Current through 82nd (2023) Legislative Session Chapter 535 and 34th (2023) Special Session Chapter 1 and 35th (2023) Special Session Chapter 1
Section 484B.280 - Duties of driver of motor vehicle to pedestrian; additional penalty if driver is proximate cause of collision with pedestrian or if violation committed in pedestrian safety zone1. A driver of a motor vehicle shall: (a) Exercise due care to avoid a collision with a pedestrian;(b) Give an audible warning with the horn of the vehicle if appropriate and when necessary to avoid such a collision; and(c) Exercise proper caution upon observing a pedestrian: (1) On or near a highway, street or road;(2) At or near a bus stop or bench, shelter or transit stop for passengers of public mass transportation or in the act of boarding a bus or other public transportation vehicle; or(3) In or near a school zone or a school crossing zone marked in accordance with NRS 484B.363 or a marked or unmarked crosswalk.2. If, while violating any provision of this section, the driver of a motor vehicle is the proximate cause of a collision with a pedestrian, the driver is subject to the additional penalty set forth in subsection 4 of NRS 484B.653.3. A person who violates any provision of subsection 1 may be subject to the additional penalty set forth in NRS 484B.135.(Added to NRS by 1997, 739; A 2011, 1634; 2015, 1566)-(Substituted in revision for NRS 484.3245) Amended by 2015, Ch. 312,§13, eff. 10/1/2015.(Added to NRS by 1997, 739; A 2011, 1634)-(Substituted in revision for NRS 484.3245 )