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NRS 484B.777

Operating bicycle, electric bicycle or electric scooter on roadway

(Added to NRS by 1957, 504; A 1991, 2229; 2009, 400; 2019, 1896; 2021, 1049)—(Substituted in revision for NRS 484.509)

1. Every person operating a bicycle, an electric bicycle or an electric scooter upon a roadway shall, except:

(a) When traveling at a lawful rate of speed commensurate with the speed of any nearby traffic;

(b) When preparing to turn left; or

(c) When doing so would not be safe,

Ê ride as near to the right side of the roadway as practicable, exercising due care when passing a standing vehicle or one proceeding in the same direction.

2. For purposes of paragraph (c) of subsection 1, the conditions under which it is not safe to operate a bicycle, an electric bicycle or an electric scooter as near to the right side of the roadway as practicable include, without limitation:

(a) When fixed or moving objects, parked or moving vehicles, bicycles, pedestrians, animals or surface hazards impede access to the right side of the roadway.

(b) When a lane is too narrow for a bicycle and a vehicle to travel safely side by side within the lane.

3. Persons riding bicycles, electric bicycles or electric scooters upon a roadway shall not ride more than two abreast except on paths or parts of roadways set aside for the exclusive use of bicycles, electric bicycles and electric scooters.

Official source: Nevada Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Nevada statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.