484B.270 - Vehicles, bicycles and electric bicycles. - Nevada Statutes

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)