2010 Nevada Code
TITLE 43 PUBLIC SAFETY; VEHICLES; WATERCRAFT
Chapter 484B Rules of the Road
NRS 484B.767 Certain persons operating bicycle or electric bicycle while on duty not required to comply with laws in certain circumstances.

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 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 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)-(Substituted in revision for NRS 484.504)