2015 Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 484B - Rules of the Road
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)
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