1. Senate Bill No. 235–Committee on Transportation

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AN ACT relating to traffic laws; providing standards for making a right turn under certain

circumstances; deleting the provision which allows a driver of a motor vehicle to

stop, stand, park or drive within a pathway or lane provided for bicycles if he is

preparing to make or making a turn; clarifying the prohibition against entering or

proceeding through an intersection while driving within a pathway or lane provided

for bicycles; providing a penalty; and providing other matters properly relating

thereto.

 

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN

SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

Section 1. NRS 484.305 is hereby amended to read as follows:

  1. 484.305 1. [Whenever any] If a highway has two or more clearly
  1. marked lanes for traffic traveling in one direction, vehicles [shall be] must:
  1. (a) Be driven as nearly as practicable entirely within a single lane ; and
  1. [shall not]
  1. (b) Not be moved from [such] that lane until the driver has given the
  1. appropriate turn signal and ascertained that such movement can be made
  1. with safety.
  1. 2. Upon a highway which has been divided into three clearly marked
  1. lanes a vehicle [shall] must not be driven in the extreme left lane at any
  1. time. A vehicle on such a highway [shall] must not be driven in the center
  1. lane except:
  1. (a) When overtaking and passing another vehicle where the highway is
  1. clearly visible and [such] the center lane is clear of traffic for a safe
  1. distance;
  1. (b) In preparation for a left turn; or
  1. (c) [Where such] When the center lane is [at the time] allocated
  1. exclusively to traffic moving in the direction in which the vehicle is
  1. proceeding [,] and a sign is posted to give notice of such allocation.
  1. 3. [Whenever] If a highway has been designed to provide a single
  1. center lane to be used only for turning [,] by traffic moving in both
  1. directions, the following rules apply:
  1. (a) A vehicle [shall] may be driven in the center turn lane only for the
  1. purpose of making a left-hand turn.
  1. (b) A vehicle [shall] must not travel more than 200 feet in a center turn
  1. lane [prior to] before making a left-hand turn.
  1. 4. If a highway has been designed to provide a single right lane to be
  1. used only for turning, a vehicle must:
  1. (a) Be driven in the right turn lane only for the purpose of making a
  1. right turn; and
  1. (b) While being driven in the right turn lane, not travel through an
  1. intersection.

Sec. 2. NRS 484.324 is hereby amended to read as follows:

  1. 484.324 1. The driver of a motor vehicle shall not:
  1. (a) Intentionally interfere with the movement of a person lawfully riding
  1. a bicycle; or
  1. (b) Overtake and pass a person riding a bicycle unless he can do so
  1. safely without endangering the person riding the bicycle.
  1. 2. The driver of a motor vehicle shall yield the right of way to any
  1. person riding a bicycle on the pathway or lane. The driver of a motor
  1. vehicle shall not enter, stop, stand, park or drive within a pathway or lane
  1. provided for bicycles except:
  1. (a) [When preparing to make or making a turn;
  1. (b)] When entering or exiting an alley or driveway;
  1. [(c)] (b) When operating or parking a disabled vehicle;
  1. [(d)] (c) To avoid conflict with other traffic;
  1. [(e)] (d) In the performance of official duties;
  1. [(f)] (e) In compliance with the directions of a police officer; or
  1. [(g)] (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.

  1. 4. The driver of a motor vehicle shall:
  1. (a) Exercise due care to avoid a collision with a person riding a bicycle;
  1. and
  1. (b) Give an audible warning with the horn of the vehicle if appropriate
  1. and when necessary to avoid such a collision.
  1. [4.] 5. The operator of a bicycle shall not:
  1. (a) Intentionally interfere with the movement of a motor vehicle; or
  1. (b) Overtake and pass a motor vehicle unless he can do so safely without
  1. endangering himself or the occupants of the motor vehicle.

Sec. 3. NRS 484.333 is hereby amended to read as follows:

  1. 484.333 [When] If the driver of a vehicle intends to turn at an
  1. intersection [:
  1. 1. When the] and:

1. The turn is a right turn, both the approach for the right turn and the

right turn [shall] must be made [as close as practicable to the right-hand

curb or edge of the highway.

2. Where both] from the right turn lane if the highway has a right

turn lane as set forth in subsection 4 of NRS 484.305, or must be made

from the extreme right lane.

  1. 2. Both intersecting highways are two-directional [, the] :
  1. (a) The approach for a left turn [shall] must be made in that portion of
  1. the right half of the highway nearest the centerline thereof; [and after]
  1. (b) After entering the intersection , the left turn [shall] must be made so
  1. as to leave the intersection to the right of the centerline of the highway
  1. being entered; and [in all cases, except where]
  2. (c) Except as otherwise directed by official traffic-control devices,
  1. simultaneous left turns by opposing traffic [shall] must be made in front of
  1. each other.
  1. 3. [When the] The turn is a left turn from a two-directional highway
  1. [into] onto a one-way highway, the approach for [a] the left turn [shall]
  1. must be made in that portion of the right half of the highway nearest the
  1. centerline thereof , and the turn [shall] must be made by turning from the
  1. right of [such] the centerline where it enters the intersection as close as
  1. practicable to the left-hand curb of the one-way highway.
  1. 4. [When making] The turn is a left turn from a one-way highway
  1. [into] onto a two-directional highway, [such turn shall] the left turn must
  1. be made by passing to the right of the centerline of the highway being
  1. entered upon leaving the intersection, and the approach [of such turn shall]
  1. for the left turn must be made as close as practicable to the left-hand curb
  1. of the one-way highway.
  1. 5. [When making] The turn is a left turn where both intersecting
  1. highways are one-way, both the approach for the left turn and the left turn
  1. [shall] must be made as close as practicable to the left-hand curb or edge of
  1. the highway.

Sec. 4. The amendatory provisions of this act do not apply to offenses

that were committed before October 1, 1999.

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