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2010 Nevada Code
TITLE 43 PUBLIC SAFETY; VEHICLES; WATERCRAFT
Chapter 484B Rules of the Road
NRS 484B.270 Vehicles, bicycles and electric bicycles.

NRS 484B.270 Vehicles, bicycles and electric bicycles.

1. The driver of a motor vehicle shall not:

(a) Intentionally interfere with the movement of a person lawfully riding a bicycle or an electric bicycle; or

(b) Overtake and pass a person riding a bicycle or an electric bicycle unless the driver can do so safely without endangering the person riding the bicycle or electric bicycle.

2. 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.

3. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, 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.

4. 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.

5. 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)-(Substituted in revision for NRS 484.324)

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