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2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 484B - Rules of the Road › 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)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 484B - Rules of the Road › 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)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 484B - Rules of the Road › 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)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 484B - Rules of the Road › 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)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 484B - Rules of the Road › 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)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 484B - Rules of the Road › 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)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 484B - Rules of the Road › 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)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 484B - Rules of the Road › NRS 484B.523 - Stopping, standing or parking in metered parking zone; unlawful tampering with meter.

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)—(Substituted in revision for NRS 484.443)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 484B - Rules of the Road › 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,
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)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 484B - Rules of the Road › 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)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 484B - Rules of the Road › 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)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 484B - Rules of the Road › 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 on a highway or premises to which the public has access 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,
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; 2019, 2653)—(Substituted in revision for NRS 484.348)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 484B - Rules of the Road › NRS 484B.553 - Obedience to signal indicating approach of railroad train or other on-track equipment.

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 or other on-track equipment, 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 or other on-track equipment.
(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 or other on-track equipment.
(c) A railroad train or other on-track equipment approaching within approximately 1,500 feet of the highway crossing emits a signal audible from such distance and such railroad train or other on-track equipment, by reason of its speed or nearness to such crossing, is an immediate hazard.
(d) An approaching railroad train or other on-track equipment 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; A 2019, 342)—(Substituted in revision for NRS 484.349)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 484B - Rules of the Road › 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)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 484B - Rules of the Road › 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 or other on-track equipment and for signals indicating the approach of a train or other on-track equipment, 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 or other on-track equipment. 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; A 2019, 343)—(Substituted in revision for NRS 484.355)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 484B - Rules of the Road › 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)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 484B - Rules of the Road › 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)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 484B - Rules of the Road › NRS 484B.574 - Flooding or water on roadway: Liability for expenses if person travels through temporary roadblock or is convicted of reckless driving; limitations on liability and expenses; immunity from liability.

1. Except as otherwise provided in subsections 4 and 5, a person who, as described in NRS 484B.580, unlawfully proceeds or travels through a temporary roadblock established pursuant to NRS 484B.573 because of flooding or water on the roadway, is liable for the expenses of any emergency response that is required to:
(a) Remove the driver or any passenger from the vehicle;
(b) Move or remove the vehicle that becomes inoperable from the roadway or any area near the roadway where the vehicle creates a hazard; or
(c) Both (a) and (b).
2. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 4, a person who is convicted of reckless driving pursuant to NRS 484B.653 for driving a vehicle into any area that is temporarily covered by a rise in water level as a result of flooding or any other cause, may be liable for the expenses of any emergency response that is required to:
(a) Remove the driver or any passenger from the vehicle;
(b) Move or remove the vehicle that becomes inoperable from the area; or
(c) Both (a) and (b).
3. The liability imposed by this section is in addition to and does not limit any other liability that may be imposed in accordance with law.
4. A person’s liability for the expenses of any emergency response pursuant to this section must not exceed $2,000 for a single incident.
5. A person who violates subsection 1 as a result of making a good faith effort to assist a person who is or appears to be in danger because of flooding or water on the roadway is immune from the liability imposed by this section.
6. An insurance policy may exclude coverage for a person’s liability for the expenses of any emergency response as described in this section.
7. The expenses of any emergency response pursuant to this section are a charge against the person liable for those expenses in accordance with this section. The charge constitutes a debt of that person and may be collected proportionately by the public entities, for profit entities or nonprofit entities that incurred the expenses.
8. As used in this section:
(a) "Expenses of any emergency response" means all reasonable costs and expenses directly incurred by any entity making an appropriate emergency response and removing a person from a vehicle or moving or removing a vehicle pursuant to subsection 1 or 2. The term includes, without limitation:
(1) The salary or wages of any person participating in the emergency response;
(2) The deemed wages of any volunteer of a public entity participating in the emergency response; and
(3) The costs for the use or operation of any equipment used in the emergency response, including, without limitation, the cost of fuel for the equipment.
(b) The term does not include any fees or charges assessed for the use of an air ambulance or ambulance, as those terms are defined in NRS 450B.030 and 450B.040, respectively.
(Added to NRS by 2015, 1122)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 484B - Rules of the Road › 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)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 484B - Rules of the Road › 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)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 484B - Rules of the Road › 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 or as otherwise authorized by subsection 3, 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 driving a vehicle described in paragraphs (a) to (f), inclusive, of subsection 4 of NRS 484B.210 may drive that vehicle on a paved shoulder of a controlled-access highway where lawfully placed signage allows that vehicle to use the shoulder in that manner.
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, 1500; A 2003, 3241; 2009, 154; 2023, 653)—(Substituted in revision for NRS 484.311)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 484B - Rules of the Road › 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)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 484B - Rules of the Road › 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 civil infraction punishable pursuant to NRS 484A.703 to 484A.705, inclusive.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 1500; A 1979, 1804; 1987, 1103; 1991, 2229; 2009, 398; 2021, 3334)—(Substituted in revision for NRS 484.313)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 484B - Rules of the Road › NRS 484B.600 - Basic rule; penalties; discretion of court to reduce violation in certain circumstances; maximum fine; unlawful act.

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) A rate of speed that results in the injury of another person or of any property.
(e) In any event, a rate of speed greater than 80 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, an electric bicycle or an electric scooter, 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 or 484B.135.
4. Except as otherwise provided by law, if a person is issued a traffic citation for a violation of any provision of subsection 1, the court may, in its discretion, reduce the violation from a moving traffic violation to a violation that is not a moving traffic violation. There is a presumption in favor of reducing the violation if the person pays the entire amount of the fine and all fees due before the date on which the person is first required to make an appearance relating to the citation, whether by personal appearance or through his or her counsel, but such a presumption may be overcome if the driving record of the person demonstrates a pattern of moving traffic violations.
5. Any fine imposed pursuant to paragraph (a), (b), (c) or (e) of subsection 1 must not exceed $20 for each mile per hour a person travels above the posted speed limit or the proper rate of speed at which the person should be traveling, as applicable. The provisions of this subsection apply regardless of whether a person pays the entire amount of the fine and all fees due in accordance with subsection 4.
6. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 7, a person who commits a violation of any provision of this section that causes physical injury to a person or damage to property shall be punished by a civil penalty of not more than $1,000.
7. A person who commits a violation of any provision of this section and, at the time the violation was committed, was operating a vehicle at a rate of speed that was 30 miles per hour or more over that posted by a public authority is guilty of a misdemeanor.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 1486; A 1975, 754; 1987, 656; 1995, 2441, 2442; 2003, 3241; 2011, 1636; 2015, 308, 1576; 2019, 1893, 2281; 2021, 3334)—(Substituted in revision for NRS 484.361)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 484B - Rules of the Road › NRS 484B.603 - Duty of driver to decrease speed under certain circumstances; additional penalty for violation committed in work zone or pedestrian safety 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 any additional penalty set forth in NRS 484B.130 or 484B.135.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 1495; A 2003, 3242; 2015, 1576)—(Substituted in revision for NRS 484.363)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 484B - Rules of the Road › NRS 484B.610 - Speed limit in unincorporated town; penalties.

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.
4. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 5, a person who violates any speed limit established pursuant to this section for the particular portion of the highway being traversed shall be punished by a civil penalty of not more than $500.
5. A person who commits a violation of any provision of this section that causes physical injury to a person or damage to property shall be punished by a civil penalty of not more than $1,000.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 1486; A 1979, 1804; 1985, 301; 2003, 3243; 2021, 3335)—(Substituted in revision for NRS 484.367)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 484B - Rules of the Road › NRS 484B.613 - Speed limit: Establishment for vehicles on highways constructed and maintained by Department of Transportation; penalties.

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 80 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.
4. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 5, a person who violates any speed limit established pursuant to this section for the particular portion of the highway being traversed shall be punished by a civil penalty of not more than $500.
5. A person who commits a violation of any provision of this section that causes physical injury to a person or damage to property shall be punished by a civil penalty of not more than $1,000.
(Added to NRS by 1995, 2440; A 1997, 640; 2003, 3243; 2015, 309; 2021, 3335)—(Substituted in revision for NRS 484.368)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 484B - Rules of the Road › NRS 484B.617 - Certain violations of speed limit in rural areas: Penalties; violation not recorded on driver’s record and not deemed moving traffic violation.

1. Except as otherwise provided in subsections 3 and 4, 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 civil penalty 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.
(d) The posted speed limit is 75 miles per hour and the person is not exceeding a speed of 80 miles per hour.
(e) The posted speed limit is 80 miles per hour and the person is not exceeding a speed of 85 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. A person who commits a violation of any provision of this section that causes physical injury to a person or damage to property shall be punished by a civil penalty of not more than $1,000.
4. 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; 2015, 309; 2021, 3336)—(Substituted in revision for NRS 484.3685)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 484B - Rules of the Road › NRS 484B.620 - Establishment of speed zones and installation of signs; penalty.

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.
3. A person who violates subsection 2 shall be punished by a civil penalty of not more than $500.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 1487; A 1979, 1805; 1985, 641; 2021, 3336)—(Substituted in revision for NRS 484.369)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 484B - Rules of the Road › 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 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; A 2015, 1637)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 484B - Rules of the Road › 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)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 484B - Rules of the Road › NRS 484B.627 - Duties of driver or operator driving or operating 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 or operator of a motor vehicle drives or operates a motor vehicle at a speed so slow as to impede the forward movement of traffic proceeding immediately behind the driver or operator, the driver or operator 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 or operator 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; 2021, 2221)—(Substituted in revision for NRS 484.373)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 484B - Rules of the Road › NRS 484B.630 - Circumstances in which driver or operator 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 or operator 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 or operator is able to turn off the roadway in a safe manner.
2. A person who violates subsection 1 is guilty of a civil infraction punishable pursuant to NRS 484A.703 to 484A.705, inclusive.
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; A 2021, 2222, 3337)—(Substituted in revision for NRS 484.374)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 484B - Rules of the Road › 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)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 484B - Rules of the Road › 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, unless an exemption from one or more provisions of that Standard has been granted for the vehicle by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
2. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3:
(a) If registered, a low-speed vehicle may be operated upon a highway where the posted speed limit is 35 miles per hour or less.
(b) 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.
3. If registered, a neighborhood occupantless vehicle may operate on a highway where the posted speed limit is greater than 35 miles per hour but not more than 45 miles per hour.
4. As used in this section, "neighborhood occupantless vehicle" means a low-speed vehicle that is not designed, intended or marketed for human occupancy.
(Added to NRS by 1999, 2572; A 2011, 5; 2021, 2222)—(Substituted in revision for NRS 484.527)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 484B - Rules of the Road › NRS 484B.657 - Vehicular manslaughter; penalty; additional penalty for violation committed in work zone or pedestrian safety zone.

1. A person who, while driving or in actual physical control of any vehicle on a highway or premises to which the public has access, 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 any additional penalty set forth in NRS 484B.130 or 484B.135.
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; A 2015, 1579; 2019, 2656)—(Substituted in revision for NRS 484.3775)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 484B - Rules of the Road › 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,
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)