B.027 “House
coach” defined.
NRS 484B.030 “Parking
meter” defined.
NRS 484B.033 “Passenger
curb loading zone” defined.
NRS 484B.037 “Person
with a disability of moderate duration” defined.
NRS 484B.040 “Person
with a permanent disability” defined.
NRS 484B.043 “Person
with a temporary disability” defined.
NRS 484B.047 “Railroad
sign” and “railroad signal” defined.
NRS 484B.050 “Railroad
train” defined.
NRS 484B.053 “Residence
district” defined.
NRS 484B.057 “Safety
zone” defined.
NRS 484B.060 “School
crossing zone” defined.
NRS 484B.063 “School
zone” defined.
NRS 484B.067 “Taxicab
stand” defined.
NRS 484B.070 “Temporary
roadblock” defined.
NRS 484B.073 “Two-directional
highway” defined.
NRS 484B.077 “U-turn”
defined.
GENERAL RULES AND APPLICABILITY
NRS 484B.100 Obedience
to police officer.
NRS 484B.103 Rights
and duties of person riding animal or driving vehicle drawn by animal.
NRS 484B.107 Applicability
of chapters 484A to 484E, inclusive, of NRS to person, motor
vehicle or other equipment engaged in work upon highway.
NRS 484B.110 Driving
through safety zone prohibited.
NRS 484B.113 Limitations
on backing.
NRS 484B.117 Driving
upon sidewalk.
NRS 484B.120 Driving
on defiles, canyons or mountain highways.
NRS 484B.123 Coasting
prohibited in certain circumstances.
NRS 484B.127 Following
too closely.
NRS 484B.130 Double
penalty for certain traffic violations committed in work zones; exception in
certain temporary traffic control zones.
RESTRICTIONS ON PERSONS IN VEHICLES
NRS 484B.150 Drinking
alcoholic beverage while driving motor vehicle unlawful; open container of
alcoholic beverage; additional penalty for violation committed in work zone.
NRS 484B.153 Boarding
or alighting from vehicle; opening door of vehicle.
NRS 484B.157 Child
less than 6 years of age and weighing 60 pounds or less to be secured in child
restraint system while being transported in motor vehicle; requirements for
system; penalties; programs of training; waiver or reduction of penalty under
certain circumstances; application of section.
NRS 484B.160 Person
riding upon bed of flatbed truck or within bed of pickup truck.
NRS 484B.163 Obstruction
of or interference with driver’s view; interference with driver’s control over
driving mechanism; vision of driver through required glass equipment;
additional penalty for violation committed in work zone.
NRS 484B.165 Using
handheld wireless communications device to type or enter text, send or read
data, engage in nonvoice communication or engage in voice communications
without use of hands-free device unlawful; exceptions; penalty.
NRS 484B.167 Riding
in house trailer.
DIRECTION OF TRAVEL; OVERTAKING AND PASSING
NRS 484B.200 Driving
on right half of highway required; exceptions; additional penalty for violation
committed in work zone.
NRS 484B.203 Duties
of drivers passing vehicles proceeding in opposite directions; additional
penalty for violation committed in work zone.
NRS 484B.207 Overtaking
vehicle on left side: Duties of drivers of overtaking and overtaken vehicle;
additional penalty for violation committed in work zone.
NRS 484B.210 When
overtaking on right side allowed; additional penalty for violation committed in
work zone.
NRS 484B.213 Limitations
on overtaking on left side; additional penalty for violation committed in work
zone.
NRS 484B.217 Zones
in which overtaking on left side or making left-hand turn prohibited;
exceptions; additional penalty for violation committed in work zone.
NRS 484B.220 One-way
highway; rotary traffic island.
NRS 484B.223 Driving
on highway having multiple marked lanes for traffic; additional penalty for
violation committed in work zone.
NRS 484B.227 Driving
on divided highway: Prohibited turns; additional penalty for violation
committed in work zone.
RIGHT-OF-WAY
NRS 484B.250 Vehicle
approaching or entering intersection.
NRS 484B.253 Vehicle
turning left.
NRS 484B.257 Vehicle
entering intersection marked stop or yield.
NRS 484B.260 Vehicle
entering highway from private way.
NRS 484B.263 Vehicle
entering or exiting controlled-access highway: Duty to yield right-of-way.
NRS 484B.267 Operation
of vehicle on approach of authorized emergency vehicle or official vehicle of
regulatory agency.
NRS 484B.270 Vehicles,
bicycles and electric bicycles: Driver’s duty of due care; additional penalty
if driver is proximate cause of collision with person riding bicycle.
PEDESTRIANS
NRS 484B.280 Duties
of driver of motor vehicle to pedestrian; additional penalty if driver is
proximate cause of collision with pedestrian.
NRS 484B.283 Right-of-way
in crosswalk; impeding ability of driver to yield prohibited; overtaking
vehicle at crosswalk; obedience to signals and other devices for control of
traffic; additional penalty if driver is proximate cause of collision with
pedestrian.
NRS 484B.287 When
pedestrian must yield right-of-way to vehicle; when crossing at crosswalk is
required; crossing diagonally.
NRS 484B.290 Right-of-way
of person who is blind; penalty.
NRS 484B.293 Direction
of movement on crosswalk.
NRS 484B.297 Walking
along and upon highways; solicitation of ride, business or contribution from
driver or occupant of vehicle prohibited in certain circumstances; intoxicated
pedestrian prohibited within traveled portion of highway; applicability to
riders of animals; penalty.
TRAFFIC SIGNS, SIGNALS AND MARKINGS
NRS 484B.300 Obedience
to devices for control of traffic; exceptions; placement of devices; additional
penalty for violation committed in work zone.
NRS 484B.303 Disobedience
of directions of device for control of traffic unlawful; additional penalty for
violation committed in work zone.
NRS 484B.307 Traffic
controlled by official traffic-control devices exhibiting different colored
lights: Rights and duties of vehicular traffic and pedestrians depending upon
particular signal displayed; exceptions for person driving motorcycle, moped or
trimobile or riding bicycle; signals placed over individual lanes; certain
restrictions upon local authorities.
NRS 484B.310 Flashing
signals.
NRS 484B.313 Display
of unauthorized signs, signals, markings or street banners; limitation on
placement of commercial advertising; removal as public nuisance; exceptions;
use of advertising revenues to repay bonds.
NRS 484B.317 Interference
with official device for control of traffic or sign or signal for railroad
prohibited; additional penalty for violation committed in work zone.
NRS 484B.320 Devices
and mechanisms capable of interfering with or altering signal of
traffic-control signal: General prohibition against operating and selling;
seizure by police; presence in or on vehicle as prima facie evidence of
violation; penalty; exceptions for providers of mass transit and response
agencies.
NRS 484B.323 Carpool
lanes: Use of carpool lanes in conformance with signs; penalty.
NRS 484B.327 Unlawful
to remove barriers and signs stating highway is closed to traffic; driving on
such highway unlawful; additional penalty for violation committed in work zone.
NRS 484B.330 Obedience
to signal of authorized flagger; prosecution of violations; penalties.
SCHOOL CROSSING GUARDS, SCHOOL ZONES AND SCHOOL BUSES
NRS 484B.350 Stop
required in obedience to direction or traffic-control signal of school crossing
guard; penalty; additional penalty if driver is proximate cause of collision
with pedestrian or person riding bicycle.
NRS 484B.353 Overtaking
and passing school bus: Duties of driver; exceptions; penalties.
NRS 484B.357 Report
by driver of school bus of failure of driver of vehicle to stop; submission of
report to school district and Department; provision of notice to owner of
vehicle.
NRS 484B.360 Maximum
speed of school bus.
NRS 484B.363 School
zone or school crossing zone: Speed limit; designation; signs; determination of
hours in which speed limit is in effect; additional penalty if driver is
proximate cause of collision with pedestrian or person riding bicycle.
NRS 484B.367 School
zone or school crossing zone: Requirements for signs; placement of portable
signs.
TURNING AND STARTING; SIGNALS ON STOPPING AND TURNING
NRS 484B.400 Required
position and method of turning at intersections.
NRS 484B.403 When
U-turns are authorized and prohibited; additional penalty for violation
committed in work zone.
NRS 484B.407 Turning
on curve or crest of grade prohibited in certain circumstances.
NRS 484B.410 Starting
parked vehicle.
NRS 484B.413 Requirements
for turning on highway; signal for stopping or decreasing speed.
NRS 484B.417 Signal
by hand and arm or signal lamp or device authorized.
NRS 484B.420 Methods
of giving signals by hand and arm.
STOPPING, STANDING AND PARKING
NRS 484B.440 Stopping,
standing or parking outside of business or residence district.
NRS 484B.443 Police
officer authorized to remove certain vehicles; protocol for selection and use
of towing services; duties and liability of tow car operator.
NRS 484B.447 Preservation
of criminal evidence when vehicle is removed from highway.
NRS 484B.450 Stopping,
standing or parking prohibited in specified places.
NRS 484B.453 Prohibited
parking in front of theaters, hotels and other buildings.
NRS 484B.457 Parallel
and angle parking; stopping, standing and parking on highways under
jurisdiction of Department of Transportation.
NRS 484B.460 Parking
at angle designated by devices permitting angle parking.
NRS 484B.463 Special
license plate or plates and special or temporary parking placards and stickers:
Use; alternative use of special plate or plates issued to veteran with a
disability; limitations.
NRS 484B.467 Parking
space designated for persons who are handicapped: Signs; required plates,
stickers or placards for parking; prohibited acts; penalty.
NRS 484B.470 Local
law enforcement agency authorized to appoint volunteers to enforce certain laws
concerning parking for persons who are handicapped.
NRS 484B.473 Parked
vehicle at nighttime: Reflectors; lights.
NRS 484B.477 Stopping,
standing or parking in alley.
NRS 484B.480 All-night
parking.
NRS 484B.483 Parking
for certain purposes prohibited.
NRS 484B.487 Parking
adjacent to school.
NRS 484B.490 Parking
on narrow highway.
NRS 484B.493 Standing
or parking on one-way street.
NRS 484B.497 Standing
or parking on one-way roadway.
NRS 484B.500 Stopping,
standing or parking near hazardous or congested place.
NRS 484B.503 Stopping,
standing or parking in zone for loading passengers at curb.
NRS 484B.507 Stopping,
standing or parking in zone for loading freight at curb.
NRS 484B.510 Stopping,
standing or parking in restricted parking zone.
NRS 484B.513 Stopping,
standing and parking of bus or taxicab.
NRS 484B.517 Restricted
use of bus and taxicab stands.
NRS 484B.520 Regulation
of stopping, standing or parking by local authority.
NRS 484B.523 Stopping,
standing or parking in metered parking zone; unlawful tampering with meter.
[Effective through December 31, 2017.]
NRS 484B.523 Stopping,
standing or parking in metered parking zone; unlawful tampering with meter.
[Effective January 1, 2018.]
NRS 484B.527 Local
authority authorized to file notice of nonpayment with Department if registered
owner of motor vehicle fails to pay certain penalties, fines or other charges;
contents of notice; regulations.
NRS 484B.530 Unattended
motor vehicle: Stopping engine, locking ignition and removing key.
NRS 484B.533 Unattended
motor vehicle: Standing on grade.
SPECIAL STOPS
Signal by Peace Officer
NRS 484B.550 Stop
required upon signal of peace officer; manner in which signal must be given;
penalties.
Railroad Grade Crossings
NRS 484B.553 Obedience
to signal indicating approach of railroad train.
NRS 484B.557 Stop
required at certain railroad grade crossings.
NRS 484B.560 Certain
vehicles required to stop at all railroad grade crossings; exceptions.
NRS 484B.563 Moving
heavy equipment at railroad grade crossing.
Roadblocks
NRS 484B.570 Administrative
roadblock: Establishment; minimum requirements.
NRS 484B.573 Temporary
roadblock: Establishment; minimum requirements.
NRS 484B.577 Authority
of police officers not limited by provisions relating to roadblocks.
NRS 484B.580 Failure
to stop at roadblock; penalties.
Controlled-Access Highway
NRS 484B.587 Obedience
to signs relating to controlled-access highway; restrictions on driving on
controlled-access highway; additional penalty for violation committed in work
zone.
NRS 484B.590 Heavy-vehicle
lanes: Authority of Department of Transportation to erect advisory signs on
controlled-access facilities.
NRS 484B.593 Restrictions
on use of controlled-access highway; penalty.
RESTRICTIONS ON SPEED
NRS 484B.600 Basic
rule; additional penalties for violation committed in work zone or if driver is
proximate cause of collision with pedestrian or person riding bicycle.
NRS 484B.603 Duty
of driver to decrease speed under certain circumstances; additional penalty for
violation committed in work zone.
NRS 484B.607 Duties
of driver when approaching authorized emergency vehicle which is stopped and
using flashing lights or tow car which is stopped and using flashing amber
warning lights; penalty.
NRS 484B.610 Speed
limit in unincorporated town; additional penalty for violation committed in
work zone.
NRS 484B.613 Speed
limit: Establishment for vehicles on highways constructed and maintained by
Department of Transportation; additional penalty for violation committed in
work zone.
NRS 484B.617 Certain
violations of speed limit in rural areas: Fines; Department not to record
violation on driver’s record; violation not deemed moving traffic violation.
NRS 484B.620 Speed
zones and signs.
NRS 484B.621 Establishment
of State Route 159 Safety Speed Zone; considerations when establishing maximum
speed; adequate signage or other forms of notice required to be evaluated and
installed to support maximum speed established.
NRS 484B.623 Slow
driving; establishment of minimum speed limit.
NRS 484B.627 Duties
of driver driving motor vehicle at speed so slow as to impede forward movement
of traffic; prohibition against stopping vehicle on roadway so as to impede or
block normal and reasonable movement of traffic; exception.
NRS 484B.630 Circumstances
in which driver of slow-moving vehicle has duty to turn off roadway; penalty.
NRS 484B.633 Special
limitations on speed.
NRS 484B.637 “Low-speed
vehicle” defined; highways upon which low-speed vehicles may be operated;
exception.
AGGRESSIVE DRIVING; RECKLESS DRIVING; VEHICULAR MANSLAUGHTER
NRS 484B.650 Acts
constituting aggressive driving; penalties; additional penalty for violation
committed in work zone.
NRS 484B.653 Reckless
driving and organization of unauthorized speed contests prohibited; penalties;
court to suspend driver’s license of certain offenders; additional penalties
for violation committed in work zone or if driver is proximate cause of
collision with pedestrian or person riding bicycle.
NRS 484B.657 Vehicular
manslaughter; penalty; additional penalty for violation committed in work zone.
EMERGENCY VEHICLES AND PROCESSIONS
NRS 484B.700 Privileges
granted to driver of authorized emergency vehicle, official vehicle of
regulatory agency or vehicle escorting funeral procession; application of
privileges; limitation of privileges.
NRS 484B.703 Driving
through funeral or other procession.
NRS 484B.707 Driving
in procession.
NRS 484B.710 Following
fire apparatus prohibited.
ACTIONS AND DEVICES RELATED TO SAFETY
NRS 484B.740 Fusee:
Limitation on color.
NRS 484B.743 Reflective
material required for person directing or controlling traffic near school.
NRS 484B.747 Operator
of tow car to place warning signs when rendering assistance to disabled vehicle
on certain roadways.
NRS 484B.748 Use
of flashing amber warning lights on tow car at scene of traffic hazard.
NRS 484B.750 Placement
of red flares, red lanterns, warning lights or reflectors by tow car operator
near warning signs when rendering assistance to disabled vehicle on highway in
certain circumstances.
NRS 484B.753 When
operator of tow car authorized to tow vehicle with person inside. [Effective
until the date on which the Secretary of the United States Department of
Transportation, or his or her authorized representative, rescinds that portion
of the Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard No. 208 (49 C.F.R. § 571.208)
which requires the installation of automatic restraints in new private
passenger motor vehicles, unless the Secretary’s decision to rescind is not
based on the enactment or continued operation of section 1 of chapter 29,
Statutes of Nevada 2009.]
NRS 484B.753 When
operator of tow car authorized to tow vehicle with person inside. [Effective on
the date on which the Secretary of the United States Department of
Transportation, or his or her authorized representative, rescinds that portion
of the Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard No. 208 (49 C.F.R. § 571.208)
which requires the installation of automatic restraints in new private
passenger motor vehicles, unless the Secretary’s decision to rescind is not
based on the enactment or continued operation of section 1 of chapter 29,
Statutes of Nevada 2009.]
NRS 484B.757 Use
of flashing amber warning lights by private patrol officer.
OPERATION OF BICYCLES, ELECTRIC BICYCLES AND VEHICLES FOR PLAY
NRS 484B.760 Penalty
for violation of provisions; responsibility of parent of child or guardian of
ward; applicability of provisions to bicycles and electric bicycles.
NRS 484B.763 Application
of traffic laws to person riding bicycle or electric bicycle.
NRS 484B.767 Certain
persons operating bicycle or electric bicycle while on duty not required to
comply with laws in certain circumstances.
NRS 484B.768 Required
action of operator of bicycle or electric bicycle when turning from direct
course; when signal not required.
NRS 484B.769 Signals
required to be given by operator of bicycle or electric bicycle on roadway.
NRS 484B.770 Where
bicycles or electric bicycles may be ridden; limitation on number of persons
carried on bicycle or electric bicycle.
NRS 484B.773 Attaching
to vehicle upon roadway prohibited.
NRS 484B.777 Operating
bicycle or electric bicycle on roadway.
NRS 484B.780 Carrying
articles on bicycle or electric bicycle.
NRS 484B.783 Lamps,
reflectors and brakes required on bicycles and electric bicycles.
MISCELLANEOUS RULES
NRS 484B.900 Rental
agency not liable for traffic violation by user of rented vehicle.
NRS 484B.903 Putting
glass or other injurious substance on highway prohibited.
NRS 484B.907 Violation
of curfew by drivers who are 16 or 17 years of age; exception for scheduled
events; violation does not constitute primary offense.
NRS 484B.910 Motor
must be shut off when supply tank being filled with fuel.
NRS 484B.913 Crossing
fire hose.
NRS 484B.917 Police
officer to remove and destroy lights and sirens unlawfully installed or
operated.
NRS 484B.920 Permits
required for certain parades and processions, sound trucks and oversized or
overweight vehicles or equipment; duties of Department of Transportation;
authority of cities and counties to provide recommendations and notice;
regulations; penalty.
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DEFINITIONS
NRS 484B.003 Definitions. As
used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and
terms defined in NRS 484B.007 to 484B.077, inclusive, have the meanings ascribed to
them in those sections.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 1202, 1476; A 1973, 448; 1975,
1076; 1981, 621;
1987, 1073;
1989, 291, 798; 1993, 1392, 1414, 2586; 1995, 568; 1999, 3415; 2003, 380; 2005, 21, 72; 2009, 397)—(Substituted
in revision for part of NRS 484.013)
NRS 484B.007 “Administrative roadblock” defined. “Administrative
roadblock” means any structure, device or means used by police officers to
control all traffic through a point on the highway whereby all vehicles may be
slowed or stopped for a lawful purpose other than identifying the occupants of
the vehicles or an emergency.
(Added to NRS by 1987, 1072)—(Substituted
in revision for NRS 484.014)
NRS 484B.010 “Business district” defined. “Business
district” means the territory contiguous to and including a highway when within
any 600 feet along such highway there are buildings in use for business or
industrial purposes, including, but not limited to, hotels, banks or office
buildings, railroad stations and public buildings which occupy at least 300
feet of frontage on one side or 300 feet collectively on both sides of the
highway.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 1476)—(Substituted in revision
for NRS 484.027)
NRS 484B.017 “Electric bicycle” defined. “Electric
bicycle” means a device upon which a person may ride, having two or three
wheels, or every such device generally recognized as a bicycle that has fully
operable pedals and is propelled by a small electric engine which produces not
more than 1 gross brake horsepower and which produces not more than 750 watts
final output, and:
1. Is designed to travel on not more than
three wheels in contact with the ground but is not a tractor; and
2. Powered solely by such a small electric
engine, is capable of a maximum speed of not more than 20 miles per hour on a
flat surface while carrying an operator who weighs 170 pounds.
Ê The term
does not include a moped.
(Added to NRS by 2009, 397)
NRS 484B.020 “Flammable liquid” defined. “Flammable
liquid” means any liquid which has a flash point of 70° F., or less, as determined by a tagliabue or equivalent
closed-cup test device.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 1478)—(Substituted in revision
for NRS 484.061)
NRS 484B.023 “Freight curb loading zone” defined. “Freight
curb loading zone” means a space adjacent to a curb for the exclusive use of
vehicles during the loading or unloading of freight.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 1478)—(Substituted in revision
for NRS 484.063)
NRS 484B.027 “House coach” defined. “House
coach” means a motor vehicle which is designed, constructed and equipped as a
dwelling place or living abode, either permanently or temporarily.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 1478)—(Substituted in revision
for NRS 484.067)
NRS 484B.030 “Parking meter” defined. “Parking
meter” means a mechanical timing device authorized by an ordinance of a
municipality to be used for the purpose of regulating parking.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 1479)—(Substituted in revision
for NRS 484.099)
NRS 484B.033 “Passenger curb loading zone” defined. “Passenger
curb loading zone” means an area adjacent to a curb or edge of a highway
reserved for the exclusive use of vehicles during the loading or unloading of
passengers.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 1479)—(Substituted in revision
for NRS 484.109)
NRS 484B.037 “Person with a disability of moderate duration” defined. “Person with a disability of moderate
duration” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS
482.3833.
(Added to NRS by 2003, 380)—(Substituted
in revision for NRS 484.1115)
NRS 484B.040 “Person with a permanent disability” defined. “Person with a permanent disability” has the
meaning ascribed to it in NRS 482.3837.
(Added to NRS by 2003, 380)—(Substituted
in revision for NRS 484.1135)
NRS 484B.043 “Person with a temporary disability” defined. “Person with a temporary disability” has the
meaning ascribed to it in NRS 482.3839.
(Added to NRS by 2003, 380)—(Substituted
in revision for NRS 484.1145)
NRS 484B.047 “Railroad sign” and “railroad signal” defined. “Railroad sign” or “railroad signal” means any
sign, signal or device erected by a public authority or by a railroad and
intended to give notice of the presence of railroad tracks or the approach of a
railroad train.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 1480)—(Substituted in revision
for NRS 484.131)
NRS 484B.050 “Railroad train” defined. “Railroad
train” means a steam, electric or other motor engine, with or without cars
coupled thereto, operated upon stationary rails, except streetcars.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 1480)—(Substituted in revision
for NRS 484.134)
NRS 484B.053 “Residence district” defined. “Residence
district” means the territory contiguous to a highway not comprising a business
district when the frontage on such for a distance of 300 feet or more is mainly
occupied by dwellings or by dwellings and buildings in use for residence.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 1480)—(Substituted in revision
for NRS 484.136)
NRS 484B.057 “Safety zone” defined. “Safety
zone” means the area officially set aside within a highway for the exclusive
use of pedestrians and which is so plainly marked or indicated by proper signs
as to be plainly visible at all times while set apart as a safety zone.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 1480)—(Substituted in revision
for NRS 484.146)
NRS 484B.060 “School crossing zone” defined. “School
crossing zone” means those sections of streets not adjacent to school property
that pupils cross while following a designated walking route to school.
(Added to NRS by 1993, 2586)—(Substituted
in revision for NRS 484.1485)
NRS 484B.063 “School zone” defined. “School
zone” means those sections of streets which are adjacent to school property.
(Added to NRS by 1993, 2586)—(Substituted
in revision for NRS 484.149)
NRS 484B.067 “Taxicab stand” defined. “Taxicab
stand” means a fixed area in a highway parallel and adjacent to the curb or
edge of the highway and set aside for taxicabs to stand for passengers.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 1481)—(Substituted in revision
for NRS 484.193)
NRS 484B.070 “Temporary roadblock” defined. “Temporary
roadblock” means any structure, device or means used by police officers to
control traffic at a place on a highway whereby vehicles may be slowed or
stopped:
1. To identify the occupants of those
vehicles; or
2. Because of the existence of an
emergency.
(Added to NRS by 1987, 1072)—(Substituted
in revision for NRS 484.194)
NRS 484B.073 “Two-directional highway” defined. “Two-directional
highway” means an undivided highway upon which vehicles are allowed to proceed
in opposite directions.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 1482; A 1973,
449)—(Substituted in revision for NRS 484.215)
NRS 484B.077 “U-turn” defined. “U-turn”
means the turning of a vehicle upon a highway so as to proceed in the opposite
direction, whether accomplished by one continuous movement or not.
(Added to NRS by 1971, 1141)—(Substituted in revision
for NRS 484.216)
GENERAL RULES AND APPLICABILITY
NRS 484B.100 Obedience to police officer. It
is unlawful for any person willfully to fail or refuse to comply with any
lawful order or direction of any police officer while the officer is performing
the duties of the officer in the enforcement of chapters
484A to 484E, inclusive, of NRS.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 1482; A 1973,
282)—(Substituted in revision for NRS 484.253)
NRS 484B.103 Rights and duties of person riding animal or driving vehicle
drawn by animal. Every person
riding an animal or driving any animal-drawn vehicle upon a highway shall be
granted all of the rights and shall be subject to all of the duties applicable
to the driver of a vehicle, except those provisions which by their nature can
have no application.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 1482)—(Substituted in revision
for NRS 484.257)
NRS 484B.107 Applicability of chapters 484A
to 484E, inclusive, of NRS to person,
motor vehicle or other equipment engaged in work upon highway.
1. Except for the provisions of chapter 484C of NRS and any provisions made
applicable by specific statute, the provisions of this chapter and chapters 484A, 484D
and 484E of NRS do not apply to persons,
teams, motor vehicles and other equipment while actually engaged in work upon
the surface of a highway.
2. The provisions of chapters 484A to 484E, inclusive, of NRS apply to the persons,
teams, motor vehicles and other equipment described in subsection 1 when
traveling to or from such work.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 1482; A 1973, 1323; 1983, 1068; 1999, 3415; 2005, 139)—(Substituted
in revision for NRS 484.259)
NRS 484B.110 Driving through safety zone prohibited. No
vehicle shall at any time be driven through or within a safety zone.
(Added to NRS by 1957, 504)—(Substituted in revision
for NRS 484.495)
NRS 484B.113 Limitations on backing. The
driver of a vehicle:
1. Shall not back the vehicle unless such
movement can be made with reasonable safety and without interfering with other
traffic;
2. Shall not back into an intersection, on
or over a crosswalk, or around a street corner; and
3. Shall in every case yield the
right-of-way to moving traffic and pedestrians.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 1498)—(Substituted in revision
for NRS 484.449)
NRS 484B.117 Driving upon sidewalk. The
driver of a vehicle shall not drive upon or within any sidewalk area except at
a permanent or temporary driveway or alley entrance.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 1507)—(Substituted in revision
for NRS 484.451)
NRS 484B.120 Driving on defiles, canyons or mountain highways. The driver of a motor vehicle traveling
through defiles or canyons or on mountain highways shall hold such motor
vehicle under control and as near the right hand edge of the highway as
reasonably possible.
(Added to NRS by 1957, 504)—(Substituted in revision
for NRS 484.457)
NRS 484B.123 Coasting prohibited in certain circumstances.
1. The driver of any motor vehicle when
traveling upon a downgrade shall not coast with the gears of such vehicle in
neutral.
2. The driver of a commercial motor vehicle
when traveling upon a downgrade shall not coast with the clutch disengaged.
(Added to NRS by 1957, 504)—(Substituted in revision
for NRS 484.459)
NRS 484B.127 Following too closely.
1. The driver of a vehicle shall not
follow another vehicle more closely than is reasonable and prudent, having due
regard for the speed of such vehicles and the traffic upon and the condition of
the highway.
2. The driver of any truck or combination
of vehicles 80 inches or more in overall width, which is following a truck, or
combination of vehicles 80 inches or more in overall width, shall, whenever
conditions permit, leave a space of 500 feet so that an overtaking vehicle may
enter and occupy such space without danger, but this shall not prevent a truck
or combination of vehicles from overtaking and passing any vehicle or
combination of vehicles. This subsection does not apply to any vehicle or
combination of vehicles while moving on a highway on which there are two or
more lanes available for traffic moving in the same direction.
3. Motor vehicles being driven upon any
highway outside of a business district in a caravan or motorcade, whether or
not towing other vehicles, shall be operated to allow sufficient space between
each such vehicle or combination of vehicles so as to enable any other vehicle
or combination of vehicles to enter and occupy such space without danger.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 1489)—(Substituted in revision
for NRS 484.307)
NRS 484B.130 Double penalty for certain traffic violations committed in work
zones; exception in certain temporary traffic control zones.
1. Except as otherwise provided in
subsections 2 and 6, a person who is convicted of a violation of a speed limit,
or of NRS 484B.150, 484B.163,
484B.165, 484B.200 to
484B.217, inclusive, 484B.223,
484B.227, 484B.300, 484B.303, 484B.317, 484B.320, 484B.327, 484B.330, 484B.403, 484B.587, 484B.600, 484B.603, 484B.650, 484B.653, 484B.657, 484C.110 or 484C.120, that occurred:
(a) In an area designated as a temporary traffic
control zone; and
(b) At a time when the workers who are performing
construction, maintenance or repair of the highway or other work are present,
or when the effects of the act may be aggravated because of the condition of
the highway caused by construction, maintenance or repair, including, without
limitation, reduction in lane width, reduction in the number of lanes, shifting
of lanes from the designated alignment and uneven or temporary surfaces,
including, without limitation, modifications to road beds, cement-treated
bases, chip seals and other similar conditions,
Ê shall be
punished by imprisonment or by a fine, or both, for a term or an amount equal
to and in addition to the term of imprisonment or amount of the fine, or both,
that the court imposes for the primary offense. Any term of imprisonment imposed
pursuant to this subsection runs consecutively with the sentence prescribed by
the court for the crime. This subsection does not create a separate offense,
but provides an additional penalty for the primary offense, whose imposition is
contingent upon the finding of the prescribed fact.
2. The additional penalty imposed pursuant
to subsection 1 must not exceed a total of $1,000, 6 months of imprisonment or
120 hours of community service.
3. Except as otherwise provided in
subsection 5, a governmental entity that designates an area or authorizes the
designation of an area as a temporary traffic control zone in which
construction, maintenance or repair of a highway or other work is conducted, or
the person with whom the governmental entity contracts to provide such service,
shall cause to be erected:
(a) A sign located before the beginning of such
an area stating “DOUBLE PENALTIES IN WORK ZONES” to indicate a double penalty
may be imposed pursuant to this section;
(b) A sign to mark the beginning of the temporary
traffic control zone; and
(c) A sign to mark the end of the temporary
traffic control zone.
4. A person who otherwise would be subject
to an additional penalty pursuant to this section is not relieved of any
criminal liability because signs are not erected as required by subsection 3 if
the violation results in injury to any person performing highway construction
or maintenance or other work in the temporary traffic control zone or in damage
to property in an amount equal to $1,000 or more.
5. The requirements of subsection 3 do not
apply to an area designated as a temporary traffic control zone:
(a) Pursuant to an emergency which results from a
natural or other disaster and which threatens the health, safety or welfare of
the public; or
(b) On a public highway where the posted speed
limit is 25 miles per hour or less and that provides access to or is
appurtenant to a residential area.
6. A person who would otherwise be subject
to an additional penalty pursuant to this section is not subject to an
additional penalty if the violation occurred in a temporary traffic control
zone for which signs are not erected pursuant to subsection 5, unless the
violation results in injury to any person performing highway construction or
maintenance or other work in the temporary traffic control zone or in damage to
property in an amount equal to $1,000 or more.
(Added to NRS by 1997, 1481; A 2001
Special Session, 146; 2003, 3242; 2005, 78, 938; 2007, 2794; 2009, 681; 2011, 3648)—(Substituted
in revision for NRS 484.3667)
RESTRICTIONS ON PERSONS IN VEHICLES
NRS 484B.150 Drinking alcoholic beverage while driving motor vehicle
unlawful; open container of alcoholic beverage; additional penalty for
violation committed in work zone.
1. It is unlawful for a person to drink an
alcoholic beverage while the person is driving or in actual physical control of
a motor vehicle upon a highway.
2. Except as otherwise provided in this
subsection, it is unlawful for a person to have an open container of an
alcoholic beverage within the passenger area of a motor vehicle while the motor
vehicle is upon a highway. This subsection does not apply to:
(a) The passenger area of a motor vehicle which
is designed, maintained or used primarily for the transportation of persons for
compensation; or
(b) The living quarters of a house coach or house
trailer,
Ê but does
apply to the driver of such a motor vehicle who is in possession or control of
an open container of an alcoholic beverage.
3. A person who violates any provision of
this section may be subject to the additional penalty set forth in NRS 484B.130.
4. As used in this section:
(a) “Alcoholic beverage” has the meaning ascribed
to it in NRS 202.015.
(b) “Open container” means a container which has
been opened or the seal of which has been broken.
(c) “Passenger area” means that area of a vehicle
which is designed for the seating of the driver or a passenger.
(Added to NRS by 1971, 315; A 1991, 838; 2003, 3246; 2013, 542)—(Substituted
in revision for NRS 484.448)
NRS 484B.153 Boarding or alighting from vehicle; opening door of vehicle.
1. A person shall not board or alight from
any vehicle while it is in motion.
2. A person shall not open the door of or
board or alight from the side of a vehicle which is closest to passing traffic
in such a manner as to interfere with moving vehicular traffic.
3. A person shall not leave open a door on
the side of a vehicle which is closest to passing traffic longer than is necessary
for immediate loading or unloading of passengers or cargo.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 1507; A 1985, 1040)—(Substituted
in revision for NRS 484.475)
NRS 484B.157 Child less than 6 years of age and weighing 60 pounds or less to
be secured in child restraint system while being transported in motor vehicle;
requirements for system; penalties; programs of training; waiver or reduction
of penalty under certain circumstances; application of section.
1. Except as otherwise provided in
subsection 7, any person who is transporting a child who is less than 6 years
of age and who weighs 60 pounds or less in a motor vehicle operated in this
State which is equipped to carry passengers shall secure the child in a child
restraint system which:
(a) Has been approved by the United States
Department of Transportation in accordance with the Federal Motor Vehicle
Safety Standards set forth in 49 C.F.R. Part 571;
(b) Is appropriate for the size and weight of the
child; and
(c) Is installed within and attached safely and
securely to the motor vehicle:
(1) In accordance with the instructions
for installation and attachment provided by the manufacturer of the child
restraint system; or
(2) In another manner that is approved by
the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
2. If a defendant pleads or is found
guilty of violating the provisions of subsection 1, the court shall:
(a) For a first offense, order the defendant to
pay a fine of not less than $100 or more than $500 or order the defendant to
perform not less than 10 hours or more than 50 hours of community service;
(b) For a second offense, order the defendant to
pay a fine of not less than $500 or more than $1000 or order the defendant to
perform not less than 50 hours or more than 100 hours of community service; and
(c) For a third or subsequent offense, suspend
the driver’s license of the defendant for not less than 30 days or more than
180 days.
3. At the time of sentencing, the court
shall provide the defendant with a list of persons and agencies approved by the
Department of Public Safety to conduct programs of training and perform
inspections of child restraint systems. The list must include, without
limitation, an indication of the fee, if any, established by the person or
agency pursuant to subsection 4. If, within 60 days after sentencing, a
defendant provides the court with proof of satisfactory completion of a program
of training provided for in this subsection, the court shall:
(a) If the defendant was sentenced pursuant to
paragraph (a) of subsection 2, waive the fine or community service previously
imposed; or
(b) If the defendant was sentenced pursuant to
paragraph (b) of subsection 2, reduce by one-half the fine or community service
previously imposed.
Ê A defendant
is only eligible for a reduction of a fine or community service pursuant to
paragraph (b) if the defendant has not had a fine or community service waived
pursuant to paragraph (a).
4. A person or agency approved by the
Department of Public Safety to conduct programs of training and perform
inspections of child restraint systems may, in cooperation with the Department,
establish a fee to be paid by defendants who are ordered to complete a program
of training. The amount of the fee, if any:
(a) Must be reasonable; and
(b) May, if a defendant desires to acquire a
child restraint system from such a person or agency, include the cost of a
child restraint system provided by the person or agency to the defendant.
Ê A program of
training may not be operated for profit.
5. For the purposes of NRS 483.473, a violation of this section
is not a moving traffic violation.
6. A violation of this section may not be
considered:
(a) Negligence in any civil action; or
(b) Negligence or reckless driving for the
purposes of NRS 484B.653.
7. This section does not apply:
(a) To a person who is transporting a child in a
means of public transportation, including a taxi, school bus or emergency
vehicle.
(b) When a physician determines that the use of
such a child restraint system for the particular child would be impractical or
dangerous because of such factors as the child’s weight, physical unfitness or
medical condition. In this case, the person transporting the child shall carry
in the vehicle the signed statement of the physician to that effect.
8. As used in this section, “child
restraint system” means any device that is designed for use in a motor vehicle
to restrain, seat or position children. The term includes, without limitation:
(a) Booster seats and belt-positioning seats that
are designed to elevate or otherwise position a child so as to allow the child
to be secured with a safety belt;
(b) Integrated child seats; and
(c) Safety belts that are designed specifically
to be adjusted to accommodate children.
(Added to NRS by 1983, 1888; A 1985, 1170, 2293; 1995, 1528; 2003, 2079; 2005, 119; 2007, 1026)—(Substituted
in revision for NRS 484.474)
NRS 484B.160 Person riding upon bed of flatbed truck or within bed of pickup
truck.
1. Except as otherwise provided in
subsections 2 and 4, a driver shall not permit a person, with regard to a motor
vehicle being operated on a paved highway, to ride upon or within any portion
of the vehicle that is primarily designed or intended for carrying goods or
other cargo or that is otherwise not designed or intended for the use of
passengers, including, without limitation:
(a) Upon the bed of a flatbed truck; or
(b) Within the bed of a pickup truck.
2. A driver may permit a person to ride
upon the bed of a flatbed truck or within the bed of a pickup truck if the
person is:
(a) Eighteen years of age or older; or
(b) Under 18 years of age and the motor vehicle
is:
(1) Being used in the course of farming or
ranching; or
(2) Being driven in a parade authorized by
a local authority.
3. A citation must be issued to a driver
who permits a person to ride upon or within a vehicle in violation of
subsection 1. A driver who is cited pursuant to this subsection shall be
punished by a fine of at least $35 but not more than $100.
4. The provisions of subsection 1 do not
apply to the portion of the bed of a truck that is covered by a camper shell or
slide-in camper.
5. A violation of this section:
(a) Is not a moving traffic violation for the
purposes of NRS 483.473; and
(b) May not be considered as:
(1) Negligence or causation in a civil
action; or
(2) Negligent or reckless driving for the
purposes of NRS 484B.653.
6. As used in this section:
(a) “Camper shell” has the meaning ascribed to it
in NRS 361.017.
(b) “Slide-in camper” has the meaning ascribed to
it in NRS 482.113.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 1507; A 2001, 1906; 2003, 3246)—(Substituted
in revision for NRS 484.473)
NRS 484B.163 Obstruction of or interference with driver’s view; interference
with driver’s control over driving mechanism; vision of driver through required
glass equipment; additional penalty for violation committed in work zone.
1. A person shall not drive a vehicle when
it is so loaded, or when there are in the front seat such number of persons,
exceeding three, as to obstruct the view of the driver to the front or sides of
the vehicle or as to interfere with the driver’s control over the driving mechanism
of the vehicle.
2. A passenger in a vehicle shall not ride
in such position as to interfere with the driver’s view ahead or to the sides,
or to interfere with the driver’s control over the driving mechanism of the
vehicle.
3. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 484D.440, a vehicle must not be
operated upon any highway unless the driver’s vision through any required glass
equipment is normal.
4. A person who violates any provision of
this section may be subject to the additional penalty set forth in NRS 484B.130.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 1502; A 1993, 2434; 2003, 3246)—(Substituted
in revision for NRS 484.453)
NRS 484B.165 Using handheld wireless communications device to type or enter
text, send or read data, engage in nonvoice communication or engage in voice
communications without use of hands-free device unlawful; exceptions; penalty.
1. Except as otherwise provided in this
section, a person shall not, while operating a motor vehicle on a highway in
this State:
(a) Manually type or enter text into a cellular
telephone or other handheld wireless communications device, or send or read
data using any such device to access or search the Internet or to engage in
nonvoice communications with another person, including, without limitation,
texting, electronic messaging and instant messaging.
(b) Use a cellular telephone or other handheld
wireless communications device to engage in voice communications with another
person, unless the device is used with an accessory which allows the person to
communicate without using his or her hands, other than to activate, deactivate
or initiate a feature or function on the device.
2. The provisions of this section do not
apply to:
(a) A paid or volunteer firefighter, emergency
medical technician, advanced emergency medical technician, paramedic, ambulance
attendant or other person trained to provide emergency medical services who is
acting within the course and scope of his or her employment.
(b) A law enforcement officer or any person
designated by a sheriff or chief of police or the Director of the Department of
Public Safety who is acting within the course and scope of his or her
employment.
(c) A person who is reporting a medical
emergency, a safety hazard or criminal activity or who is requesting assistance
relating to a medical emergency, a safety hazard or criminal activity.
(d) A person who is responding to a situation
requiring immediate action to protect the health, welfare or safety of the
driver or another person and stopping the vehicle would be inadvisable,
impractical or dangerous.
(e) A person who is licensed by the Federal
Communications Commission as an amateur radio operator and who is providing a
communication service in connection with an actual or impending disaster or
emergency, participating in a drill, test, or other exercise in preparation for
a disaster or emergency or otherwise communicating public information.
(f) An employee or contractor of a public utility
who uses a handheld wireless communications device:
(1) That has been provided by the public
utility; and
(2) While responding to a dispatch by the
public utility to respond to an emergency, including, without limitation, a
response to a power outage or an interruption in utility service.
3. The provisions of this section do not
prohibit the use of a voice-operated global positioning or navigation system
that is affixed to the vehicle.
4. A person who violates any provision of
subsection 1 is guilty of a misdemeanor and:
(a) For the first offense within the immediately
preceding 7 years, shall pay a fine of $50.
(b) For the second offense within the immediately
preceding 7 years, shall pay a fine of $100.
(c) For the third or subsequent offense within
the immediately preceding 7 years, shall pay a fine of $250.
5. A person who violates any provision of
subsection 1 may be subject to the additional penalty set forth in NRS 484B.130.
6. The Department of Motor Vehicles shall
not treat a first violation of this section in the manner statutorily required
for a moving traffic violation.
7. For the purposes of this section, a
person shall be deemed not to be operating a motor vehicle if the motor vehicle
is driven autonomously through the use of artificial-intelligence software and
the autonomous operation of the motor vehicle is authorized by law.
8. As used in this section:
(a) “Handheld wireless communications device”
means a handheld device for the transfer of information without the use of
electrical conductors or wires and includes, without limitation, a cellular
telephone, a personal digital assistant, a pager and a text messaging device.
The term does not include a device used for two-way radio communications if:
(1) The person using the device has a
license to operate the device, if required; and
(2) All the controls for operating the
device, other than the microphone and a control to speak into the microphone,
are located on a unit which is used to transmit and receive communications and
which is separate from the microphone and is not intended to be held.
(b) “Public utility” means a supplier of
electricity or natural gas or a provider of telecommunications service for
public use who is subject to regulation by the Public Utilities Commission of
Nevada.
(Added to NRS by 2011, 3647;
A 2013, 959)
NRS 484B.167 Riding in house trailer. No
person shall occupy a house trailer while it is being moved upon a public
highway.
(Added to NRS by 1957, 504)—(Substituted in revision
for NRS 484.455)
DIRECTION OF TRAVEL; OVERTAKING AND PASSING
NRS 484B.200 Driving on right half of highway required; exceptions;
additional penalty for violation committed in work zone.
1. Upon all highways of sufficient width a
vehicle must be driven upon the right half of the highway, except as follows:
(a) When overtaking and passing another vehicle
proceeding in the same direction under the laws governing such movements;
(b) When the right half of the highway is closed
to traffic;
(c) Upon a highway divided into three lanes for
traffic under the laws applicable thereon;
(d) Upon a highway designated and posted for
one-way traffic; or
(e) When the highway is not of sufficient width.
2. A person who violates any provision of
this section may be subject to the additional penalty set forth in NRS 484B.130.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 1498; A 2003, 3238)—(Substituted
in revision for NRS 484.291)
NRS 484B.203 Duties of drivers passing vehicles proceeding in opposite
directions; additional penalty for violation committed in work zone.
1. Drivers of vehicles proceeding in
opposite directions shall pass each other keeping to the right, and upon highways
having width for not more than one line of traffic in each direction, each
driver shall give to the other at least one-half of the paved portion of the
highway as nearly as possible.
2. A person who violates any provision of
this section may be subject to the additional penalty set forth in NRS 484B.130.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 1499; A 2003, 3238)—(Substituted
in revision for NRS 484.293)
NRS 484B.207 Overtaking vehicle on left side: Duties of drivers of overtaking
and overtaken vehicle; additional penalty for violation committed in work zone.
1. The driver of a vehicle overtaking
another vehicle proceeding in the same direction shall pass to the left thereof
at a safe distance and shall not again drive to the right side of the highway
until safely clear of the overtaken vehicle.
2. Except when overtaking and passing on
the right is permitted, the driver of an overtaken vehicle shall give way to
the right in favor of the overtaking vehicle upon observing the overtaking
vehicle or hearing a signal. The driver of an overtaken vehicle shall not
increase the speed of the vehicle until completely passed by the overtaking
vehicle.
3. A person who violates any provision of
this section may be subject to the additional penalty set forth in NRS 484B.130.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 1499; A 1973, 1325; 2003, 3239)—(Substituted
in revision for NRS 484.295)
NRS 484B.210 When overtaking on right side allowed; additional penalty for
violation committed in work zone.
1. The driver of a vehicle may overtake
and pass upon the right of another vehicle only under the following conditions:
(a) When the driver of the vehicle overtaken is
making or signaling to make a left turn.
(b) Upon a highway with unobstructed pavement
which is not occupied by parked vehicles and which is of sufficient width for
two or more lines of moving vehicles in each direction.
(c) Upon a highway with unobstructed pavement
which is not marked as a traffic lane and which is not occupied by parked
vehicles, if the vehicle that is overtaking and passing another vehicle:
(1) Does not travel more than 200 feet in
the section of pavement not marked as a traffic lane; or
(2) While being driven in the section of
pavement not marked as a traffic lane, does not travel through an intersection
or past any private way that is used to enter or exit the highway.
(d) Upon any highway on which traffic is
restricted to one direction of movement, where the highway is free from
obstructions and of sufficient width for two or more lines of moving vehicles.
2. The driver of a vehicle may overtake
and pass another vehicle upon the right only under conditions permitting such
movement in safety.
3. The driver of a vehicle shall not
overtake and pass another vehicle upon the right when such movement requires
driving off the paved portion of the highway.
4. A person who violates any provision of
this section may be subject to the additional penalty set forth in NRS 484B.130.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 1499; A 2003, 3239; 2009, 153)—(Substituted
in revision for NRS 484.297)
NRS 484B.213 Limitations on overtaking on left side; additional penalty for
violation committed in work zone.
1. A vehicle must not be driven to the
left side of the center of a two-lane, two-directional highway and overtaking
and passing another vehicle proceeding in the same direction, unless such left
side is clearly visible and is free of oncoming traffic for a sufficient
distance ahead to permit such overtaking and passing to be completely made
without interfering with the safe operation of any vehicle approaching from the
opposite direction or any vehicle overtaken.
2. A vehicle must not be driven to the
left side of the highway at any time:
(a) When approaching the crest of a grade or upon
a curve in the highway where the driver’s view is obstructed within such
distance as to create a hazard in the event another vehicle might approach from
the opposite direction.
(b) When approaching within 100 feet or
traversing any intersection or railroad grade crossing.
(c) When the view is obstructed upon approaching
within 100 feet of any bridge, viaduct or tunnel.
3. Subsection 2 does not apply upon a
one-way highway.
4. A person who violates any provision of
this section may be subject to the additional penalty set forth in NRS 484B.130.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 1499; A 2003, 3239)—(Substituted
in revision for NRS 484.299)
NRS 484B.217 Zones in which overtaking on left side or making left-hand turn
prohibited; exceptions; additional penalty for violation committed in work
zone.
1. The Department of Transportation with
respect to highways constructed under the authority of chapter 408 of NRS, and local authorities with
respect to highways under their jurisdiction, may determine those zones of
highways where overtaking and passing to the left or making a left-hand turn
would be hazardous, and may by the erection of official traffic-control devices
indicate such zones. When such devices are in place and clearly visible to an
ordinarily observant person, every driver of a vehicle shall obey the
directions thereof.
2. Except as otherwise provided in
subsections 3 and 4, a driver shall not drive on the left side of the highway
within such zone or drive across or on the left side of any pavement striping
designed to mark such zone throughout its length.
3. A driver may drive across a pavement
striping marking such zone to an adjoining highway if the driver has first
given the appropriate turn signal and there will be no impediment to oncoming
or following traffic.
4. Except where otherwise provided, a
driver may drive across a pavement striping marking such a zone to make a
left-hand turn if the driver has first given the appropriate turn signal in
compliance with NRS 484B.413, if it is safe and if
it would not be an impediment to oncoming or following traffic.
5. A person who violates any provision of
this section may be subject to the additional penalty set forth in NRS 484B.130.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 1489; A 1973, 1325; 1979, 1804; 2003, 3240)—(Substituted
in revision for NRS 484.301)
NRS 484B.220 One-way highway; rotary traffic island.
1. Upon a highway designated and
signposted for one-way traffic a vehicle shall be driven only in the direction
designated.
2. A vehicle passing around a rotary
traffic island shall be driven only to the right of such island.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 1500)—(Substituted in revision
for NRS 484.303)
NRS 484B.223 Driving on highway having multiple marked lanes for traffic;
additional penalty for violation committed in work zone.
1. If a highway has two or more clearly
marked lanes for traffic traveling in one direction, vehicles must:
(a) Be driven as nearly as practicable entirely
within a single lane; and
(b) Not be moved from that lane until the driver
has given the appropriate turn signal and ascertained that such movement can be
made with safety.
2. Upon a highway which has been divided
into three clearly marked lanes, a vehicle must not be driven in the extreme
left lane at any time. A vehicle on such a highway must not be driven in the
center lane except:
(a) When overtaking and passing another vehicle
where the highway is clearly visible and the center lane is clear of traffic
for a safe distance;
(b) In preparation for a left turn; or
(c) When the center lane is allocated exclusively
to traffic moving in the direction in which the vehicle is proceeding and a
sign is posted to give notice of such allocation.
3. If a highway has been designed to
provide a single center lane to be used only for turning by traffic moving in
both directions, the following rules apply:
(a) A vehicle may be driven in the center turn
lane only for the purpose of making a left-hand turn onto or from the highway.
(b) A vehicle must not travel more than 200 feet
in a center turn lane before making a left-hand turn from the highway.
(c) A vehicle must not travel more than 50 feet
in a center turn lane after making a left-hand turn onto the highway before
merging with traffic.
4. If a highway has been designed to
provide a single right lane to be used only for turning, a vehicle must:
(a) Be driven in the right turn lane only for the
purpose of making a right turn; and
(b) While being driven in the right turn lane,
not travel through an intersection.
5. A person who violates any provision of
this section may be subject to the additional penalty set forth in NRS 484B.130.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 1500; A 1973, 1326; 1999, 1664; 2003, 3240; 2005, 309)—(Substituted
in revision for NRS 484.305)
NRS 484B.227 Driving on divided highway: Prohibited turns; additional penalty
for violation committed in work zone.
1. Every vehicle driven upon a divided
highway must be driven only upon the right-hand roadway and must not be driven
over, across or within any dividing space, barrier or section or make any left
turn, semicircular turn or U-turn, except through an opening in the barrier or
dividing section or space or at a crossover or intersection established by a
public authority.
2. A person who violates any provision of
this section may be subject to the additional penalty set forth in NRS 484B.130.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 1500; A 1973, 449; 2003, 3241)—(Substituted
in revision for NRS 484.309)
RIGHT-OF-WAY
NRS 484B.250 Vehicle approaching or entering intersection.
1. The driver of a vehicle approaching an
intersection shall yield the right-of-way to a vehicle which has entered the
intersection from a different highway.
2. When two vehicles enter an intersection
from different highways at approximately the same time, the driver of the
vehicle on the left shall yield the right-of-way to the vehicle on the right.
3. When two vehicles enter an intersection
at approximately the same time, one vehicle traveling on a highway which ends
at the intersection and the other vehicle traveling on a through highway, the
driver of the vehicle on the highway which ends at the intersection shall yield
the right-of-way to the other vehicle.
4. When a vehicle enters an intersection
controlled by a traffic-control signal which is installed and has its vehicular
signals uncovered, but is inoperative at the time the vehicle enters the
intersection, the driver of the vehicle shall proceed as if a stop sign had
been erected at each entrance to the intersection and shall stop at a clearly
marked stop line or, if there is none, before entering the crosswalk on the
near side of the intersection or, if there is none, at the point nearest the
intersection where the driver has a view of approaching traffic on the through
highway. After making such a stop, the driver shall proceed cautiously,
yielding to vehicles which have previously completed a stop or are within the
intersection.
5. Except as otherwise provided in
subsection 4, this section does not apply at intersections controlled by
official traffic-control devices or to vehicles approaching each other from
opposite directions, when the driver of one of the vehicles is intending to or
is making a left turn.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 1497; A 1981, 866; 1993, 33)—(Substituted
in revision for NRS 484.315)
NRS 484B.253 Vehicle turning left. The
driver of a vehicle within an intersection intending to turn to the left shall
yield the right-of-way to any vehicle approaching from the opposite direction
which is within the intersection or so close thereto as to constitute an
immediate hazard, but such driver, having so yielded and having given a signal
when and as required, may make such left turn and the drivers of all other vehicles
approaching the intersection from the opposite direction shall yield the
right-of-way to the vehicle making the left turn.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 1497; A 1973,
1326)—(Substituted in revision for NRS 484.317)
NRS 484B.257 Vehicle entering intersection marked stop or yield. Except when traffic is being controlled by a
police officer or a traffic-control signal:
1. When proper signs have been erected,
the driver of a vehicle shall stop or yield at a clearly marked stop line or,
if there is none, before entering the crosswalk on the near side of the
intersection or, if there is none, then at the point nearest the intersection
where the driver has a view of approaching traffic on the through highway.
After having stopped or, in the event of a yield sign, slowed or stopped, the
driver shall yield the right-of-way to other vehicles which have entered the
intersection from such through highway or which are approaching so closely on
such through highway as to constitute an immediate hazard during the time such
driver is moving across or within the intersection.
2. The driver of a vehicle shall stop in
obedience to a stop sign or yield in compliance with a yield sign, in
compliance with the manner prescribed in subsection 1, prior to entering an
intersection if a stop sign or a yield sign is erected at one or more entrances
thereto although not a part of a through highway and shall proceed cautiously,
yielding to vehicles not so obligated to stop or yield and which are within the
intersection or approaching so closely as to constitute an immediate hazard
during the time such driver is moving across or within the intersection.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 1496; A 1973,
1326)—(Substituted in revision for NRS 484.319)
NRS 484B.260 Vehicle entering highway from private way. The driver of a vehicle about to enter or
cross a highway from a private way shall yield the right-of-way to all vehicles
approaching on such highway.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 1497)—(Substituted in revision
for NRS 484.321)
NRS 484B.263 Vehicle entering or exiting controlled-access highway: Duty to
yield right-of-way. The driver of
a vehicle about to enter or exit a controlled-access highway shall yield the
right-of-way to all vehicles approaching on the highway whose proximity
constitutes an immediate hazard and shall continue to yield the right-of-way to
that traffic until the driver may proceed with reasonable safety.
(Added to NRS by 1981, 863; A 1993, 1445; 2003, 350)—(Substituted
in revision for NRS 484.322)
NRS 484B.267 Operation of vehicle on approach of authorized emergency vehicle
or official vehicle of regulatory agency. Upon
the immediate approach of an authorized emergency vehicle or an official
vehicle of a regulatory agency, making use of flashing lights meeting the
requirements of subsection 3 of NRS
484A.480, the driver of every other vehicle shall yield the right-of-way
and shall immediately drive to a position parallel to, and as close as possible
to, the right-hand edge or curb of a highway clear of any intersection and
shall stop and remain in such position until the authorized emergency vehicle
or official vehicle has passed, except when otherwise directed by a police
officer.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 1495; A 1985, 26; 1993, 1445; 1995, 577)—(Substituted
in revision for NRS 484.323)
NRS 484B.270 Vehicles, bicycles and electric bicycles: Driver’s duty of due
care; additional penalty if driver is proximate cause of collision with person
riding bicycle.
1. The driver of a motor vehicle shall not
intentionally interfere with the movement of a person lawfully riding a bicycle
or an electric bicycle.
2. When overtaking or passing a bicycle or
electric bicycle proceeding in the same direction, the driver of a motor
vehicle shall exercise due care and:
(a) If there is more than one lane for traffic
proceeding in the same direction, move the vehicle to the lane to the immediate
left, if the lane is available and moving into the lane is reasonably safe; or
(b) If there is only one lane for traffic
proceeding in the same direction, pass to the left of the bicycle or electric
bicycle at a safe distance, which must be not less than 3 feet between any
portion of the vehicle and the bicycle or electric bicycle, and shall not move
again to the right side of the highway until the vehicle is safely clear of the
overtaken bicycle or electric bicycle.
3. The driver of a motor vehicle shall
yield the right-of-way to any person riding a bicycle or an electric bicycle on
the pathway or lane. The driver of a motor vehicle shall not enter, stop,
stand, park or drive within a pathway or lane provided for bicycles or electric
bicycles except:
(a) When entering or exiting an alley or
driveway;
(b) When operating or parking a disabled vehicle;
(c) To avoid conflict with other traffic;
(d) In the performance of official duties;
(e) In compliance with the directions of a police
officer; or
(f) In an emergency.
4. Except as otherwise provided in
subsection 3, the driver of a motor vehicle shall not enter or proceed through
an intersection while driving within a pathway or lane provided for bicycles or
electric bicycles.
5. The driver of a motor vehicle shall:
(a) Exercise due care to avoid a collision with a
person riding a bicycle or an electric bicycle; and
(b) Give an audible warning with the horn of the
vehicle if appropriate and when necessary to avoid such a collision.
6. If, while violating any provision of
subsections 1 to 5, inclusive, the driver of a motor vehicle is the proximate
cause of a collision with a person riding a bicycle, the driver is subject to
the additional penalty set forth in subsection 4 of NRS
484B.653.
7. The operator of a bicycle or an
electric bicycle shall not:
(a) Intentionally interfere with the movement of
a motor vehicle; or
(b) Overtake and pass a motor vehicle unless the
operator can do so safely without endangering himself or herself or the
occupants of the motor vehicle.
(Added to NRS by 1991, 2228; A 1997, 739; 1999, 1664; 2009, 398; 2011, 294, 1633)—(Substituted
in revision for NRS 484.324)
PEDESTRIANS
NRS 484B.280 Duties of driver of motor vehicle to pedestrian; additional
penalty if driver is proximate cause of collision with pedestrian.
1. A driver of a motor vehicle shall:
(a) Exercise due care to avoid a collision with a
pedestrian;
(b) Give an audible warning with the horn of the
vehicle if appropriate and when necessary to avoid such a collision; and
(c) Exercise proper caution upon observing a
pedestrian:
(1) On or near a highway, street or road;
(2) At or near a bus stop or bench,
shelter or transit stop for passengers of public mass transportation or in the
act of boarding a bus or other public transportation vehicle; or
(3) In or near a school crossing zone
marked in accordance with NRS 484B.363 or a marked
or unmarked crosswalk.
2. If, while violating any provision of
this section, the driver of a motor vehicle is the proximate cause of a
collision with a pedestrian, the driver is subject to the additional penalty
set forth in subsection 4 of NRS 484B.653.
(Added to NRS by 1997, 739; A 2011, 1634)—(Substituted
in revision for NRS 484.3245)
NRS 484B.283 Right-of-way in crosswalk; impeding ability of driver to yield
prohibited; overtaking vehicle at crosswalk; obedience to signals and other
devices for control of traffic; additional penalty if driver is proximate cause
of collision with pedestrian.
1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 484B.287, 484B.290
and 484B.350:
(a) When official traffic-control devices are not
in place or not in operation the driver of a vehicle shall yield the
right-of-way, slowing down or stopping if need be so to yield, to a pedestrian
crossing the highway within a crosswalk when the pedestrian is upon the half of
the highway upon which the vehicle is traveling, or when the pedestrian is
approaching so closely from the opposite half of the highway as to be in
danger.
(b) A pedestrian shall not suddenly leave a curb
or other place of safety and walk or run into the path of a vehicle which is so
close that it is impossible for the driver to yield.
(c) Whenever a vehicle is stopped at a marked
crosswalk or at an unmarked crosswalk at an intersection, the driver of any
other vehicle approaching from the rear shall not overtake and pass the stopped
vehicle until the driver has determined that the vehicle being overtaken was
not stopped for the purpose of permitting a pedestrian to cross the highway.
(d) Whenever signals exhibiting the words “Walk”
or “Don’t Walk” are in place, such signals indicate as follows:
(1) While the “Walk” indication is
illuminated, pedestrians facing the signal may proceed across the highway in
the direction of the signal and must be given the right-of-way by the drivers
of all vehicles.
(2) While the “Don’t Walk” indication is
illuminated, either steady or flashing, a pedestrian shall not start to cross
the highway in the direction of the signal, but any pedestrian who has
partially completed the crossing during the “Walk” indication shall proceed to
a sidewalk, or to a safety zone if one is provided.
(3) Whenever the word “Wait” still appears
in a signal, the indication has the same meaning as assigned in this section to
the “Don’t Walk” indication.
(4) Whenever a signal system provides a
signal phase for the stopping of all vehicular traffic and the exclusive
movement of pedestrians, and “Walk” and “Don’t Walk” indications control
pedestrian movement, pedestrians may cross in any direction between corners of
the intersection offering the shortest route within the boundaries of the
intersection when the “Walk” indication is exhibited, and when signals and
other official traffic-control devices direct pedestrian movement in the manner
provided in this section and in NRS 484B.307.
2. If, while violating paragraph (a) or
(c) of subsection 1, the driver of a motor vehicle is the proximate cause of a
collision with a pedestrian, the driver is subject to the additional penalty
set forth in subsection 4 of NRS 484B.653.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 1492; A 1981, 669, 1918; 2003, 364; 2011, 1634)—(Substituted
in revision for NRS 484.325)
NRS 484B.287 When pedestrian must yield right-of-way to vehicle; when
crossing at crosswalk is required; crossing diagonally. Except as provided in NRS
484B.290:
1. Every pedestrian crossing a highway at
any point other than within a marked crosswalk or within an unmarked crosswalk
at an intersection shall yield the right-of-way to all vehicles upon the
highway.
2. Any pedestrian crossing a highway at a
point where a pedestrian tunnel or overhead pedestrian crossing has been
provided shall yield the right-of-way to all vehicles upon the highway.
3. Between adjacent intersections at which
official traffic-control devices are in operation pedestrians shall not cross
at any place except in a marked crosswalk.
4. A pedestrian shall not cross an intersection
diagonally unless authorized by official traffic-control devices.
5. When authorized to cross diagonally,
pedestrians shall cross only in accordance with the official traffic-control
devices pertaining to such crossing movements.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 1493; A 1981, 670, 1919)—(Substituted
in revision for NRS 484.327)
NRS 484B.290 Right-of-way of person who is blind; penalty.
1. A person who is blind and who is on
foot and using a service animal or carrying a cane or walking stick white in
color, or white tipped with red, has the right-of-way when entering or when on
a highway, street or road of this State. Any driver of a vehicle who approaches
or encounters such a person shall yield the right-of-way, come to a full stop,
if necessary, and take precautions before proceeding to avoid accident or
injury to the person.
2. Any person who violates subsection 1
shall be punished by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than 6 months
or by a fine of not less than $100 nor more than $500, or by both fine and
imprisonment.
(Added to NRS by 1981, 669; A 1995, 1993; 2005, 631)—(Substituted
in revision for NRS 484.328)
NRS 484B.293 Direction of movement on crosswalk. Pedestrians
shall move whenever practicable upon the right half of crosswalks.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 1493)—(Substituted in revision
for NRS 484.329)
NRS 484B.297 Walking along and upon highways; solicitation of ride, business
or contribution from driver or occupant of vehicle prohibited in certain
circumstances; intoxicated pedestrian prohibited within traveled portion of
highway; applicability to riders of animals; penalty.
1. Where sidewalks are provided, it is
unlawful for any pedestrian to walk along and upon an adjacent highway.
2. Pedestrians walking along highways
where sidewalks are not provided shall walk on the left side of those highways
facing the approaching traffic.
3. A person shall not stand in a highway
to solicit a ride or any business from the driver or any occupant of a vehicle.
A person shall not, without a permit issued pursuant to NRS 244.3555 or 268.423, solicit any contribution from the
driver or any occupant of a vehicle.
4. It is unlawful for any pedestrian who
is under the influence of intoxicating liquors or any narcotic or stupefying
drug to be within the traveled portion of any highway.
5. The provisions of this section apply to
riders of animals, except that the provisions of subsections 1, 2 and 3 do not
apply to a peace officer who rides an animal while performing his or her duties
as a peace officer.
6. A person who violates the provisions of
this section is guilty of a misdemeanor.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 1493; A 1991, 143; 2001, 997)—(Substituted
in revision for NRS 484.331)
TRAFFIC SIGNS, SIGNALS AND MARKINGS
NRS 484B.300 Obedience to devices for control of traffic; exceptions;
placement of devices; additional penalty for violation committed in work zone.
1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 484B.307, it is unlawful for any driver to
disobey the instructions of any official traffic-control device placed in
accordance with the provisions of chapters 484A
to 484E, inclusive, of NRS, unless at the
time otherwise directed by a police officer.
2. No provision of chapters 484A to 484E, inclusive, of NRS for which such devices
are required may be enforced against an alleged violator if at the time and
place of the alleged violation the device is not in proper position and
sufficiently legible to be seen by an ordinarily observant person. Whenever a
particular provision of chapters 484A to 484E, inclusive, of NRS does not state that
such devices are required, the provision is effective even though no devices
are erected or in place.
3. Whenever devices are placed in position
approximately conforming to the requirements of chapters
484A to 484E, inclusive, of NRS, such
devices are presumed to have been so placed by the official act or direction of
a public authority, unless the contrary is established by competent evidence.
4. Any device placed pursuant to the
provisions of chapters 484A to 484E, inclusive, of NRS and purporting to
conform to the lawful requirements pertaining to such devices is presumed to
comply with the requirements of chapters 484A
to 484E, inclusive, of NRS unless the
contrary is established by competent evidence.
5. A person who violates any provision of
subsection 1 may be subject to the additional penalty set forth in NRS 484B.130.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 1489; A 2003, 3237; 2013, 428)—(Substituted
in revision for NRS 484.278)
NRS 484B.303 Disobedience of directions of device for control of traffic
unlawful; additional penalty for violation committed in work zone.
1. Whenever official traffic-control
devices are erected indicating that no right or left turn is permitted, it is unlawful
for any driver of a vehicle to disobey the directions of any such devices.
2. A person who violates any provision of
this section may be subject to the additional penalty set forth in NRS 484B.130.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 1498; A 2003, 3241)—(Substituted
in revision for NRS 484.335)
NRS 484B.307 Traffic controlled by official traffic-control devices
exhibiting different colored lights: Rights and duties of vehicular traffic and
pedestrians depending upon particular signal displayed; exceptions for person
driving motorcycle, moped or trimobile or riding bicycle; signals placed over
individual lanes; certain restrictions upon local authorities.
1. Whenever traffic is controlled by
official traffic-control devices exhibiting different colored lights, or
colored lighted arrows, successively one at a time or in combination as
declared in the manual and specifications adopted by the Department of
Transportation, only the colors green, yellow and red may be used, except for
special pedestrian-control devices carrying a word legend as provided in NRS 484B.283. The lights, arrows and combinations
thereof indicate and apply to drivers of vehicles and pedestrians as provided
in this section.
2. When the signal is circular green
alone:
(a) Vehicular traffic facing the signal may
proceed straight through or turn right or left unless another device at the
place prohibits either or both such turns. Such vehicular traffic, including
vehicles turning right or left, must yield the right-of-way to other vehicles
and to pedestrians lawfully within the intersection or an adjacent crosswalk at
the time the signal is exhibited.
(b) Pedestrians facing such a signal may proceed
across the highway within any marked or unmarked crosswalk, unless directed
otherwise by another device as provided in NRS
484B.283.
3. Where the signal is circular green with
a green turn arrow:
(a) Vehicular traffic facing the signal may
proceed to make the movement indicated by the green turn arrow or such other
movement as is permitted by the circular green signal, but the traffic must
yield the right-of-way to pedestrians lawfully within an adjacent crosswalk and
to other traffic lawfully using the intersection at the time the signal is
exhibited. Drivers turning in the direction of the arrow when displayed with
the circular green are thereby advised that so long as a turn arrow is
illuminated, oncoming or opposing traffic simultaneously faces a steady red
signal.
(b) Pedestrians facing such a signal may proceed
across the highway within any marked or unmarked crosswalk, unless directed
otherwise by another device as provided in NRS
484B.283.
4. Where the signal is a green turn arrow
alone:
(a) Vehicular traffic facing the signal may
proceed only in the direction indicated by the arrow signal so long as the
arrow is illuminated, but the traffic must yield the right-of-way to
pedestrians lawfully within the adjacent crosswalk and to other traffic
lawfully using the intersection.
(b) Pedestrians facing such a signal shall not
enter the highway until permitted to proceed by another device as provided in NRS 484B.283.
5. Where the signal is a green
straight-through arrow alone:
(a) Vehicular traffic facing the signal may
proceed straight through, but must not turn right or left. Such vehicular
traffic must yield the right-of-way to other vehicles and to pedestrians
lawfully within the intersection or an adjacent crosswalk at the time the
signal is exhibited.
(b) Pedestrians facing such a signal may proceed
across the highway within the appropriate marked or unmarked crosswalk, unless
directed otherwise by another device as provided in NRS
484B.283.
6. Where the signal is a steady yellow
signal alone:
(a) Vehicular traffic facing the signal is
thereby warned that the related green movement is being terminated or that a
steady red indication will be exhibited immediately thereafter, and such
vehicular traffic must not enter the intersection when the red signal is
exhibited.
(b) Pedestrians facing such a signal, unless
otherwise directed by another device as provided in NRS
484B.283, are thereby advised that there is insufficient time to cross the
highway.
7. Where the signal is a steady red signal
alone:
(a) Vehicular traffic facing the signal must stop
before entering the crosswalk on the nearest side of the intersection where the
sign or pavement marking indicates where the stop must be made, or in the absence
of any such crosswalk, sign or marking, then before entering the intersection,
and, except as otherwise provided in paragraphs (c) and (d), must remain
stopped or standing until the green signal is shown.
(b) Pedestrians facing such a signal shall not enter
the highway, unless permitted to proceed by another device as provided in NRS 484B.283.
(c) After complying with the requirement to stop,
vehicular traffic facing such a signal and situated on the extreme right of the
highway may proceed into the intersection for a right turn only when the
intersecting highway is two-directional or one-way to the right, or vehicular
traffic facing such a signal and situated on the extreme left of a one-way
highway may proceed into the intersection for a left turn only when the
intersecting highway is one-way to the left, but must yield the right-of-way to
pedestrians and other traffic proceeding as directed by the signal at the
intersection.
(d) After complying with the requirement to stop,
a person driving a motorcycle, moped or trimobile or riding a bicycle or an
electric bicycle may proceed straight through or turn right or left if:
(1) The person waits for two complete
cycles of the lights or lighted arrows of the applicable official
traffic-control device and the signal does not change because of a malfunction
or because the signal failed to detect the presence of the motorcycle, moped,
trimobile, bicycle or electric bicycle;
(2) No other device at the place prohibits
either or both such turns, if applicable; and
(3) The person yields the right-of-way to
pedestrians and other traffic proceeding as directed by the signal at the
intersection.
(e) Vehicular traffic facing the signal may not
proceed on or through any private or public property to enter the intersecting
street where traffic is not facing a red signal to avoid the red signal.
8. Where the signal is a steady red with a
green turn arrow:
(a) Except as otherwise provided in paragraph
(b), vehicular traffic facing the signal may enter the intersection only to
make the movement indicated by the green turn arrow, but must yield the
right-of-way to pedestrians lawfully within an adjacent crosswalk and to other
traffic lawfully using the intersection. Drivers turning in the direction of
the arrow are thereby advised that so long as the turn arrow is illuminated,
oncoming or opposing traffic simultaneously faces a steady red signal.
(b) A person driving a motorcycle, moped or
trimobile or riding a bicycle or an electric bicycle facing the signal may
proceed straight through or turn in the direction opposite that indicated by
the green turn arrow if:
(1) The person stops before entering the
crosswalk on the nearest side of the intersection where the sign or pavement
marking indicates where the stop must be made or, in the absence of any such
crosswalk, sign or marking, before entering the intersection;
(2) The person waits for two complete
cycles of the lights or lighted arrows of the applicable official
traffic-control device and the signal does not change because of a malfunction
or because the signal failed to detect the presence of the motorcycle, moped,
trimobile, bicycle or electric bicycle;
(3) No other device at the place prohibits
the turn, if applicable; and
(4) The person yields the right-of-way to
pedestrians lawfully within an adjacent crosswalk and to other traffic lawfully
using the intersection.
(c) Pedestrians facing such a signal shall not
enter the highway, unless permitted to proceed by another device as provided in
NRS 484B.283.
9. If a person violates paragraph (d) of
subsection 7 or paragraph (b) of subsection 8 and that violation results in an
injury to another person, the violation creates a rebuttable presumption of all
facts necessary to impose civil liability for the injury.
10. If a signal is erected and maintained
at a place other than an intersection, the provisions of this section are
applicable except as to those provisions which by their nature can have no
application. Any stop required must be made at a sign or pavement marking
indicating where the stop must be made, but in the absence of any such device
the stop must be made at the signal.
11. Whenever signals are placed over the
individual lanes of a highway, the signals indicate, and apply to drivers of
vehicles, as follows:
(a) A downward-pointing green arrow means that a
driver facing the signal may drive in any lane over which the green signal is
shown.
(b) A red “X” symbol means a driver facing the
signal must not enter or drive in any lane over which the red signal is shown.
12. A local authority shall not adopt an
ordinance or regulation or take any other action that prohibits vehicular
traffic from crossing an intersection when:
(a) The red signal is exhibited; and
(b) The vehicular traffic in question had already
completely entered the intersection before the red signal was exhibited. For
the purposes of this paragraph, a vehicle shall be considered to have
“completely entered” an intersection when all portions of the vehicle have
crossed the limit line or other point of demarcation behind which vehicular
traffic must stop when a red signal is displayed.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 1490; A 1973, 1323; 1979, 1802; 1981, 864; 2007, 665; 2013, 428)—(Substituted
in revision for NRS 484.283)
NRS 484B.310 Flashing signals. Whenever
an illuminated flashing red or yellow signal is used in conjunction with an
official traffic-control device, it shall require obedience by vehicular
traffic as follows:
1. When a red lens is illuminated with
rapid intermittent flashes, drivers of vehicles shall stop before entering the
nearest crosswalk in an intersection or at a limit line when marked, or, if
none, then before entering the intersection, and the right to proceed shall be
subject to the rules applicable after making a required stop.
2. When a yellow lens is illuminated with
rapid intermittent flashes, drivers of vehicles may proceed past such signal
and through the intersection or other hazardous location only with caution.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 1492)—(Substituted in revision
for NRS 484.285)
NRS 484B.313 Display of unauthorized signs, signals, markings or street
banners; limitation on placement of commercial advertising; removal as public
nuisance; exceptions; use of advertising revenues to repay bonds.
1. It is unlawful for any person to place,
maintain or display upon or in view of any highway any unauthorized sign,
signal, marking or device which purports to be or is an imitation of or
resembles an official traffic-control device or railroad sign or signal, or
which attempts to direct the movement of traffic, or which hides from view or
interferes with the effectiveness of any such device, sign or signal, and
except as otherwise provided in subsection 4, a person shall not place or
maintain nor may any public authority permit upon any highway any sign, signal,
marking or street banner bearing thereon any commercial advertising except on
benches and shelters for passengers of public mass transportation for which a
franchise has been granted pursuant to NRS
244.187 and 244.188, 268.081 and 268.083, 269.128 and 269.129, or 277A.310 and 277A.330, or on monorail stations.
2. Every such prohibited sign, signal or
marking is hereby declared to be a public nuisance, and the proper public
authority may remove the same or cause it to be removed without notice.
3. This section does not prohibit the
erection upon private property adjacent to highways of signs giving useful
directional information and of a type that cannot be mistaken for official
traffic-control devices.
4. A person may place and maintain
commercial advertising in an airspace above a highway under the conditions
specified pursuant to subsection 3 of NRS
405.110, and a public authority may permit commercial advertising that has
been placed in an airspace above a highway under the conditions specified
pursuant to subsection 3 of NRS 405.110.
5. If a franchisee receives revenues from
commercial advertising authorized by subsection 1 and the franchisee is
obligated to repay a bond issued by the State of Nevada, the franchisee shall
use all revenue generated by the advertising authorized by subsection 1 to meet
its obligations to the State of Nevada as set forth in the financing agreement
and bond indenture, including, without limitation, the payment of operations
and maintenance obligations, the funding of reserves and the payment of debt
service. To the extent that any surplus revenue remains after the payment of
all such obligations, the surplus revenue must be used solely to repay the bond
until the bond is repaid.
6. As used in this section:
(a) “Monorail station” means:
(1) A structure for the loading and
unloading of passengers from a monorail for which a franchise has been granted
pursuant to NRS 705.695 or an agreement
has been entered into pursuant to NRS
705.695; and
(2) Any facilities or appurtenances within
such a structure.
(b) “Street banner” has the meaning ascribed to
it in NRS 277A.130.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 1492; A 1989, 996; 1999, 1261; 2001, 848; 2003, 3237; 2005, 2315; 2009, 869)—(Substituted
in revision for NRS 484.287)
NRS 484B.317 Interference with official device for control of traffic or sign
or signal for railroad prohibited; additional penalty for violation committed
in work zone.
1. A person shall not, without lawful
authority, attempt to or alter, deface, injure, knock down or remove any
official traffic-control device or any railroad sign or signal or any
inscription, shield or insigne thereon, or any other part thereof.
2. A person who violates any provision of
this section may be subject to the additional penalty set forth in NRS 484B.130.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 1492; A 2003, 3238)—(Substituted
in revision for NRS 484.289)
NRS 484B.320 Devices and mechanisms capable of interfering with or altering
signal of traffic-control signal: General prohibition against operating and
selling; seizure by police; presence in or on vehicle as prima facie evidence
of violation; penalty; exceptions for providers of mass transit and response
agencies.
1. Except as otherwise provided in this
section:
(a) A person shall not operate a vehicle on the
highways of this State if the vehicle is equipped with any device or mechanism,
including, without limitation, a mobile transmitter, that is capable of
interfering with or altering the signal of a traffic-control signal.
(b) A person shall not operate any device or
mechanism, including, without limitation, a mobile transmitter, that is capable
of interfering with or altering the signal of a traffic-control signal.
2. Except as otherwise provided in this
subsection, a person shall not in this State sell or offer for sale any device
or mechanism, including, without limitation, a mobile transmitter, that is
capable of interfering with or altering the signal of a traffic-control signal.
The provisions of this subsection do not prohibit a person from selling or
offering for sale:
(a) To a provider of mass transit, a signal
prioritization device; or
(b) To a response agency, a signal preemption
device or a signal prioritization device, or both.
3. A police officer:
(a) Shall, without a warrant, seize any device or
mechanism, including, without limitation, a mobile transmitter, that is capable
of interfering with or altering the signal of a traffic-control signal; or
(b) May, without a warrant, seize and take
possession of a vehicle equipped with any device or mechanism that is capable
of interfering with or altering the signal of a traffic-control signal,
including, without limitation, a mobile transmitter, if the device or mechanism
cannot be removed from the motor vehicle by the police officer, and may cause
the vehicle to be towed and impounded until:
(1) The device or mechanism is removed
from the vehicle; and
(2) The owner claims the vehicle by paying
the cost of the towing and impoundment.
4. Neither the police officer nor the
governmental entity which employs the officer is civilly liable for any damage
to a vehicle seized pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (b) of subsection 3
that occurs after the vehicle is seized but before the towing process begins.
5. Except as otherwise provided in
subsection 9, the presence of any device or mechanism, including, without
limitation, a mobile transmitter, that is capable of interfering with or
altering the signal of a traffic-control signal in or on a vehicle on the
highways of this State constitutes prima facie evidence of a violation of this
section. The State need not prove that the device or mechanism in question was
in an operative condition or being operated.
6. A person who violates the provisions of
subsection 1 or 2 is guilty of a misdemeanor.
7. A person who violates any provision of
subsection 1 or 2 may be subject to the additional penalty set forth in NRS 484B.130.
8. A provider of mass transit shall not
operate or cause to be operated a signal prioritization device in such a manner
as to impede or interfere with the use by response agencies of signal
preemption devices.
9. The provisions of this section do not:
(a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection 8,
prohibit a provider of mass transit from acquiring, possessing or operating a
signal prioritization device.
(b) Prohibit a response agency from acquiring,
possessing or operating a signal preemption device or a signal prioritization
device, or both.
10. As used in this section:
(a) “Mobile transmitter” means a device or
mechanism that is:
(1) Portable, installed within a vehicle
or capable of being installed within a vehicle; and
(2) Designed to affect or alter, through
the emission or transmission of sound, infrared light, strobe light or any
other audible, visual or electronic method, the normal operation of a
traffic-control signal.
Ê The term
includes, without limitation, a signal preemption device and a signal
prioritization device.
(b) “Provider of mass transit” means a
governmental entity or a contractor of a governmental entity which operates, in
whole or in part:
(1) A public transit system, as that term
is defined in NRS 377A.016; or
(2) A system of public transportation
referred to in NRS 277A.270.
(c) “Response agency” means an agency of this
State or of a political subdivision of this State that provides services
related to law enforcement, firefighting, emergency medical care or public
safety. The term includes a nonprofit organization or private company that, as
authorized pursuant to chapter 450B of NRS:
(1) Provides ambulance service; or
(2) Provides the level of medical care
provided by an advanced emergency medical technician or paramedic to sick or
injured persons at the scene of an emergency or while transporting those
persons to a medical facility.
(d) “Signal preemption device” means a mobile
transmitter that, when activated and when a vehicle equipped with such a device
approaches an intersection controlled by a traffic-control signal, causes:
(1) The signal, in the direction of travel
of the vehicle, to remain green if the signal is already displaying a green
light;
(2) The signal, in the direction of travel
of the vehicle, to change from red to green if the signal is displaying a red
light;
(3) The signal, in other directions of
travel, to remain red or change to red, as applicable, to prevent other
vehicles from entering the intersection; and
(4) The applicable functions described in
subparagraphs (1), (2) and (3) to continue until such time as the vehicle
equipped with the device is clear of the intersection.
(e) “Signal prioritization device” means a mobile
transmitter that, when activated and when a vehicle equipped with such a device
approaches an intersection controlled by a traffic-control signal, causes:
(1) The signal, in the direction of travel
of the vehicle, to display a green light a few seconds sooner than the green
light would otherwise be displayed;
(2) The signal, in the direction of travel
of the vehicle, to display a green light for a few seconds longer than the
green light would otherwise be displayed; or
(3) The functions described in both
subparagraphs (1) and (2).
(f) “Traffic-control signal” means a
traffic-control signal, as defined in NRS
484A.290, which is capable of receiving and responding to an emission or
transmission from a mobile transmitter.
(Added to NRS by 2005, 936; A 2011, 88; 2013, 961)—(Substituted
in revision for NRS 484.2895)
NRS 484B.323 Carpool lanes: Use of carpool lanes in conformance with signs;
penalty.
1. A person shall not operate a vehicle in
a lane designated for the use of high-occupancy vehicles except in conformity
with the established conditions which are placed and maintained on signs and
other official traffic-control devices pursuant to subsection 2 of NRS 484A.460 or established by
regulation.
2. A person who violates subsection 1 is
guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be fined $250 for each offense.
3. As used in this section,
“high-occupancy vehicle” means:
(a) A vehicle that is transporting more than one
person;
(b) A motorcycle, regardless of the number of
passengers;
(c) A bus, regardless of the number of
passengers; and
(d) Any other vehicle designated by regulation.
(Added to NRS by 2005, 72)—(Substituted
in revision for part of NRS 484.312)
NRS 484B.327 Unlawful to remove barriers and signs stating highway is closed
to traffic; driving on such highway unlawful; additional penalty for violation
committed in work zone.
1. It is unlawful for any person to remove
any barrier or sign stating that a highway is closed to traffic.
2. It is unlawful to pass over a highway
that is marked, signed or barricaded to indicate that it is closed to traffic.
A person who violates any provision of this subsection may be subject to the
additional penalty set forth in NRS 484B.130.
[14:166:1925; NCL § 4363]—(NRS A 1969, 1509; 2003, 3247)—(Substituted
in revision for NRS 484.479)
NRS 484B.330 Obedience to signal of authorized flagger; prosecution of
violations; penalties.
1. It is unlawful for a driver of a
vehicle to fail or refuse to comply with any signal of an authorized flagger
serving in a traffic control capacity in a clearly marked area of highway
construction or maintenance or any other area which has been designated as a
temporary traffic control zone.
2. A district attorney shall prosecute all
violations of subsection 1 which occur in his or her jurisdiction and which result
in injury to any person performing highway construction or maintenance or
performing other work within an area designated as a temporary traffic control
zone unless the district attorney has good cause for not prosecuting the
violation. In addition to any other penalty, if a driver violates any provision
of subsection 1 and the violation results in injury to any person performing
highway construction or maintenance or performing other work within an area
designated as a temporary traffic control zone, or in damage to property in an
amount of not less than $1,000, the driver shall be punished by a fine of not
less than $1,000 or more than $2,000, and ordered to perform 120 hours of
community service.
3. A person who violates any provision of
subsection 1 may be subject to the additional penalty set forth in subsection 1
of NRS 484B.130.
4. As used in this section, “authorized
flagger serving in a traffic control capacity” means:
(a) An employee of the Department of
Transportation or of a contractor performing highway construction or
maintenance or performing other work within an area designated as a temporary
traffic control zone for the Department of Transportation while the employee is
carrying out the duties of his or her employment;
(b) An employee of any other governmental entity
or of a contractor performing highway construction or maintenance or performing
other work within an area designated as a temporary traffic control zone for
the governmental entity while the employee is carrying out the duties of his or
her employment; or
(c) Any other person employed by a private entity
performing highway construction or maintenance or performing other work within
an area designated as a temporary traffic control zone while the person is
carrying out the duties of his or her employment if the person has
satisfactorily completed training as a flagger approved or recognized by the
Department of Transportation.
(Added to NRS by 1975, 1024; A 1979, 1801; 2003, 3236; 2009, 680)—(Substituted
in revision for NRS 484.254)
SCHOOL CROSSING GUARDS, SCHOOL ZONES AND SCHOOL BUSES
NRS 484B.350 Stop required in obedience to direction or traffic-control
signal of school crossing guard; penalty; additional penalty if driver is
proximate cause of collision with pedestrian or person riding bicycle.
1. The driver of a vehicle:
(a) Shall stop in obedience to the direction or
traffic-control signal of a school crossing guard; and
(b) Shall not proceed until the highway is clear
of all persons, including, without limitation, the school crossing guard.
2. A person who violates subsection 1 is
guilty of a misdemeanor.
3. If, while violating subsection 1, the
driver of a motor vehicle is the proximate cause of a collision with a
pedestrian or a person riding a bicycle, the driver is subject to the
additional penalty set forth in subsection 4 of NRS
484B.653.
4. As used in this section, “school
crossing guard” means a volunteer or paid employee of a local authority, local
law enforcement agency or school district whose duties include assisting pupils
to cross a highway.
(Added to NRS by 2003, 364; A 2011, 1635)—(Substituted
in revision for NRS 484.356)
NRS 484B.353 Overtaking and passing school bus: Duties of driver; exceptions;
penalties.
1. Except as otherwise provided in
subsection 2, the driver of any vehicle, when meeting or overtaking, from
either direction, any school bus, equipped with signs and signals required by
law, which has stopped to receive or discharge any pupil and is displaying a
flashing red light signal visible from the front and rear, shall bring the
vehicle to an immediate stop and shall not attempt to overtake or proceed past
the school bus until the flashing red signal ceases operation.
2. The driver of a vehicle upon a divided
highway need not stop upon meeting or passing a school bus which is positioned
in the other roadway. The driver of a vehicle need not stop upon meeting or
passing a school bus where traffic is controlled by a traffic officer.
3. Any person who violates any of the
provisions of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and:
(a) For a third or any subsequent offense within
2 years after the most recent offense, shall be punished by a fine of not more
than $1,000 and the driver’s license of the person must be suspended for not
more than 1 year.
(b) For a second offense within 1 year after the
first offense, shall be punished by a fine of not less than $250 nor more than
$500 and the driver’s license of the person must be suspended for 6 months.
(c) For a first offense or any subsequent offense
for which a punishment is not provided for in paragraph (a) or (b), shall be
punished by a fine of not less than $250 nor more than $500.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 1506; A 1975, 825; 1991, 276; 1997, 3060; 2007, 15)—(Substituted
in revision for NRS 484.357)
NRS 484B.357 Report by driver of school bus of failure of driver of vehicle
to stop; submission of report to school district and Department; provision of
notice to owner of vehicle.
1. The driver of a school bus who observes
a violation of NRS 484B.353 may prepare a report
of the violation. The report must be signed by the driver and include:
(a) The date, time and approximate location of
the violation;
(b) The number and state of issuance of the
license plate of the vehicle whose driver committed the violation; and
(c) An identification of the vehicle by type and
color.
2. The driver of a school bus who prepares
a report pursuant to subsection 1 shall, within 2 working days after the violation,
send the report to the superintendent of the school district and a copy to the
Department, which shall thereupon mail to the last known registered owner of
the vehicle a notice containing:
(a) The information included in the report;
(b) The provisions of NRS
484B.353; and
(c) An explanation that the notice is not a
citation but a warning of the seriousness of the violation.
(Added to NRS by 1997, 3060)—(Substituted
in revision for NRS 484.358)
NRS 484B.360 Maximum speed of school bus. A
school bus shall not exceed a speed of 55 miles per hour when transporting
pupils to and from school or any activity which is properly a part of a school
program.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 1486; A 1973, 1297; 1977, 407)—(Substituted
in revision for NRS 484.365)
NRS 484B.363 School zone or school crossing zone: Speed limit; designation;
signs; determination of hours in which speed limit is in effect; additional
penalty if driver is proximate cause of collision with pedestrian or person
riding bicycle.
1. A person shall not drive a motor
vehicle at a speed in excess of 15 miles per hour in an area designated as a
school zone except:
(a) On a day on which school is not in session;
(b) During the period from a half hour after
school is no longer in operation to a half hour before school is next in
operation;
(c) If the zone is designated by an operational
speed limit beacon, during the hours when the pupils of the school are in class
and the yellow lights of the speed limit beacon are not flashing in the manner
which indicates that the speed limit is in effect; or
(d) If the zone is not designated by an
operational speed limit beacon, during the times when the sign designating the
school zone indicates that the speed limit is not in effect.
2. A person shall not drive a motor
vehicle at a speed in excess of 25 miles per hour in an area designated as a
school crossing zone except:
(a) On a day on which school is not in session;
(b) During the period from a half hour after
school is no longer in operation to a half hour before school is next in
operation;
(c) If the zone is designated by an operational
speed limit beacon, during the hours when the pupils of the school are in class
and the yellow lights of the speed limit beacon are not flashing in the manner
which indicates that the speed limit is in effect; or
(d) If the zone is not designated by an
operational speed limit beacon, during the times when the sign designating the
school zone indicates that the speed limit is not in effect.
3. The governing body of a local
government or the Department of Transportation shall designate school zones and
school crossing zones. An area must not be designated as a school zone if
imposing a speed limit of 15 miles per hour would be unsafe because of higher
speed limits in adjoining areas.
4. Each such governing body and the
Department shall provide signs to mark the beginning and end of each school
zone and school crossing zone which it respectively designates. Each sign
marking the beginning of such a zone must include a designation of the hours
when the speed limit is in effect or that the speed limit is in effect when
children are present.
5. With respect to each school zone and
school crossing zone in a school district, the superintendent of the school
district or his or her designee, in conjunction with the Department of
Transportation and the governing body of the local government that designated
the school zone or school crossing zone and after consulting with the principal
of the school and the agency that is responsible for enforcing the speed limit
in the zone, shall determine the times when the speed limit is in effect.
6. If, while violating subsection 1 or 2,
the driver of a motor vehicle is the proximate cause of a collision with a
pedestrian or a person riding a bicycle, the driver is subject to the
additional penalty set forth in subsection 4 of NRS
484B.653.
7. As used in this section, “speed limit
beacon” means a device which is used in conjunction with a sign and equipped
with two or more yellow lights that flash alternately to indicate when the speed
limit in a school zone or school crossing zone is in effect.
(Added to NRS by 1985, 640; A 1993, 2586; 1999, 2674; 2011, 1635)—(Substituted
in revision for NRS 484.366)
NRS 484B.367 School zone or school crossing zone: Requirements for signs;
placement of portable signs.
1. Each permanent sign which designates a
school zone or school crossing zone and the speed limit in that zone must be
uniform in size and color and must clearly designate the hours during which the
speed limit applies.
2. Each portable sign designating a school
zone or school crossing zone and the speed limit in the zone must be uniform in
size and color. A portable sign may be placed on or beside a roadway only
during those hours when pupils are arriving at and leaving regularly scheduled
school sessions.
(Added to NRS by 1985, 640; A 2001, 955; 2003, 365)—(Substituted
in revision for NRS 484.3665)
TURNING AND STARTING; SIGNALS ON STOPPING AND TURNING
NRS 484B.400 Required position and method of turning at intersections. If the driver of a vehicle intends to turn at
an intersection and:
1. The turn is a right turn, both the
approach for the right turn and the right turn must be made from the right turn
lane if the highway has a right turn lane as set forth in subsection 4 of NRS 484B.223, or must be made from the extreme right
lane.
2. Both intersecting highways are
two-directional:
(a) The approach for a left turn must be made in
that portion of the right half of the highway nearest the centerline thereof;
(b) After entering the intersection, the left
turn must be made so as to leave the intersection to the right of the
centerline of the highway being entered; and
(c) Except as otherwise directed by official
traffic-control devices, simultaneous left turns by opposing traffic must be
made in front of each other.
3. The turn is a left turn from a
two-directional highway onto a one-way highway, the approach for the left turn
must be made in that portion of the right half of the highway nearest the
centerline thereof, and the turn must be made by turning from the right of the
centerline where it enters the intersection as close as practicable to the
left-hand curb of the one-way highway.
4. The turn is a left turn from a one-way
highway onto a two-directional highway, the left turn must be made by passing
to the right of the centerline of the highway being entered upon leaving the
intersection, and the approach for the left turn must be made as close as
practicable to the left-hand curb of the one-way highway.
5. The turn is a left turn where both
intersecting highways are one-way, both the approach for the left turn and the
left turn must be made as close as practicable to the left-hand curb or edge of
the highway.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 1497; A 1999, 1665)—(Substituted
in revision for NRS 484.333)
NRS 484B.403 When U-turns are authorized and prohibited; additional penalty
for violation committed in work zone.
1. A U-turn may be made on any road where
the turn can be made with safety, except as prohibited by this section and by
the provisions of NRS 484B.227 and 484B.407.
2. If an official traffic-control device
indicates that a U-turn is prohibited, the driver shall obey the directions of
the device.
3. The driver of a vehicle shall not make
a U-turn in a business district, except at an intersection or on a divided
highway where an appropriate opening or crossing place exists.
4. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions
of this section, local authorities and the Department of Transportation may
prohibit U-turns at any location within their respective jurisdictions.
5. A person who violates any provision of
this section may be subject to the additional penalty set forth in NRS 484B.130.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 1498; A 1971, 1142; 1991, 247; 2003, 3241)—(Substituted
in revision for NRS 484.337)
NRS 484B.407 Turning on curve or crest of grade prohibited in certain
circumstances. A vehicle shall not
be turned so as to proceed in the opposite direction upon any curve, or upon
the approach to or near the crest of a grade, where such vehicle cannot be seen
by the driver of any other vehicle approaching from either direction within 500
feet.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 1489)—(Substituted in revision
for NRS 484.339)
NRS 484B.410 Starting parked vehicle. A
person, except when stopping, standing or parking where no parking is
permitted, shall not start a vehicle which is stopped, standing or parked on a
highway nor enter upon a highway unless and until such movement can be made
with safety.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 1498)—(Substituted in revision
for NRS 484.341)
NRS 484B.413 Requirements for turning on highway; signal for stopping or
decreasing speed.
1. A driver shall not turn a vehicle from
a direct course upon a highway unless and until such movement can be made with
reasonable safety, and then only after giving a clearly audible signal by
sounding the horn if any pedestrian may be affected by such movement and after
giving an appropriate signal if any other vehicle may be affected by such
movement.
2. A signal of intention to turn right or
left, or otherwise turn a vehicle from a direct course, shall be given
continuously during not less than the last 100 feet traveled in a business or
residential district and not less than the last 300 feet traveled in any other
area prior to changing the course of a vehicle. This rule shall be observed,
regardless of the weather.
3. A driver shall not stop or suddenly
decrease the speed of a vehicle without first giving an appropriate signal to
the driver of any vehicle immediately to the rear.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 1494; A 1973,
1327)—(Substituted in revision for NRS 484.343)
NRS 484B.417 Signal by hand and arm or signal lamp or device authorized. Any signal required by chapters 484A to 484E, inclusive, of NRS to be made by a driver
when making a turn or a stop must be given either by means of a hand and arm or
by a signal lamp or signal device of a type approved by the department, except
if a vehicle is so constructed or loaded that a hand and arm signal would not
be visible both to the front and rear of the vehicle, the signals must be given
by a signal lamp or signal device.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 1498; A 1985, 1946)—(Substituted
in revision for NRS 484.345)
NRS 484B.420 Methods of giving signals by hand and arm. All signals given by hand and arm shall be
given by hand and arm extended beyond the left side of the vehicle in the
following manner, and shall indicate the turns that follow:
1. Left turn: Hand and arm extended
horizontally.
2. Right turn: Hand and arm extended
upward.
3. Stop or decrease speed: Hand and arm
extended downward.
4. Reentering lane of traffic from parked
position: Hand and arm extended horizontally.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 1498)—(Substituted in revision
for NRS 484.347)
STOPPING, STANDING AND PARKING
NRS 484B.440 Stopping, standing or parking outside of business or residence
district.
1. Upon any highway outside of a business
or residence district no person shall stop, park or leave standing any vehicle,
whether attended or unattended, upon the paved or main-traveled part of the
highway when it is practicable to stop, park or so leave such vehicle off such
part of the highway, but in every event an unobstructed width of the highway
opposite a standing vehicle shall be left for the free passage of other
vehicles and a clear view of such stopped vehicles shall be available from a
distance of 200 feet in each direction upon such highway.
2. This section shall not apply to the
driver of any vehicle which is disabled while on the paved or main-traveled
portion of a highway in such manner and to such extent that it is impossible to
avoid stopping and temporarily leaving such disabled vehicle in such position.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 1502)—(Substituted in revision
for NRS 484.395)
NRS 484B.443 Police officer authorized to remove certain vehicles; protocol
for selection and use of towing services; duties and liability of tow car
operator.
1. Whenever any police officer finds a
vehicle standing upon a highway in violation of any of the provisions of chapters 484A to 484E, inclusive, of NRS, the officer may move
the vehicle, or require the driver or person in charge of the vehicle to move
it, to a position off the paved, improved or main-traveled part of the highway.
2. Whenever any police officer finds a
vehicle unattended or disabled upon any highway, bridge or causeway, or in any
tunnel, where the vehicle constitutes an obstruction to traffic or interferes
with the normal flow of traffic, the officer may provide for the immediate
removal of the vehicle.
3. Any police officer may, subject to the
requirements of subsection 4, remove any vehicle or part of a vehicle found on
the highway, or cause it to be removed, to a garage or other place of
safekeeping if:
(a) The vehicle has been involved in an accident
and is so disabled that its normal operation is impossible or impractical and
the person or persons in charge of the vehicle are incapacitated by reason of
physical injury or other reason to such an extent as to be unable to provide
for its removal or custody, or are not in the immediate vicinity of the
disabled vehicle;
(b) The person driving or in actual physical
control of the vehicle is arrested for any alleged offense for which the
officer is required by law to take the person arrested before a proper
magistrate without unnecessary delay; or
(c) The person in charge of the vehicle is unable
to provide for its custody or removal within:
(1) Twenty-four hours after abandoning the
vehicle on any freeway, United States highway or other primary arterial
highway.
(2) Seventy-two hours after abandoning the
vehicle on any other highway.
4. Unless a different course of action is
necessary to preserve evidence of a criminal offense, a police officer who
wishes to have a vehicle or part of a vehicle removed from a highway pursuant
to subsection 3 shall, in accordance with any applicable protocol such as a
rotational schedule regarding the selection and use of towing services, cause
the vehicle or part of a vehicle to be removed by a tow car operator. The tow
car operator shall, to the extent practicable and using the shortest and most
direct route, remove the vehicle or part of a vehicle to the garage of the tow
car operator unless directed otherwise by the police officer. The tow car
operator is liable for any loss of or damage to the vehicle or its contents
that occurs while the vehicle is in the possession or control of the tow car
operator.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 1503; A 1975, 775; 1983, 849; 1997, 2798; 2003, 1962)—(Substituted
in revision for NRS 484.397)
NRS 484B.447 Preservation of criminal evidence when vehicle is removed from
highway. Whenever any police
officer provides for the removal of any vehicle pursuant to NRS 484B.443 and has probable cause to believe that
the vehicle or its contents constitute any evidence which tends to show that a
criminal offense has been committed, or tends to show that a particular person
has committed a criminal offense, the police officer shall take such steps as
may be required by law and reasonably necessary to preserve the evidence,
including but not limited to safe storage, until the evidence is released to
the owner or otherwise disposed of according to law.
(Added to NRS by 1975, 776)—(Substituted in revision
for NRS 484.398)
NRS 484B.450 Stopping, standing or parking prohibited in specified places.
1. A person shall not stop, stand or park
a vehicle, except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic or in
compliance with law or the directions of a police officer or official
traffic-control device, in any of the following places:
(a) On a sidewalk;
(b) In front of a public or private driveway;
(c) Within an intersection;
(d) Within 15 feet of a fire hydrant in a place
where parallel parking is permitted, or within 20 feet of a fire hydrant if
angle parking is permitted and a local ordinance requires the greater distance;
(e) On a crosswalk;
(f) Within 20 feet of a crosswalk;
(g) Within 30 feet upon the approach to any
official traffic-control signal located at the side of a highway;
(h) Between a safety zone and the adjacent curb
or within 30 feet of points on the curb immediately opposite the ends of a
safety zone;
(i) Within 50 feet of the nearest rail of a
railroad;
(j) Within 20 feet of a driveway entrance to any
fire station and, on the side of a highway opposite the entrance to any fire
station, within 75 feet of that entrance;
(k) Alongside or opposite any highway excavation
or obstruction when stopping, standing or parking would obstruct traffic;
(l) On the highway side of any vehicle stopped or
parked at the edge of or curb of a highway;
(m) Upon any bridge or other elevated structure
or within a highway tunnel;
(n) Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2,
within 5 feet of a public or private driveway; and
(o) At any place where official traffic-control
devices prohibit stopping, standing or parking.
2. The provisions of paragraph (n) of
subsection 1 do not apply to a person operating a vehicle of the United States
Postal Service if the vehicle is being operated for the official business of
the United States Postal Service.
3. A person shall not move a vehicle not
owned by the person into any prohibited area or away from a curb to a distance
which is unlawful.
4. A local authority may place official
traffic-control devices prohibiting or restricting the stopping, standing or
parking of vehicles on any highway where in its opinion stopping, standing or
parking is dangerous to those using the highway or where the vehicles which are
stopping, standing or parking would unduly interfere with the free movement of
traffic. It is unlawful for any person to stop, stand or park any vehicle in
violation of the restrictions stated on those devices.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 1501; A 1979, 35; 1993, 656; 2007, 356)—(Substituted
in revision for NRS 484.399)
NRS 484B.453 Prohibited parking in front of theaters, hotels and other
buildings. A person shall not park
a vehicle at any time on any of the following parts of highways, sidewalks or
sidewalk areas, where official traffic-control devices are erected giving
notice thereof:
1. In front of a theater entrance.
2. In front of the entrance or exit of a
hotel.
3. In front of the entrance to any
building where any such device has been erected by a local authority.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 1504)—(Substituted in revision
for NRS 484.401)
NRS 484B.457 Parallel and angle parking; stopping, standing and parking on
highways under jurisdiction of Department of Transportation.
1. Except as otherwise provided in this
section, every vehicle stopped or parked upon a highway where there are
adjacent curbs must be stopped or parked with the right-hand wheels of the
vehicle parallel to and within 18 inches of the right-hand curb.
2. Local authorities may by ordinance
permit parking of vehicles with the left-hand wheels adjacent to and within 18
inches of the left-hand curb of a one-way highway.
3. Local authorities may by ordinance
permit angle parking on any highway, except that angle parking must not be permitted
on any highway constructed and maintained by the Department of Transportation
under the authority granted by chapter 408 of
NRS unless the Department has determined that the highway is of sufficient
width to permit angle parking without interfering with the free movement of
traffic.
4. The Department of Transportation with
respect to highways under its jurisdiction may place official traffic-control
devices prohibiting or restricting the stopping, standing or parking of
vehicles on any such highway where, in its opinion, such stopping, standing or
parking is dangerous to those using the highway or where the stopping, standing
or parking of vehicles would unduly interfere with the free movement of traffic
thereon. It is unlawful for any person to stop, stand or park any vehicle in
violation of the restrictions stated on those devices.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 1500; A 1979, 1806)—(Substituted
in revision for NRS 484.403)
NRS 484B.460 Parking at angle designated by devices permitting angle parking. Upon those highways which have official
traffic-control devices permitting angle parking, a person shall not stop,
stand or park a vehicle other than at the angle to the curb or edge of the
highway indicated by such devices.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 1500)—(Substituted in revision
for NRS 484.405)
NRS 484B.463 Special license plate or plates and special or temporary parking
placards and stickers: Use; alternative use of special plate or plates issued
to veteran with a disability; limitations.
1. Except as otherwise provided in
subsection 3, an owner or operator of a motor vehicle displaying a special
parking placard, a special parking sticker, a temporary parking placard, a
temporary parking sticker or a special plate or plates issued pursuant to NRS 482.384, or a special plate or plates
for a veteran with a disability issued pursuant to NRS 482.377, may park the motor vehicle
for not more than 4 hours at any one time in a parking zone restricted as to
the length of time parking is permitted, without penalty, removal or
impoundment of the vehicle if the parking is otherwise consistent with public
safety and is done by a person with a permanent disability, disability of
moderate duration or temporary disability, a veteran with a disability or a
person transporting any such person.
2. An owner or operator of a motor vehicle
displaying a special plate or plates for a veteran with a disability issued
pursuant to NRS 482.377 may, without
displaying a special license plate, placard or sticker issued pursuant to NRS 482.384, park in a parking space
designated for persons who are handicapped if:
(a) The parking is done by a veteran with a
disability; or
(b) A veteran with a disability is a passenger in
the motor vehicle being parked.
3. This section does not authorize the
parking of a motor vehicle in any privately or municipally owned facility for
parking off the highway without paying the required fee for the time during
which the vehicle is so parked.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 1501; A 1973, 82; 1975, 821; 1981, 784; 1985, 595; 1993, 1392; 1999, 2572; 2001, 1861; 2003, 381; 2005, 987)—(Substituted
in revision for NRS 484.407)
NRS 484B.467 Parking space designated for persons who are handicapped: Signs;
required plates, stickers or placards for parking; prohibited acts; penalty.
1. Any parking space designated for
persons who are handicapped must be indicated by a sign:
(a) Bearing the international symbol of access
with or without the words “Parking,” “Handicapped Parking,” “Handicapped
Parking Only” or “Reserved for the Handicapped,” or any other word or
combination of words indicating that the space is designated for persons who
are handicapped;
(b) Stating “Minimum fine of $250 for use by
others” or equivalent words; and
(c) The bottom of which must be not less than 4
feet above the ground.
2. In addition to the requirements of
subsection 1, a parking space designated for persons who are handicapped which:
(a) Is designed for the exclusive use of a
vehicle with a side-loading wheelchair lift; and
(b) Is located in a parking lot with 60 or more
parking spaces,
Ê must be
indicated by a sign using a combination of words to state that the space is for
the exclusive use of a vehicle with a side-loading wheelchair lift.
3. If a parking space is designed for the
use of a vehicle with a side-loading wheelchair lift, the space which is
immediately adjacent and intended for use in the loading and unloading of a
wheelchair into or out of such a vehicle must be indicated by a sign:
(a) Stating “No Parking” or similar words which
indicate that parking in such a space is prohibited;
(b) Stating “Minimum fine of $250 for violation”
or similar words indicating that the minimum fine for parking in such a space
is $250; and
(c) The bottom of which must not be less than 4
feet above the ground.
4. An owner of private property upon which
is located a parking space described in subsection 1, 2 or 3 shall erect and
maintain or cause to be erected and maintained any sign required pursuant to
subsection 1, 2 or 3, whichever is applicable. If a parking space described in
subsection 1, 2 or 3 is located on public property, the governmental entity
having control over that public property shall erect and maintain or cause to
be erected and maintained any sign required pursuant to subsection 1, 2 or 3,
whichever is applicable.
5. A person shall not park a vehicle in a
space designated for persons who are handicapped by a sign that meets the
requirements of subsection 1, whether on public or privately owned property,
unless the person is eligible to do so and the vehicle displays:
(a) A special license plate or plates issued
pursuant to NRS 482.384;
(b) A special or temporary parking placard issued
pursuant to NRS 482.384;
(c) A special or temporary parking sticker issued
pursuant to NRS 482.384;
(d) A special license plate or plates, a special
or temporary parking sticker, or a special or temporary parking placard
displaying the international symbol of access issued by another state or a
foreign country; or
(e) A special license plate or plates for a
veteran with a disability issued pursuant to NRS
482.377.
6. Except as otherwise provided in this
subsection, a person shall not park a vehicle in a space that is reserved for
the exclusive use of a vehicle with a side-loading wheelchair lift and is
designated for persons who are handicapped by a sign that meets the
requirements of subsection 2, whether on public or privately owned property,
unless:
(a) The person is eligible to do so;
(b) The vehicle displays the special license
plate, plates or placard set forth in subsection 5; and
(c) The vehicle is equipped with a side-loading
wheelchair lift.
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meets the requirements of paragraphs (a) and (b) may park a vehicle that is not
equipped with a side-loading wheelchair lift in such a parking space if the
space is in a parking lot with fewer than 60 parking spaces.
7. A person shall not park in a space
which:
(a) Is immediately adjacent to a space designed
for use by a vehicle with a side-loading wheelchair lift; and
(b) Is designated as a space in which parking is
prohibited by a sign that meets the requirements of subsection 3,
Ê whether on
public or privately owned property.
8. A person shall not use a plate, sticker
or placard set forth in subsection 5 to park in a space designated for persons
who are handicapped unless he or she is a person with a permanent disability,
disability of moderate duration or temporary disability, a veteran with a
disability or the driver of a vehicle in which any such person is a passenger.
9. A person with a permanent disability,
disability of moderate duration or temporary disability to whom a:
(a) Special license plate, or a special or
temporary parking sticker, has been issued pursuant to NRS 482.384 shall not allow any other
person to park the vehicle or motorcycle displaying the special license plate
or special or temporary parking sticker in a space designated for persons who
are handicapped unless the person with the permanent disability, disability of
moderate duration or temporary disability is a passenger in the vehicle or on
the motorcycle, or is being picked up or dropped off by the driver of the
vehicle or motorcycle, at the time that the vehicle or motorcycle is parked in
the space designated for persons who are handicapped.
(b) Special or temporary parking placard has been
issued pursuant to NRS 482.384 shall
not allow any other person to park the vehicle which displays the special or
temporary parking placard in a space designated for persons who are handicapped
unless the person with the permanent disability, disability of moderate
duration or temporary disability is a passenger in the vehicle, or is being
picked up or dropped off by the driver of the vehicle, at the time that it is
parked in the space designated for persons who are handicapped.
10. A person who violates any of the
provisions of subsections 5 to 9, inclusive, is guilty of a misdemeanor and
shall be punished:
(a) Upon the first offense, by a fine of $250.
(b) Upon the second offense, by a fine of $250
and not less than 8 hours, but not more than 50 hours, of community service.
(c) Upon the third or subsequent offense, by a
fine of not less than $500, but not more than $1,000 and not less than 25
hours, but not more than 100 hours, of community service.
(Added to NRS by 1981, 985; A 1985, 595, 1566; 1989, 1317; 1991, 1375; 1993, 1393; 1995, 569, 2762; 1999, 54, 1680, 2573; 2001, 189, 566, 1861; 2003, 381; 2005, 987, 1370)—(Substituted
in revision for NRS 484.408)
NRS 484B.470 Local law enforcement agency authorized to appoint volunteers to
enforce certain laws concerning parking for persons who are handicapped.
1. A local law enforcement agency may
appoint volunteers to issue citations, prepared manually or electronically, for
the violation of the provisions of NRS 484B.467 or
ordinances enacted by a local authority that govern parking for persons who are
handicapped.
2. The local law enforcement agency
appointing volunteers shall:
(a) Establish minimum qualifications for the
volunteers;
(b) Provide training to the volunteers before
authorizing them to issue citations; and
(c) Provide the volunteers with appropriate
equipment, including, but not limited to, uniforms or other identifying attire
and traffic citations issued in books or electronic devices that may be used to
issue citations.
3. A citation issued by a volunteer
appointed pursuant to subsection 1 has the same force and effect as a citation
issued by a peace officer. The volunteer shall file the original or a copy of
the citation in the manner prescribed in NRS
484A.680.
4. For the purposes of this section, a
person who volunteers to a local law enforcement agency to issue citations
pursuant to subsection 1 shall be deemed an employee of a political subdivision
of this State for the purposes of NRS
616A.160 if the person has successfully completed the training course for
the issuance of such citations provided by the local law enforcement agency.
5. Local law enforcement agencies are not
liable for the negligent acts or omissions of a person who volunteers to issue
citations pursuant to subsection 1 unless:
(a) The volunteer made a specific promise or
representation to a natural person who relied upon the promise or
representation to his or her detriment; or
(b) The conduct of the volunteer affirmatively
caused the harm.
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provisions of this section are not intended to abrogate the principle of common
law that the duty of governmental entities to provide services is a duty owed
to the public, not to individual persons.
6. An owner of private property on which
there are parking spaces designated for persons who are handicapped, or the
owner or operator of a business establishment located on such property, is not
liable for any acts or omissions resulting from the issuance of a citation by a
volunteer pursuant to this section.
(Added to NRS by 1997, 70; A 1999, 1145)—(Substituted
in revision for NRS 484.4085)
NRS 484B.473 Parked vehicle at nighttime: Reflectors; lights.
1. Except as otherwise provided by law,
whenever a vehicle equipped with all reflectors required by law is lawfully
parked at nighttime upon any highway, no lights need be displayed upon such
parked vehicle.
2. Whenever lights are displayed upon a
vehicle lawfully parked at nighttime upon any highway, such lights shall be
depressed or dimmed, in the event cowl or parking lamps are not used.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 1501)—(Substituted in revision
for NRS 484.409)
NRS 484B.477 Stopping, standing or parking in alley.
1. Unless otherwise provided by ordinance
of the local authority having jurisdiction, a person shall not:
(a) Stop, stand or park a vehicle within an alley
in a business district except for the expeditious loading or unloading of
goods.
(b) Stop, stand or park a vehicle in any other
alley in such a manner, or under such conditions as to leave available less
than 10 feet of the width of the alley for the free movement of vehicular
traffic.
2. A person shall not stop, stand or park
a vehicle within an alley in such position as to block the driveway or entrance
to any abutting property.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 1502)—(Substituted in revision
for NRS 484.411)
NRS 484B.480 All-night parking. Unless
otherwise provided by ordinance of the local authority having jurisdiction, a
person, except physicians or other persons on emergency calls, shall not park a
vehicle on any highway which has an official traffic-control device prohibiting
all-night parking for a period of time longer than 30 minutes between the hours
of 2 a.m. and 5 a.m. of any day.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 1503)—(Substituted in revision
for NRS 484.413)
NRS 484B.483 Parking for certain purposes prohibited. No person may park a vehicle upon any highway
for the principal purpose of:
1. Displaying the vehicle for sale.
2. Washing, greasing or repairing the
vehicle, except repairs necessitated by an emergency.
3. Soliciting business.
4. Selling merchandise from the vehicle
except in a duly established market place, or one so authorized or licensed by
the local authority.
5. Storage, or as junkage or dead storage,
for more than 72 hours.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 1503; A 1987, 383)—(Substituted
in revision for NRS 484.418)
NRS 484B.487 Parking adjacent to school. When
official traffic-control devices are erected giving notice thereof, a person
shall not park a vehicle upon either side of any highway adjacent to any
school.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 1503)—(Substituted in revision
for NRS 484.421)
NRS 484B.490 Parking on narrow highway. When
official traffic-control devices are erected prohibiting parking upon a narrow
highway, a person shall not park a vehicle upon any such highway.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 1503)—(Substituted in revision
for NRS 484.423)
NRS 484B.493 Standing or parking on one-way street. When
official traffic-control devices are erected giving notice thereof, a person
shall not stand or park a vehicle upon the left-hand side of a one-way street.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 1503)—(Substituted in revision
for NRS 484.425)
NRS 484B.497 Standing or parking on one-way roadway. If
a laned roadway is restricted to one direction, a person shall not stand or
park a vehicle upon the left-hand side of such one-way roadway unless official
traffic-control devices are erected permitting such standing or parking.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 1503)—(Substituted in revision
for NRS 484.427)
NRS 484B.500 Stopping, standing or parking near hazardous or congested place. When official traffic-control devices are
erected at hazardous or congested places, a person shall not stop, stand or
park a vehicle in any such designated place.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 1503)—(Substituted in revision
for NRS 484.429)
NRS 484B.503 Stopping, standing or parking in zone for loading passengers at
curb. A person shall not stop,
stand or park a vehicle for any purpose or period of time except for the
expeditious loading or unloading of passengers in any place marked as a
passenger curb loading zone during hours when the regulations applicable to
such passenger curb loading zone are effective.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 1503)—(Substituted in revision
for NRS 484.431)
NRS 484B.507 Stopping, standing or parking in zone for loading freight at
curb.
1. A person shall not stop, stand or park
a vehicle for any purpose or length of time other than for the expeditious
unloading and delivery or pickup and loading of materials in any place marked
as a freight curb loading zone during hours when the provisions applicable to such
zones are in effect.
2. The driver of a vehicle may stop
temporarily at a place marked as a freight curb loading zone for the purpose of
and while actually engaged in loading or unloading passengers, when such
stopping does not interfere with any motor vehicle used for the transportation
of materials which is waiting to enter or about to enter such zone.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 1504)—(Substituted in revision
for NRS 484.433)
NRS 484B.510 Stopping, standing or parking in restricted parking zone. A person shall not stop, stand or park a
vehicle for any purpose or length of time in any restricted parking zone other
than for the purpose to which parking in such zone is restricted, except that a
driver of a passenger vehicle may stop temporarily in such zone for the purpose
of and while actually engaged in loading or unloading of passengers when such
stopping does not interfere with any vehicle which is waiting to enter or about
to enter the zone for the purpose of parking in accordance with the purpose to
which parking is restricted.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 1504)—(Substituted in revision
for NRS 484.435)
NRS 484B.513 Stopping, standing and parking of bus or taxicab. The operator of a bus or taxicab shall not
stop, stand or park upon any highway in any business district at any place
other than a bus stop or taxicab stand, respectively, except that this
provision does not prohibit the driver of any such vehicle from temporarily
stopping in accordance with other stopping, standing or parking regulations at
any place for the purpose of and while engaged in the expeditious unloading or
loading of passengers.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 1504)—(Substituted in revision
for NRS 484.437)
NRS 484B.517 Restricted use of bus and taxicab stands. A person shall not stop, stand or park a
vehicle other than a bus in a bus stop, or a taxicab in a taxicab stand, when
such stop or stand has been officially designated and appropriately signed,
except that the driver of a passenger vehicle may temporarily stop there and
for the purpose of and while actually engaged in expeditiously loading or
unloading of passengers when such stopping does not interfere with any bus or
taxicab waiting to enter or about to enter such zone.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 1504)—(Substituted in revision
for NRS 484.439)
NRS 484B.520 Regulation of stopping, standing or parking by local authority.
1. A local authority may erect, pursuant
to ordinance, official traffic-control devices regulating the stopping,
standing or parking of vehicles on any highway under its jurisdiction.
2. When devices are erected giving notice
thereof, it is unlawful for any person to stop, stand or park a vehicle for
longer than the time designated by any such sign.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 1504)—(Substituted in revision
for NRS 484.441)
NRS 484B.523 Stopping, standing or parking in metered parking zone; unlawful
tampering with meter. [Effective through December 31, 2017.]
1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 484A.468, when parking meters are
erected by any local authority pursuant to an adopted ordinance giving notice
thereof, it is unlawful for any person to stop, stand or park a vehicle in any
metered parking zone for a period of time longer than designated by such
parking meters upon a deposit of a coin of United States currency of the
designated denomination.
2. Every vehicle shall be parked wholly
within the metered parking space for which the meter shows parking privilege
has been granted.
3. It is unlawful for any unauthorized
person to remove, deface, tamper with, open, willfully break, destroy or damage
any parking meter, or willfully to manipulate any parking meter in such a
manner that the indicator will fail to show the correct amount of unexpired
time before a violation occurs.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 1504; A 2011, 2876,
2877)—(Substituted
in revision for NRS 484.443)
NRS 484B.523 Stopping, standing or
parking in metered parking zone; unlawful tampering with meter. [Effective January
1, 2018.]
1. When parking meters are erected by any
local authority pursuant to an adopted ordinance giving notice thereof, it is
unlawful for any person to stop, stand or park a vehicle in any metered parking
zone for a period of time longer than designated by such parking meters upon a
deposit of a coin of United States currency of the designated denomination.
2. Every vehicle shall be parked wholly
within the metered parking space for which the meter shows parking privilege
has been granted.
3. It is unlawful for any unauthorized
person to remove, deface, tamper with, open, willfully break, destroy or damage
any parking meter, or willfully to manipulate any parking meter in such a
manner that the indicator will fail to show the correct amount of unexpired
time before a violation occurs.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 1504; A 2011, 2876,
2877,
effective January 1, 2018)—(Substituted in revision for NRS 484.443)
NRS 484B.527 Local authority authorized to file notice of nonpayment with Department
if registered owner of motor vehicle fails to pay certain penalties, fines or
other charges; contents of notice; regulations.
1. If the registered owner of a motor
vehicle fails to pay any civil penalty or criminal fine or any other charge imposed
against the registered owner for a violation of:
(a) The provisions of NRS
484B.440 to 484B.523, inclusive; or
(b) An ordinance of a local authority authorized
by chapters 484A to 484E, inclusive, of NRS which covers the same
subject matter as the provisions of NRS 484B.440
to 484B.523, inclusive,
Ê the local
authority which imposed that penalty, fine or charge may file a notice of
nonpayment with the Department.
2. The notice must include:
(a) The time, place and date of each violation;
(b) The number of the license plate of the
vehicle and the make and model year of the vehicle;
(c) The amount of the fine and any other charge
imposed for each violation;
(d) The total amount of money owed to the local
authority for those violations; and
(e) Any other information the Department may
require.
3. The Department shall adopt regulations
which prescribe the form for the notice of nonpayment and any information which
must be included in that notice.
(Added to NRS by 1995, 2360; A 1997, 465)—(Substituted
in revision for NRS 484.444)
NRS 484B.530 Unattended motor vehicle: Stopping engine, locking ignition and
removing key. The person driving
or in charge of any motor vehicle, except a commercial vehicle loading or
unloading goods shall not permit it to stand unattended without first stopping
the engine, locking the ignition and removing the key.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 1502)—(Substituted in revision
for NRS 484.445)
NRS 484B.533 Unattended motor vehicle: Standing on grade. A vehicle shall not be permitted to stand
unattended upon any perceptible grade without stopping the engine and
effectively setting the brake thereon and turning the front wheels to the curb
or side of the highway.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 1502)—(Substituted in revision
for NRS 484.447)
SPECIAL STOPS
Signal by Peace Officer
NRS 484B.550 Stop required upon signal of peace officer; manner in which
signal must be given; penalties.
1. Except as otherwise provided in this
section, the driver of a motor vehicle who willfully fails or refuses to bring
the vehicle to a stop, or who otherwise flees or attempts to elude a peace
officer in a readily identifiable vehicle of any police department or
regulatory agency, when given a signal to bring the vehicle to a stop is guilty
of a misdemeanor.
2. The signal by the peace officer
described in subsection 1 must be by flashing red lamp and siren.
3. Unless the provisions of NRS 484B.653 apply if, while violating the provisions
of subsection 1, the driver of the motor vehicle:
(a) Is the proximate cause of damage to the property
of any other person; or
(b) Operates the motor vehicle in a manner which
endangers or is likely to endanger any other person or the property of any
other person,
Ê the driver
is guilty of a category B felony and shall be punished by imprisonment in the
state prison for a minimum term of not less than 1 year and a maximum term of
not more than 6 years, or by a fine of not more than $5,000, or by both fine
and imprisonment.
4. If, while violating the provisions of
subsection 1, the driver of the motor vehicle is the proximate cause of the
death of or bodily harm to any other person, the driver is guilty of a category
B felony and shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for a
minimum term of not less than 2 years and a maximum term of not more than 20
years, or by a fine of not more than $50,000, or by both fine and imprisonment.
5. If the driver of the motor vehicle is
convicted of a violation of NRS 484C.110
or 484C.120 arising out of the same
act or transaction as a violation of subsection 1, the driver is guilty of a
category D felony and shall be punished as provided in NRS 193.130 for the violation of
subsection 1.
(Added to NRS by 1975, 320; A 1979, 1805; 1981, 533; 1983, 1014; 1985, 26; 1989, 1194; 1993, 524; 1995, 1297, 1725; 1997, 547; 2003, 487; 2007, 2728; 2009, 1866)—(Substituted
in revision for NRS 484.348)
Railroad Grade Crossings
NRS 484B.553 Obedience to signal indicating approach of railroad train.
1. Whenever any person driving a vehicle
approaches a railroad grade crossing and a clearly visible official
traffic-control or railroad device gives warning of the immediate approach of a
train, the driver of such vehicle shall stop within 50 feet but not less than
15 feet from the nearest track of such railroad and shall not proceed until the
driver can do so safely. The foregoing requirements shall apply when:
(a) A clearly visible electric or mechanical
signal device gives warning of the immediate approach of a railroad train.
(b) A crossing gate is lowered or when a flagger
gives or continues to give a signal of the approach or passage of a railroad
train.
(c) A railroad train approaching within
approximately 1,500 feet of the highway crossing emits a signal audible from
such distance and such railroad train, by reason of its speed or nearness to
such crossing, is an immediate hazard.
(d) An approaching railroad train is plainly
visible and is in hazardous proximity to such crossing.
2. A person shall not drive any vehicle
through, around or under any crossing gate or barrier at a railroad crossing
while such gate or barrier is closed or is being opened or closed.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 1493)—(Substituted in revision
for NRS 484.349)
NRS 484B.557 Stop required at certain railroad grade crossings. The Department of Transportation, and local
authorities with the approval of the Department of Transportation, may
designate dangerous highway grade crossings of railroads and erect official
traffic-control devices at such crossings directing a stop. When such stop
signs are erected the driver of any vehicle shall stop within 50 feet but not
less than 15 feet from the nearest track of such a grade crossing and afterward
may proceed only upon exercising due care.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 1494; A 1979, 1804)—(Substituted
in revision for NRS 484.351)
NRS 484B.560 Certain vehicles required to stop at all railroad grade
crossings; exceptions.
1. Except as otherwise provided in this
section, the driver of any motor vehicle carrying passengers for hire, or of
any school bus carrying any school child, or of any vehicle carrying any
explosive or flammable liquid as a cargo or part of a cargo, before crossing at
grade any track or tracks of a railroad, shall stop that vehicle within 50 feet
but not less than 15 feet from the nearest rail of the railroad and while so
stopped shall listen and look in both directions along the track for any
approaching train, and for signals indicating the approach of a train, and
shall not proceed until the driver can do so safely.
2. After stopping as required in this
section and upon proceeding when it is safe to do so, the driver of any such
vehicle shall cross only in a gear of the vehicle that there will be no
necessity for changing gears while traversing the crossing and the driver shall
not shift gears while crossing the track or tracks.
3. When stopping is required at a railroad
crossing the driver shall keep as far to the right of the highway as possible
and shall not form two lanes of traffic unless the highway is marked for four
or more lanes of traffic.
4. No such stop need be made at a railroad
crossing:
(a) Where a police officer or official
traffic-control device controls the movement of traffic.
(b) Which is marked with a device indicating that
the crossing is abandoned.
(c) Which is a streetcar crossing or is used
exclusively for industrial switching purposes within an area designated as a
business district.
(d) Which is marked with a sign identifying it as
an exempt crossing. Signs identifying a crossing as exempt may be erected only:
(1) If the tracks are an industrial or
spur line;
(2) By or with the consent of the
appropriate state or local authority which has jurisdiction over the road; and
(3) After the State or the local authority
has held a public hearing to determine whether the crossing should be
designated an exempt crossing.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 1495; A 1979, 1117)—(Substituted
in revision for NRS 484.353)
NRS 484B.563 Moving heavy equipment at railroad grade crossing.
1. It is unlawful for any person to
operate or move any crawler-type tractor, power shovel, derrick, roller, or any
vehicle, equipment or structure having a normal operating speed of 10 or less
miles per hour or a vertical body or load clearance of less than one-half inch
per foot of the distance between any two adjacent axles or in any event of less
than 9 inches, measured above the level surface of a highway, upon or across
any tracks at a railroad grade crossing without first complying with this section.
2. Before making any such crossing the
person operating or moving any such vehicle or equipment shall first stop the
same not less than 15 feet nor more than 50 feet from the nearest rail of such
railroad and while so stopped shall listen and look in both directions along
such track for any approaching train and for signals indicating the approach of
a train, and shall not proceed until the crossing can be made safely.
3. No such crossing shall be made when
warning is given by automatic signal or crossing gates or a flagger or
otherwise of the immediate approach of a railroad train or car. If a flagger is
provided by the railroad, movement over the crossing shall be under the
direction of the flagger.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 1494)—(Substituted in revision
for NRS 484.355)
Roadblocks
NRS 484B.570 Administrative roadblock: Establishment; minimum requirements.
1. The police officers in this State may
establish, in their respective jurisdictions, administrative roadblocks upon
the highways of this State for any lawful purpose other than identifying the
occupants of a vehicle or because of the existence of an emergency.
2. To warn and protect the traveling
public, administrative roadblocks established by police officers must meet the
following requirements:
(a) The administrative roadblock must be
established at a point on the highway clearly visible to approaching traffic at
a distance of not less than 100 yards in either direction.
(b) At the entrance to the administrative
roadblock:
(1) A sign must be placed near the
centerline of the highway displaying the word “Stop” in letters of sufficient
size and luminosity to be readable at a distance of not less than 50 yards in
the direction affected by the administrative roadblock, either in daytime or
darkness.
(2) At least one red flashing or
intermittent light, on and burning, must be placed at the side of the highway,
clearly visible to the oncoming traffic at a distance of not less than 100
yards.
(c) Warning signs must be placed at the side of
the highway, containing any wording of sufficient size and luminosity to warn
the oncoming traffic that a “police stop” lies ahead, and a burning beam light,
flare or lantern must be placed near the signs to attract the attention of the
traffic to the signs. The signs must be placed at a distance of not less than:
(1) One-quarter of a mile from the
entrance to the administrative roadblock if the portion of the highway
containing the administrative roadblock is in a rural area.
(2) Seven hundred feet from the entrance
to the administrative roadblock if the portion of the highway containing the
administrative roadblock is in an urban area.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 1495; A 1987, 1073; 2011, 301)—(Substituted
in revision for NRS 484.359)
NRS 484B.573 Temporary roadblock: Establishment; minimum requirements.
1. The police officers in this State may
establish, in their respective jurisdictions, or in other jurisdictions within
this State, temporary roadblocks upon the highways of this State:
(a) To apprehend persons known to be wanted for
violation of the laws of this State, another state or the United States, and
using the highways of this State for the purpose of escape; or
(b) To control traffic at or near the scene of a
potential or existing emergency or hazard.
2. To warn and protect the traveling
public, temporary roadblocks established by police officers must meet the
following requirements:
(a) The temporary roadblock must be established
at a point on the highway clearly visible at a distance of not less than 100
yards in either direction.
(b) At the entrance to the temporary roadblock:
(1) An authorized emergency vehicle,
plainly and clearly marked as such and with its warning lights in operation,
must be placed so as to be clearly visible to traffic affected by the temporary
roadblock at a distance of not less than 100 yards. When so placed, at least
one of the vehicle’s flashing red lights must be visible to approaching traffic
at a distance of not less than 100 yards.
(2) Sufficient cones, reflectors, burning
flares or similar devices must be in place to identify the entrance to the
temporary roadblock and direct, as necessary, the path to be followed by a
vehicle approaching the temporary roadblock. The devices, when in place, must
be clearly visible to traffic affected by the temporary roadblock at a distance
of not less than 100 yards.
(c) At a point located not less than 200 yards,
but not more than 400 yards, from the entrance to the temporary roadblock,
cones, reflectors, burning flares or similar devices must be placed on both
shoulders of the highway and near the centerline of the highway to warn traffic
that a condition hazardous to traffic exists in the immediate vicinity.
(Added to NRS by 1987, 1072; A 2011, 302)—(Substituted
in revision for NRS 484.3591)
NRS 484B.577 Authority of police officers not limited by provisions relating
to roadblocks. The provisions of NRS 484B.570 and 484B.573
do not limit the existing authority of police officers in the performance of
their duties involving traffic control.
(Added to NRS by 1987, 1073)—(Substituted
in revision for NRS 484.3593)
NRS 484B.580 Failure to stop at roadblock; penalties.
1. It is unlawful for a person to:
(a) Proceed or travel through an administrative
roadblock or a temporary roadblock without subjecting himself or herself to the
traffic control established at the roadblock.
(b) Disobey the lawful orders or directions of a
police officer at an administrative roadblock or a temporary roadblock.
2. A person who unlawfully proceeds
through an administrative roadblock or a temporary roadblock shall be punished:
(a) If the person is the direct cause of a death
or substantial bodily harm to any person, or damage to property in excess of
$1,000, for a category B felony by imprisonment in the state prison for a
minimum term of not less than 1 year and a maximum term of not more than 6
years, or by a fine of not more than $5,000, or by both fine and imprisonment.
(b) If no death, substantial bodily harm or
damage to property in excess of $1,000 occurs, for a gross misdemeanor.
(Added to NRS by 1987, 1073; A 1995, 1298)—(Substituted
in revision for NRS 484.3595)
Controlled-Access Highway
NRS 484B.587 Obedience to signs relating to controlled-access highway;
restrictions on driving on controlled-access highway; additional penalty for
violation committed in work zone.
1. When official traffic-control devices
are erected giving notice thereof, a person shall not drive a vehicle onto or
from any controlled-access highway except at those entrances and exits which
are indicated by such devices.
2. Except if required by an emergency, a
person shall not drive a vehicle on a controlled-access highway:
(a) Upon any portion of the highway that lies
outside of a marked traffic lane or marked entrance or exit lane; or
(b) Across any solid white line that separates an
entrance or exit lane from a marked traffic lane.
3. A person who violates any provision of
this section may be subject to the additional penalty set forth in NRS 484B.130.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 1500; A 2003, 3241; 2009, 154)—(Substituted
in revision for NRS 484.311)
NRS 484B.590 Heavy-vehicle lanes: Authority of Department of Transportation
to erect advisory signs on controlled-access facilities.
1. The Department of Transportation may
erect advisory signs at reasonable intervals on any controlled-access facility
within its jurisdiction which has three or more lanes for traffic traveling in
one direction to advise operators of vehicles with a declared gross weight in
excess of 26,000 pounds in which lanes they should travel.
2. As used in this section,
“controlled-access facility” means a highway or street especially designed for
through traffic, and over, from or to which owners or occupants of abutting
land or other persons have no right or easement, or only a controlled right or
easement of access, light, air or view, by reason of the fact that their
property abuts upon the controlled-access facility or for any other reason.
(Added to NRS by 2007, 241)—(Substituted
in revision for NRS 484.3125)
NRS 484B.593 Restrictions on use of controlled-access highway; penalty.
1. The Department of Transportation or a
local authority, after considering the advice of the Nevada Bicycle and
Pedestrian Advisory Board, may with respect to any controlled-access highway
under its jurisdiction:
(a) Require a permit for the use of the highway
by pedestrians, bicycles or other nonmotorized traffic or by any person
operating a power cycle; or
(b) If it determines that the use of the highway
for such a purpose would not be safe, prohibit the use of the highway by
pedestrians, bicycles or other nonmotorized traffic.
2. Any person who violates any prohibition
or restriction enacted pursuant to subsection 1 is guilty of a misdemeanor.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 1500; A 1979, 1804; 1987, 1103; 1991, 2229; 2009, 398)—(Substituted
in revision for NRS 484.313)
RESTRICTIONS ON SPEED
NRS 484B.600 Basic rule; additional penalties for violation committed in work
zone or if driver is proximate cause of collision with pedestrian or person
riding bicycle.
1. It is unlawful for any person to drive
or operate a vehicle of any kind or character at:
(a) A rate of speed greater than is reasonable or
proper, having due regard for the traffic, surface and width of the highway,
the weather and other highway conditions.
(b) Such a rate of speed as to endanger the life,
limb or property of any person.
(c) A rate of speed greater than that posted by a
public authority for the particular portion of highway being traversed.
(d) In any event, a rate of speed greater than 75
miles per hour.
2. If, while violating any provision of
subsection 1, the driver of a motor vehicle is the proximate cause of a collision
with a pedestrian or a person riding a bicycle, the driver is subject to the
additional penalty set forth in subsection 4 of NRS
484B.653.
3. A person who violates any provision of
subsection 1 may be subject to the additional penalty set forth in NRS 484B.130.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 1486; A 1975, 754; 1987, 656; 1995, 2441, 2442; 2003, 3241; 2011, 1636)—(Substituted
in revision for NRS 484.361)
NRS 484B.603 Duty of driver to decrease speed under certain circumstances;
additional penalty for violation committed in work zone.
1. The fact that the speed of a vehicle is
lower than the prescribed limits does not relieve a driver from the duty to
decrease speed when approaching and crossing an intersection, when approaching
and going around a curve, when approaching a hill crest, when traveling upon
any narrow or winding highway, or when special hazards exist or may exist with
respect to pedestrians or other traffic, or by reason of weather or other
highway conditions, and speed must be decreased as may be necessary to avoid
colliding with any person, vehicle or other conveyance on or entering a highway
in compliance with legal requirements and the duty of all persons to use due
care.
2. Any person who fails to use due care as
required by subsection 1 may be subject to the additional penalty set forth in NRS 484B.130.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 1495; A 2003, 3242)—(Substituted
in revision for NRS 484.363)
NRS 484B.607 Duties of driver when approaching authorized emergency vehicle
which is stopped and using flashing lights or tow car which is stopped and
using flashing amber warning lights; penalty.
1. Upon approaching an authorized
emergency vehicle which is stopped and is making use of flashing lights meeting
the requirements of subsection 3 of NRS
484A.480 or a tow car which is stopped and is making use of flashing amber
warning lights meeting the requirements of NRS
484B.748, the driver of the approaching vehicle shall, in the absence of
other direction given by a peace officer:
(a) Decrease the speed of the vehicle to a speed
that is:
(1) Reasonable and proper, pursuant to the
criteria set forth in subsection 1 of NRS 484B.600;
and
(2) Less than the posted speed limit, if a
speed limit has been posted;
(b) Proceed with caution;
(c) Be prepared to stop; and
(d) If possible, drive in a lane that is not adjacent
to the lane in which the emergency vehicle or tow car is stopped, unless
roadway, traffic, weather or other conditions make doing so unsafe or
impossible.
2. A person who violates subsection 1 is
guilty of a misdemeanor.
(Added to NRS by 2003, 486; A 2009, 1096)—(Substituted
in revision for NRS 484.364)
NRS 484B.610 Speed limit in unincorporated town; additional penalty for
violation committed in work zone.
1. Except as otherwise provided in
subsection 2 and pursuant to the power granted in NRS 269.185, the town board or board of
county commissioners may, by ordinance, limit the speed of motor vehicles in
any unincorporated town in the county as may be deemed proper.
2. The Department of Transportation may
establish the speed limits for motor vehicles on highways within the boundaries
of any unincorporated town which are constructed and maintained under the
authority granted by chapter 408 of NRS.
3. A person who violates any speed limit
established pursuant to this section may be subject to the additional penalty
set forth in NRS 484B.130.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 1486; A 1979, 1804; 1985, 301; 2003, 3243)—(Substituted
in revision for NRS 484.367)
NRS 484B.613 Speed limit: Establishment for vehicles on highways constructed
and maintained by Department of Transportation; additional penalty for
violation committed in work zone.
1. The Department of Transportation may
establish the speed limits for motor vehicles on highways which are constructed
and maintained by the Department of Transportation under the authority granted
to it by chapter 408 of NRS.
2. Except as otherwise provided by federal
law, the Department of Transportation may establish a speed limit on such
highways not to exceed 75 miles per hour and may establish a lower speed limit:
(a) Where necessary to protect public health and
safety.
(b) For trucks, overweight and oversized
vehicles, trailers drawn by motor vehicles and buses.
3. A person who violates any speed limit
established pursuant to this section may be subject to the additional penalty
set forth in NRS 484B.130.
(Added to NRS by 1995, 2440; A 1997, 640; 2003, 3243)—(Substituted
in revision for NRS 484.368)
NRS 484B.617 Certain violations of speed limit in rural areas: Fines;
Department not to record violation on driver’s record; violation not deemed
moving traffic violation.
1. Except as otherwise provided in
subsection 3, a person driving a motor vehicle during the hours of daylight at
a speed in excess of the speed limit posted by a public authority for the
portion of highway being traversed shall be punished by a fine of $25 if:
(a) The posted speed limit is 60 miles per hour
and the person is not exceeding a speed of 70 miles per hour.
(b) The posted speed limit is 65 miles per hour
and the person is not exceeding a speed of 75 miles per hour.
(c) The posted speed limit is 70 miles per hour
and the person is not exceeding a speed of 75 miles per hour.
2. A violation of the speed limit under
any of the circumstances set forth in subsection 1 must not be recorded by the
Department on a driver’s record and shall not be deemed a moving traffic
violation.
3. The provisions of this section do not
apply to a violation specified in subsection 1 that occurs in a county whose
population is 100,000 or more if the portion of highway being traversed is in:
(a) An urban area; or
(b) An area which is adjacent to an urban area
and which has been designated by the public authority that established the
posted speed limit for the portion of highway being traversed as an area that
requires strict observance of the posted speed limit to protect public health
and safety.
(Added to NRS by 1997, 2524; A 1999, 572, 1711)—(Substituted
in revision for NRS 484.3685)
NRS 484B.620 Speed zones and signs.
1. The Department of Transportation may
prescribe speed zones, and install appropriate speed signs controlling
vehicular traffic on the state highway system as established in chapter 408 of NRS through hazardous areas,
after necessary studies have been made to determine the need therefor, and to
eliminate speed zones and remove the signs therefrom whenever the need therefor
ceases to exist.
2. After the establishment of a speed zone
and the installation of appropriate signs to control speed, it is unlawful for
any person to drive a motor vehicle upon the road and in the speed zone in
excess of the speed therein authorized.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 1487; A 1979, 1805; 1985, 641)—(Substituted
in revision for NRS 484.369)
NRS 484B.621 Establishment of State Route 159 Safety Speed Zone;
considerations when establishing maximum speed; adequate signage or other forms
of notice required to be evaluated and installed to support maximum speed established.
1. The State Route 159 Safety Speed Zone
is hereby established.
2. Within the State Route 159 Safety Speed
Zone, the Department of Transportation, in cooperation with other governmental
entities whose jurisdiction includes this area, shall ensure that:
(a) The maximum speed that is allowed for
vehicular traffic will be set by the Director of the Department of
Transportation at a level which takes into consideration the safety and
protection of the residents of and visitors to the Red Rock Canyon National
Conservation Area. In setting that maximum speed, the Director of the
Department of Transportation shall consider, without limitation, the following
factors:
(1) Activity of bicycles and pedestrians
in the area.
(2) Protection of the natural environment.
(3) History of accidents and crashes in
the area.
(4) Recreational activities conducted in
the area.
(5) The evaluation and use of measures of
traffic calming which will support the maximum speed that is set.
(6) The ability of law enforcement
agencies to enforce effectively the maximum speed that is set.
(b) Adequate signage or other forms of notice are
evaluated and installed to support and enhance the maximum speed that is set by
the Director of the Department of Transportation, as described in paragraph
(a).
3. The State Route 159 Safety Speed Zone
consists of:
(a) Any portion of State Route 159 that is within
the Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area;
(b) Any portion of State Route 159 that abuts or
is immediately adjacent to the Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area; and
(c) Any portion of State Route 159 that has been
designated as a Scenic Byway or State Scenic Byway.
4. As used in this section:
(a) “Scenic Byway” and “State Scenic Byway” have
the meanings ascribed to them in the National Scenic Byways Program, as issued
by the Federal Highway Administration in 60 Federal Register 26,759 on May 18,
1995.
(b) “Traffic calming” means a combination of
measures and techniques intended to:
(1) Reduce vehicular speeds;
(2) Promote safe and pleasant conditions
for motorists, bicyclists, pedestrians and residents;
(3) Improve the environment and usability
of roadways;
(4) Improve real and perceived safety for
nonmotorized traffic; or
(5) Any combination of subparagraphs (1)
to (4), inclusive.
(Added to NRS by 2009, 267)
NRS 484B.623 Slow driving; establishment of minimum speed limit.
1. A person shall not drive a motor
vehicle at such a slow speed as to impede the normal and reasonable movement of
traffic except when reduced speed is necessary for safe operation or in
compliance with law.
2. Whenever a public authority determines
on the basis of an engineering and traffic investigation that slow speeds on
any part of a highway consistently impede the normal and reasonable movement of
traffic, such authority may establish a minimum speed limit below which no
person shall drive a vehicle except when necessary for safe operation or in
compliance with law.
3. Such speed limit shall be in effect
after the erection of appropriate signs.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 1487)—(Substituted in revision
for NRS 484.371)
NRS 484B.627 Duties of driver driving motor vehicle at speed so slow as to
impede forward movement of traffic; prohibition against stopping vehicle on
roadway so as to impede or block normal and reasonable movement of traffic;
exception.
1. If any driver drives a motor vehicle at
a speed so slow as to impede the forward movement of traffic proceeding
immediately behind the driver, the driver shall:
(a) If the highway has one lane for traveling in
each direction and the width of the paved portion permits, drive to the extreme
right side of the highway and, if applicable, comply with the provisions of NRS 484B.630;
(b) If the highway has two or more clearly marked
lanes for traffic traveling in the direction in which the driver is traveling,
drive in the extreme right-hand lane except when necessary to pass other slowly
moving vehicles; or
(c) If the highway is a controlled-access
highway, use alternate routes whenever possible.
2. A person shall not bring a vehicle to a
complete stop upon a roadway so as to impede or block the normal and reasonable
movement of traffic unless the stop is necessary for safe operation or in
compliance with law.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 1487; A 1983, 822; 1985, 339; 1995, 2441; 2001, 1506)—(Substituted
in revision for NRS 484.373)
NRS 484B.630 Circumstances in which driver of slow-moving vehicle has duty to
turn off roadway; penalty.
1. On a highway that has one lane for
traveling in each direction, where passing is unsafe because of traffic
traveling in the opposite direction or other conditions, the driver of a
slow-moving vehicle, behind which five or more vehicles are formed in a line,
shall, to allow the vehicles following behind to proceed, turn off the roadway:
(a) At the nearest place designated as a turnout
by signs erected by the public authority having jurisdiction over the highway;
or
(b) In the absence of such a designated turnout,
at the nearest place where:
(1) Sufficient area for a safe turnout
exists; and
(2) The circumstances and conditions are
such that the driver is able to turn off the roadway in a safe manner.
2. A person who violates subsection 1 is
guilty of a misdemeanor.
3. As used in this section, “slow-moving
vehicle” means a vehicle that is traveling at a rate of speed which is less
than the posted speed limit for the highway or portion of the highway upon
which the vehicle is traveling.
(Added to NRS by 2001, 1506)—(Substituted
in revision for NRS 484.374)
NRS 484B.633 Special limitations on speed.
1. It is unlawful for any person to drive
any vehicle equipped with solid rubber or cushion tires at a speed greater than
10 miles per hour.
2. It is unlawful for any person to drive
a vehicle over any bridge or other elevated structure constituting a part of a
highway at a speed which is greater than the maximum speed which can be
maintained with safety to the bridge or structure, when such structure is
signposted as provided in this section.
3. The Department of Transportation upon
request from any local authority shall, or upon its own initiative may, conduct
an investigation of any bridge or other elevated structure constituting a part
of a highway constructed and maintained under the authority granted by chapter 408 of NRS, and if it thereupon finds
that such structure cannot with safety to itself withstand vehicles traveling
at the speed otherwise permissible under chapters
484A to 484E, inclusive, of NRS, the
Department shall determine and declare the maximum speed of vehicles which such
structure can safely withstand, and shall cause or permit suitable signs
stating such maximum speed to be erected and maintained at a distance of 100
feet before each end of such structure.
4. Upon the trial of any person charged
with a violation of this section, proof of the determination of the maximum
speed by the Department and the existence of such signs constitutes conclusive
evidence of the maximum speed which can be maintained with safety to the bridge
or structure.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 1487; A 1979, 1805)—(Substituted
in revision for NRS 484.375)
NRS 484B.637 “Low-speed vehicle” defined; highways upon which low-speed
vehicles may be operated; exception.
1. As used in this section, “low-speed
vehicle” means a motor vehicle:
(a) That is 4-wheeled;
(b) The speed of which that is attainable in 1
mile is more than 20 miles per hour and not more than 25 miles per hour on a
paved level surface;
(c) The gross vehicle weight rating of which is
less than 3,000 pounds; and
(d) That complies with the standards for safety
of such a vehicle set forth in Federal Motor Safety Standard No. 500 at 49
C.F.R. § 571.500.
2. If registered, a low-speed vehicle may
be operated upon a highway where the posted speed limit is 35 miles per hour or
less. A person shall not operate a low-speed vehicle upon a highway where the
posted speed limit is greater than 35 miles per hour, except to cross such a
highway at an intersection.
(Added to NRS by 1999, 2572; A 2011, 5)—(Substituted
in revision for NRS 484.527)
AGGRESSIVE DRIVING; RECKLESS DRIVING; VEHICULAR
MANSLAUGHTER
NRS 484B.650 Acts constituting aggressive driving; penalties; additional
penalty for violation committed in work zone.
1. A driver commits an offense of
aggressive driving if, during any single, continuous period of driving within
the course of 1 mile, the driver does all the following, in any sequence:
(a) Commits one or more acts of speeding in
violation of NRS 484B.363 or 484B.600.
(b) Commits two or more of the following acts, in
any combination, or commits any of the following acts more than once:
(1) Failing to obey an official
traffic-control device in violation of NRS 484B.300.
(2) Overtaking and passing another vehicle
upon the right by driving off the paved portion of the highway in violation of NRS 484B.210.
(3) Improper or unsafe driving upon a
highway that has marked lanes for traffic in violation of NRS 484B.223.
(4) Following another vehicle too closely
in violation of NRS 484B.127.
(5) Failing to yield the right-of-way in
violation of any provision of NRS 484B.250 to 484B.267, inclusive.
(c) Creates an immediate hazard, regardless of
its duration, to another vehicle or to another person, whether or not the other
person is riding in or upon the vehicle of the driver or any other vehicle.
2. A driver may be prosecuted and
convicted of an offense of aggressive driving in violation of subsection 1
whether or not the driver is prosecuted or convicted for committing any of the
acts described in paragraphs (a) and (b) of subsection 1.
3. A driver who commits an offense of
aggressive driving in violation of subsection 1 is guilty of a misdemeanor and:
(a) For the first offense, shall be punished:
(1) By a fine of not less than $250 but
not more than $1,000; or
(2) By both fine and imprisonment in the
county jail for not more than 6 months.
(b) For the second offense, shall be punished:
(1) By a fine of not less than $1,000 but
not more than $1,500; or
(2) By both fine and imprisonment in the
county jail for not more than 6 months.
(c) For the third and each subsequent offense,
shall be punished:
(1) By a fine of not less than $1,500 but
not more than $2,000; or
(2) By both fine and imprisonment in the
county jail for not more than 6 months.
4. In addition to any other penalty
pursuant to subsection 3:
(a) For the first offense within 2 years, the
court shall order the driver to attend, at the driver’s own expense, a course
of traffic safety approved by the Department and may issue an order suspending
the driver’s license of the driver for a period of not more than 30 days.
(b) For a second or subsequent offense within 2
years, the court shall issue an order revoking the driver’s license of the
driver for a period of 1 year.
5. To determine whether the provisions of
paragraph (a) or (b) of subsection 4 apply to one or more offenses of
aggressive driving, the court shall use the date on which each offense of
aggressive driving was committed.
6. If the driver is already the subject of
any other order suspending or revoking his or her driver’s license, the court
shall order the additional period of suspension or revocation, as appropriate,
to apply consecutively with the previous order.
7. If the court issues an order suspending
or revoking the driver’s license of the driver pursuant to this section, the
court shall require the driver to surrender to the court all driver’s licenses
then held by the driver. The court shall, within 5 days after issuing the
order, forward the driver’s licenses and a copy of the order to the Department.
8. If the driver successfully completes a
course of traffic safety ordered pursuant to this section, the Department shall
cancel three demerit points from his or her driving record in accordance with NRS 483.448 or 483.475, as appropriate, unless the driver
would not otherwise be entitled to have those demerit points cancelled pursuant
to the provisions of that section.
9. This section does not preclude the
suspension or revocation of the driver’s license of the driver, or the
suspension of the future driving privileges of a person, pursuant to any other
provision of law.
10. A person who violates any provision of
subsection 1 may be subject to the additional penalty set forth in NRS 484B.130.
(Added to NRS by 1999, 1385; A 2003, 1243, 3243; 2007, 2729)—(Substituted
in revision for NRS 484.3765)
NRS 484B.653 Reckless driving and organization of unauthorized speed contests
prohibited; penalties; court to suspend driver’s license of certain offenders;
additional penalties for violation committed in work zone or if driver is
proximate cause of collision with pedestrian or person riding bicycle.
1. It is unlawful for a person to:
(a) Drive a vehicle in willful or wanton
disregard of the safety of persons or property.
(b) Drive a vehicle in an unauthorized speed
contest on a public highway.
(c) Organize an unauthorized speed contest on a
public highway.
Ê A violation
of paragraph (a) or (b) of this subsection or subsection 1 of NRS 484B.550 constitutes reckless driving.
2. If, while violating the provisions of
subsections 1 to 5, inclusive, of NRS 484B.270, NRS 484B.280, paragraph (a) or (c) of subsection 1 of
NRS 484B.283, NRS
484B.350, subsection 1 or 2 of NRS 484B.363 or
subsection 1 of NRS 484B.600, the driver of a
motor vehicle is the proximate cause of a collision with a pedestrian or a
person riding a bicycle, the violation constitutes reckless driving.
3. A person who violates paragraph (a) of
subsection 1 is guilty of a misdemeanor and:
(a) For the first offense, shall be punished:
(1) By a fine of not less than $250 but
not more than $1,000; or
(2) By both fine and imprisonment in the
county jail for not more than 6 months.
(b) For the second offense, shall be punished:
(1) By a fine of not less than $1,000 but
not more than $1,500; or
(2) By both fine and imprisonment in the
county jail for not more than 6 months.
(c) For the third and each subsequent offense,
shall be punished:
(1) By a fine of not less than $1,500 but
not more than $2,000; or
(2) By both fine and imprisonment in the
county jail for not more than 6 months.
4. A person who violates paragraph (b) or
(c) of subsection 1 or commits a violation which constitutes reckless driving
pursuant to subsection 2 is guilty of a misdemeanor and:
(a) For the first offense:
(1) Shall be punished by a fine of not
less than $250 but not more than $1,000;
(2) Shall perform not less than 50 hours,
but not more than 99 hours, of community service; and
(3) May be punished by imprisonment in the
county jail for not more than 6 months.
(b) For the second offense:
(1) Shall be punished by a fine of not
less than $1,000 but not more than $1,500;
(2) Shall perform not less than 100 hours,
but not more than 199 hours, of community service; and
(3) May be punished by imprisonment in the
county jail for not more than 6 months.
(c) For the third and each subsequent offense:
(1) Shall be punished by a fine of not
less than $1,500 but not more than $2,000;
(2) Shall perform 200 hours of community
service; and
(3) May be punished by imprisonment in the
county jail for not more than 6 months.
5. In addition to any fine, community
service and imprisonment imposed upon a person pursuant to subsection 4, the
court:
(a) Shall issue an order suspending the driver’s
license of the person for a period of not less than 6 months but not more than
2 years and requiring the person to surrender all driver’s licenses then held
by the person;
(b) Within 5 days after issuing an order pursuant
to paragraph (a), shall forward to the Department any licenses, together with a
copy of the order;
(c) For the first offense, may issue an order
impounding, for a period of 15 days, any vehicle that is registered to the
person who violates paragraph (b) or (c) of subsection 1 if the vehicle is used
in the commission of the offense; and
(d) For the second and each subsequent offense,
shall issue an order impounding, for a period of 30 days, any vehicle that is
registered to the person who violates paragraph (b) or (c) of subsection 1 if
the vehicle is used in the commission of the offense.
6. Unless a greater penalty is provided
pursuant to subsection 4 of NRS 484B.550, a person
who does any act or neglects any duty imposed by law while driving or in actual
physical control of any vehicle in willful or wanton disregard of the safety of
persons or property, if the act or neglect of duty proximately causes the death
of or substantial bodily harm to another person, is guilty of a category B
felony and shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for a minimum
term of not less than 1 year and a maximum term of not more than 6 years and by
a fine of not less than $2,000 but not more than $5,000.
7. A person who violates any provision of
this section may be subject to the additional penalty set forth in NRS 484B.130 unless the person is subject to the
penalty provided pursuant to subsection 4 of NRS
484B.550.
8. As used in this section, “organize”
means to plan, schedule or promote, or assist in the planning, scheduling or
promotion of, an unauthorized speed contest on a public highway, regardless of
whether a fee is charged for attending the unauthorized speed contest.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 1486; A 1981, 866; 1983, 1015; 1993, 524; 1995, 1298; 2003, 487, 3244; 2007, 2039; 2011, 1637)—(Substituted
in revision for NRS 484.377)
NRS 484B.657 Vehicular manslaughter; penalty; additional penalty for
violation committed in work zone.
1. A person who, while driving or in
actual physical control of any vehicle, proximately causes the death of another
person through an act or omission that constitutes simple negligence is guilty
of vehicular manslaughter and shall be punished for a misdemeanor.
2. A person who commits an offense of
vehicular manslaughter may be subject to the additional penalty set forth in NRS 484B.130.
3. Upon the conviction of a person for a
violation of the provisions of subsection 1, the court shall notify the
Department of the conviction.
4. Upon receipt of notification from a
court pursuant to subsection 3, the Department shall cause an entry of the
conviction to be made upon the driving record of the person so convicted.
(Added to NRS by 2005, 78)—(Substituted
in revision for NRS 484.3775)
EMERGENCY VEHICLES AND PROCESSIONS
NRS 484B.700 Privileges granted to driver of authorized emergency vehicle,
official vehicle of regulatory agency or vehicle escorting funeral procession;
application of privileges; limitation of privileges.
1. The driver of an authorized emergency
vehicle or an official vehicle of a regulatory agency, when responding to an
emergency call or when in pursuit of an actual or suspected violator of the law
or when responding to but not upon returning from a fire alarm, or a vehicle
escorting a funeral procession, may:
(a) Proceed past a red or stop signal or stop
sign, but only after slowing down as may be necessary for safe operation.
(b) Exceed any speed limits so long as the driver
does not endanger life or property, except that a vehicle escorting a funeral
procession may not exceed the speed limit by more than 15 miles per hour to
overtake the procession and direct traffic at the next intersection.
(c) Disregard regulations governing direction of
movement or turning in specified directions. The driver of a vehicle escorting
a funeral procession may direct the movements of the vehicles in the procession
in a similar manner and may direct the movements of other vehicles.
2. The privileges granted in subsection 1
apply only when the vehicle is making use of:
(a) Audible and visual signals; or
(b) Visual signals only,
Ê as required
by law.
3. The driver of an authorized emergency
vehicle or an official vehicle of a regulatory agency may park or stand without
regard to the provisions of chapters 484A
to 484E, inclusive, of NRS, if the driver
makes use of a warning lamp.
4. The provisions of this section do not
relieve the driver from the duty to drive with due regard for the safety of all
persons and do not protect the driver from the consequences of the driver’s
reckless disregard for the safety of others.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 1506; A 1985, 25, 944, 1040; 2001, 740)—(Substituted
in revision for NRS 484.261)
NRS 484B.703 Driving through funeral or other procession.
1. The operator of a motor vehicle shall
not drive between the vehicles, persons or animals comprising a funeral or
other authorized procession when those vehicles are properly identified by
pennants or other authorized insignia and while the funeral or procession is in
motion, except when otherwise directed by a police officer or by the driver of
a vehicle escorting the funeral procession.
2. This section does not apply to
authorized emergency vehicles.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 1506; A 1985, 944)—(Substituted
in revision for NRS 484.467)
NRS 484B.707 Driving in procession.
1. All vehicles, persons or animals
comprising a funeral or other procession shall follow the preceding vehicles,
persons or animals in the procession as closely as is practicable and safe.
2. Each vehicle in a funeral procession
must have its headlamps lighted.
3. The driver of a vehicle escorting a
funeral procession may display flashing amber warning lights if the appropriate
permit has been issued pursuant to NRS
484D.185.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 1506; A 1985, 945)—(Substituted
in revision for NRS 484.469)
NRS 484B.710 Following fire apparatus prohibited. The
driver of any motor vehicle other than an authorized emergency vehicle on
official business shall not follow any fire apparatus traveling in response to
a fire alarm closer than 500 feet or driving to or park such vehicle within 500
feet of fire apparatus which stopped in answer to a fire alarm.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 1507)—(Substituted in revision
for NRS 484.461)
ACTIONS AND DEVICES RELATED TO SAFETY
NRS 484B.740 Fusee: Limitation on color. No
fusee which produces other than red light shall be placed on the highway to
warn of any stalled vehicle or other hazard to traffic.
(Added to NRS by 1963, 1268)—(Substituted in revision
for NRS 484.491)
NRS 484B.743 Reflective material required for person directing or controlling
traffic near school. All flags,
belts, apparel and devices issued to a pupil or any other person who is
controlling or directing traffic near a school, when used during periods of
darkness, must be made at least in part with reflective materials which are
visible from 300 feet to approaching motorists using lawful lower beams of
headlamps.
(Added to NRS by 1985, 640)—(Substituted
in revision for NRS 484.496)
NRS 484B.747 Operator of tow car to place warning signs when rendering
assistance to disabled vehicle on certain roadways. The
operator of a tow car used for the purpose of rendering assistance to other
vehicles shall, when the rendering of assistance necessitates the obstruction of
any portion of the roadway outside a business or residence district, place a
highway warning sign 100 feet in advance of and 100 feet to the rear of the
disabled vehicle.
(Added to NRS by 1963, 1268)—(Substituted in revision
for NRS 484.497)
NRS 484B.748 Use of flashing amber warning lights on tow car at scene of
traffic hazard.
1. A tow car which is equipped with
flashing amber warning lights pursuant to NRS
484D.185 may display flashing amber warning lights to the front, sides or
rear of the tow car when at the scene of a traffic hazard.
2. Any flashing amber warning light used
pursuant to this section must comply with the standards approved by the
Department.
(Added to NRS by 2009, 1095)
NRS 484B.750 Placement of red flares, red lanterns, warning lights or
reflectors by tow car operator near warning signs when rendering assistance to
disabled vehicle on highway in certain circumstances. Where
a motor vehicle is disabled on the highway, the tow car operator shall
immediately upon arrival place warning signs upon the highway as prescribed in NRS 484B.747 and:
1. During darkness, shall, if it is safe
to do so, place not less than one red flare, red lantern, warning light or
reflector in close proximity to each warning sign.
2. During daylight, may place a red flare,
red lantern, warning light or reflector in close proximity to each warning
sign.
(Added to NRS by 1963, 1268; A 2009, 1096)—(Substituted
in revision for NRS 484.499)
NRS 484B.753 When operator of tow car authorized to tow vehicle with person
inside. [Effective until the date on which the Secretary of the United States
Department of Transportation, or his or her authorized representative, rescinds
that portion of the Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard No. 208 (49 C.F.R. §
571.208) which requires the installation of automatic restraints in new private
passenger motor vehicles, unless the Secretary’s decision to rescind is not
based on the enactment or continued operation of section 1 of chapter 29,
Statutes of Nevada 2009.] When
rendering assistance to a person with restricted mobility or to a person who is
in a hazardous situation, an operator of a tow car may tow a vehicle with the
person inside the vehicle to the nearest location that is safe if the person is
properly restrained and, if applicable, wearing a safety belt as required
pursuant to NRS 484D.495.
(Added to NRS by 2009, 56)
NRS 484B.753 When operator of tow car
authorized to tow vehicle with person inside. [Effective on the date on which
the Secretary of the United States Department of Transportation, or his or her
authorized representative, rescinds that portion of the Federal Motor Vehicle
Safety Standard No. 208 (49 C.F.R. § 571.208) which requires the installation
of automatic restraints in new private passenger motor vehicles, unless the
Secretary’s decision to rescind is not based on the enactment or continued
operation of section 1 of chapter 29, Statutes of Nevada 2009.] When rendering assistance to a person with
restricted mobility or to a person who is in a hazardous situation, an operator
of a tow car may tow a vehicle with the person inside the vehicle to the
nearest location that is safe if the person is properly restrained.
(Added to NRS by 2009, 56; A 2009, 56,
effective on the date on which the Secretary of the United States Department of
Transportation, or his or her authorized representative, rescinds that portion
of the Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard No. 208 (49 C.F.R. § 571.208)
which requires the installation of automatic restraints in new private
passenger motor vehicles, unless the Secretary’s decision to rescind is not
based on the enactment or continued operation of section 1 of chapter 29,
Statutes of Nevada 2009)
NRS 484B.757 Use of flashing amber warning lights by private patrol officer. A vehicle which is operated by a private
patrol officer licensed pursuant to chapter 648
of NRS or his or her employee and which is equipped with flashing amber warning
lights pursuant to NRS 484D.185 may
display flashing amber warning lights to the front, sides or rear of the
vehicle when:
1. The private patrol officer or his or
her employee who operates the vehicle is engaged in the business for which the
private patrol officer is licensed; and
2. The vehicle is:
(a) On private property which the private patrol
officer is authorized to protect;
(b) On a public road and stopped adjacent to
private property which the private patrol officer is authorized to protect; or
(c) On a public road and moving at a speed slower
than the normal flow of traffic.
(Added to NRS by 2009, 1096)
OPERATION OF BICYCLES, ELECTRIC BICYCLES AND VEHICLES FOR PLAY
NRS 484B.760 Penalty for violation of provisions; responsibility of parent of
child or guardian of ward; applicability of provisions to bicycles and electric
bicycles.
1. It is a misdemeanor for any person to
do any act forbidden or fail to perform any act required in NRS 484B.768 to 484B.783,
inclusive.
2. The parent of any child and the
guardian of any ward shall not authorize or knowingly permit the child or ward
to violate any of the provisions of chapters
484A to 484E, inclusive, of NRS.
3. The provisions applicable to bicycles
and electric bicycles apply whenever a bicycle or an electric bicycle is
operated upon any highway or upon any path set aside for the exclusive use of
bicycles or electric bicycles subject to those exceptions stated herein.
(Added to NRS by 1957, 505; A 2009, 113, 399)—(Substituted
in revision for NRS 484.501)
NRS 484B.763 Application of traffic laws to person riding bicycle or electric
bicycle. Every person riding a
bicycle or an electric bicycle upon a roadway has all of the rights and is
subject to all of the duties applicable to the driver of a vehicle except as
otherwise provided in NRS 484B.767 to 484B.783, inclusive, and except as to those
provisions of chapters 484A to 484E, inclusive, of NRS which by their nature
can have no application.
(Added to NRS by 1957, 504; A 1997, 1728; 2009, 113, 399)—(Substituted
in revision for NRS 484.503)
NRS 484B.767 Certain persons operating bicycle or electric bicycle while on
duty not required to comply with laws in certain circumstances.
1. Except as otherwise provided in this
section, a peace officer, a firefighter, an emergency medical technician, an
advanced emergency medical technician or a paramedic certified pursuant to chapter 450B of NRS or an employee of a
pedestrian mall, who operates a bicycle or an electric bicycle while on duty, is
not required to comply with any provision of NRS or any ordinance of a local
government relating to the operation of a bicycle or an electric bicycle while
on duty if he or she:
(a) Is responding to an emergency call or the
peace officer is in pursuit of a suspected violator of the law; or
(b) Determines that noncompliance with any such
provision is necessary to carry out his or her duties.
2. The provisions of this section do not:
(a) Relieve a peace officer, firefighter,
emergency medical technician, advanced emergency medical technician, paramedic
or employee of a pedestrian mall from the duty to operate a bicycle or an
electric bicycle with due regard for the safety of others.
(b) Protect such a person from the consequences
of the person’s disregard for the safety of others.
3. As used in this section, “pedestrian
mall” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS
268.811.
(Added to NRS by 1997, 1728; A 2005, 315; 2009, 399; 2013, 963)—(Substituted
in revision for NRS 484.504)
NRS 484B.768 Required action of operator of bicycle or electric bicycle when
turning from direct course; when signal not required.
1. Except as otherwise provided in
subsection 2, an operator of a bicycle or an electric bicycle upon a roadway
shall not turn from a direct course unless the movement may be made with
reasonable safety and the operator gives an appropriate signal. The operator
shall give the appropriate signal at least one time but is not required to give
the signal continuously.
2. An operator of a bicycle or an electric
bicycle is not required to give a signal if:
(a) The bicycle or electric bicycle is in a
designated turn lane; or
(b) Safe operation of the bicycle or electric
bicycle requires the operator to keep both hands on the bicycle or electric
bicycle.
(Added to NRS by 2009, 112)
NRS 484B.769 Signals required to be given by operator of bicycle or electric
bicycle on roadway. An operator of
a bicycle or an electric bicycle upon a roadway shall give all signals by hand
and arm in the manner required by NRS 484B.420,
except that the operator may give a signal for a right turn by extending his or
her right hand and arm horizontally and to the right side of the bicycle or
electric bicycle.
(Added to NRS by 2009, 113)
NRS 484B.770 Where bicycles or electric bicycles may be ridden; limitation on
number of persons carried on bicycle or electric bicycle.
1. A person propelling a bicycle or an
electric bicycle shall not ride other than upon or astride a permanent and
regular seat attached thereto.
2. No bicycle or electric bicycle shall be
used to carry more persons at one time than the number for which it is designed
and equipped.
(Added to NRS by 1957, 504; A 2009, 399)—(Substituted
in revision for NRS 484.505)
NRS 484B.773 Attaching to vehicle upon roadway prohibited. No person riding upon any bicycle, electric
bicycle, coaster, roller skates, sled or toy vehicle shall attach the same or
himself or herself to any vehicle upon a roadway.
(Added to NRS by 1957, 504; A 2009, 399)—(Substituted
in revision for NRS 484.507)
NRS 484B.777 Operating bicycle or electric bicycle on roadway.
1. Every person operating a bicycle or an
electric bicycle upon a roadway shall, except:
(a) When traveling at a lawful rate of speed
commensurate with the speed of any nearby traffic;
(b) When preparing to turn left; or
(c) When doing so would not be safe,
Ê ride as near
to the right side of the roadway as practicable, exercising due care when
passing a standing vehicle or one proceeding in the same direction.
2. Persons riding bicycles or electric
bicycles upon a roadway shall not ride more than two abreast except on paths or
parts of roadways set aside for the exclusive use of bicycles or electric
bicycles.
(Added to NRS by 1957, 504; A 1991, 2229; 2009, 400)—(Substituted
in revision for NRS 484.509)
NRS 484B.780 Carrying articles on bicycle or electric bicycle. No person operating a bicycle or an electric
bicycle shall carry any package, bundle or article which prevents the driver
from keeping at least one hand upon the handle bars.
(Added to NRS by 1957, 505; A 2009, 400)—(Substituted
in revision for NRS 484.511)
NRS 484B.783 Lamps, reflectors and brakes required on bicycles and electric
bicycles.
1. Every bicycle or electric bicycle when
in use at night must be equipped with:
(a) A lamp on the front which emits a white light
visible from a distance of at least 500 feet to the front;
(b) A red reflector on the rear of a type approved
by the Department which must be visible from 50 feet to 300 feet to the rear
when directly in front of lawful lower beams of headlamps on a motor vehicle;
and
(c) Reflective material of a sufficient size and
reflectivity to be visible from both sides of the bicycle for 600 feet when
directly in front of the lawful lower beams of the headlamps of a motor
vehicle, or in lieu of such material, a lighted lamp visible from both sides
from a distance of at least 500 feet.
2. Every bicycle or electric bicycle must
be equipped with a brake which will enable the operator to make the wheels skid
on dry, level, clean pavement.
(Added to NRS by 1957, 505; A 1961, 136; 1975, 30; 1985, 1464, 1952; 1991, 2229; 2009, 400)—(Substituted
in revision for NRS 484.513)
MISCELLANEOUS RULES
NRS 484B.900 Rental agency not liable for traffic violation by user of rented
vehicle. No automobile rental
agency shall be liable for any traffic violation arising out of the use of a
leased or rented motor vehicle during the period such motor vehicle is not in
the possession of the agency. This section does not absolve any such agency
from liability for any misdemeanor committed by an officer, employee or agent
of the agency.
(Added to NRS by 1973, 1160)—(Substituted in revision
for NRS 484.262)
NRS 484B.903 Putting glass or other injurious substance on highway
prohibited.
1. No person shall throw or deposit upon
any highway any glass bottle, glass, nails, tacks, wire, cans or any other
substance likely to injure any person, animal or vehicle upon such highway.
2. Any person who drops, or permits to be
dropped or thrown, upon any highway any destructive or injurious material shall
immediately remove the same or cause it to be removed.
3. Any person removing a wrecked or
damaged vehicle from a highway shall remove any glass or other injurious
substance dropped upon the highway from such vehicle.
(Added to NRS by 1957, 504)—(Substituted in revision
for NRS 484.465)
NRS 484B.907 Violation of curfew by drivers who are 16 or 17 years of age;
exception for scheduled events; violation does not constitute primary offense.
1. A person to whom a driver’s license has
been issued pursuant to NRS 483.2521
shall not operate a motor vehicle between the hours of 10 p.m. and 5 a.m.
unless the person is operating the vehicle to drive to or from a scheduled
event. A peace officer shall not issue a citation to a person for operating a
vehicle in violation of this section if the person provides evidence
satisfactory to the peace officer that the reason that the person is operating
the vehicle between the hours of 10 p.m. and 5 a.m. is because the person is
driving to or from a scheduled event.
2. A peace officer shall not stop a motor
vehicle for the sole purpose of determining whether the driver of the vehicle
is violating subsection 1. A citation may be issued for a violation of
subsection 1 only if the violation is discovered when the vehicle is halted or
its driver is arrested for another violation or offense.
(Added to NRS by 1997, 1521; A 2005, 2309)—(Substituted
in revision for NRS 484.466)
NRS 484B.910 Motor must be shut off when supply tank being filled with fuel. It shall be unlawful for the driver of any
motor vehicle to leave the engine of the motor vehicle running while the supply
tank of the vehicle is being filled with gasoline or other motor fuel.
[11:166:1925; NCL § 4360]—(Substituted in revision
for NRS 484.477)
NRS 484B.913 Crossing fire hose. A
vehicle shall not be driven over any unprotected hose of a fire department when
laid down on any highway or private way or place for use at any fire or alarm
of fire or practice runs, without the consent of the fire department official
in command.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 1507)—(Substituted in revision
for NRS 484.463)
NRS 484B.917 Police officer to remove and destroy lights and sirens
unlawfully installed or operated. A
police officer shall remove and destroy, or cause to be removed and destroyed,
all red, blue or amber lights and all sirens unlawfully installed or operated.
(Added to NRS by 1963, 1266; A 1985, 1041)—(Substituted
in revision for NRS 484.493)
NRS 484B.920 Permits required for certain parades and processions, sound
trucks and oversized or overweight vehicles or equipment; duties of Department
of Transportation; authority of cities and counties to provide recommendations
and notice; regulations; penalty.
1. A procession, except a funeral
procession, or parade, except the forces of the United States Armed Services,
the military forces of this State and the forces of the police and fire
departments, must not occupy, march or proceed along any highway except in
accordance with the permit issued by the proper public authority.
2. A sound truck or other vehicle equipped
with an amplifier or loudspeaker must not be driven upon any highway for the
purpose of selling, offering for sale or advertising in any fashion except in
accordance with a permit issued by the proper public authority.
3. An oversized or overweight vehicle or
equipment must not be driven, occupy or proceed upon any highway except in
accordance with a permit issued by the Department of Transportation.
4. The Department of Transportation, upon
request, shall notify a city or county immediately after a permit has been
issued for an oversized or overweight vehicle or equipment to be driven, occupy
or proceed upon any highway under the jurisdiction of that city or county.
5. Nothing in chapters 484A to 484E, inclusive, of NRS prohibits a city or
county affected by the issuance of permits pursuant to this section from:
(a) Recommending to the Department of
Transportation the establishment of certain routes by which oversized or
overweight vehicles may proceed through the city or county and any
modifications to those routes; or
(b) Notifying the Department of Transportation if
the issuance of a permit authorizing an oversized or overweight vehicle or
equipment to be driven, occupy or proceed upon a certain highway would
negatively impact traffic safety or flow of traffic due to unique conditions in
the city or county.
6. The Department of Transportation shall
adopt regulations regarding the issuance of permits for oversized or overweight
vehicles or equipment to be driven, occupy or proceed upon any highway that is
under the jurisdiction of a county whose population is less than 700,000, or a
city in a county whose population is less than 700,000. The regulations may
limit the movement of oversized or overweight vehicles to certain:
(a) Routes;
(b) Hours of the day; or
(c) Days of the week,
Ê to ensure
public safety.
7. Any person who violates any provision
of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 1506; A 1985, 945; 1987, 1103; 2007, 2733; 2011, 1289)—(Substituted
in revision for NRS 484.471)
