2019 Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 484B - Rules of the Road
NRS 484B.207 - Overtaking vehicle on left side: Duties of drivers of overtaking and overtaken vehicle; additional penalty for violation committed in work zone or pedestrian safety zone.

Universal Citation: NV Rev Stat § 484B.207 (2019)

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 any additional penalty set forth in NRS 484B.130 or 484B.135.

(Added to NRS by 1969, 1499; A 1973, 1325; 2003, 3239; 2015, 1564) — (Substituted in revision for NRS 484.295)

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