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LAWS YOU SHOULD KNOW
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Cell Phones & Texting
Texting, accessing the internet, and hand-held cell phone use while driving is illegal in Nevada as of January 1st, 2012.
The fines are :
- $50 for the first offense in seven years.
- $100 for the second offense plus 4 demerit points.
- $250 for the third and subsequent offenses plus 4 demerit points.
Fines are subject to doubling if the offense occurs in a work zone. Courts may add more administrative fees.
The first offense is not treated as a moving violation.
A second or subsequent offense carries 4 demerit points (if you are still alive).
What is allowed?
- You can talk using a hands-free headset and, while making voice calls, touch the phone to activate, deactivate, or start a feature or function on the device.
- Law enforcement officers, firefighters, or emergency medical staff acting within the scope of their employment.
- The person reporting a medical emergency, a safety hazard, or criminal activity.
- Drivers using a voice-operated navigation system affixed to the vehicle or those riding in autonomous vehicles.
- Drivers using citizen-band or other two-way radios that require a license and have a separate, hand-held microphone.
- Utility workers respond to an outage or emergency and use devices provided by the company.
- Amateur radio operators provide communications services during an emergency or disaster
If you are involved in an accident
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, there are more than 10 million car collisions every single year. Yet many people are unsure of what to do once they get into a car accident.
WHAT TO DO IN CASE OF ACCIDENT
- Stop. Do not move your car away. Turn the contact keys off.
- Ask if anyone is injured unless both vehicles have only scratches, and call 911 (you will need the police to report this accident and manage traffic).
- Do not move injured people unless they are in danger (fire for example).
- Move your car if instructed to do so.
- Warn traffic (you do not want to create another accident).
- Get witness contact info. You may then take pictures of the scene and damage both cars. Exchange your name, address, driver’s license number, registration, and insurance information with other drivers involved.
- Contact your insurance company as soon as possible but it does not have to be right now. If the accident involves an unattended vehicle or other property, you must give the owner your name, address, driver’s license number, registration, and insurance information, either in person or by leaving a note.
- if the police do not come to the scene (fender bender) all involved parties must file reports on DMV FORM SR-1within 10 days
- All crashes which involve injuries or damages of $2,000 or more must be reported.
Approaching an Accident Scene with and Emergency Vehicle
In the absence of direction by a peace officer, the driver of a vehicle approaching a stopped emergency vehicle must:
- Decrease the vehicle speed to a speed that is reasonable and proper and less than the posted speed limit,
- Proceed with caution, Be ready to stop, and If possible,
- drive in a lane that is not next to the one in which the emergency vehicle is stopped unless the roadway, traffic, weather, or other conditions make doing so unsafe or impossible.
Code 3 ! Emergency Vehicle Approaching with lights or siren on
Pull over to the edge of the roadway, clear of intersections, AND STOP
Remain there until the emergency vehicle has passed. Watch for others. There may be several other emergency vehicles.
Keep a foot on the brake so the brake lights let emergency vehicle drivers know you have stopped.
Stay at least 500 feet behind any moving emergency vehicle displaying flashing warning lights and sounding a siren. Never race after an emergency vehicle to get through a traffic light.
Never pass a moving emergency vehicle displaying flashing lights unless directed to do so by a police officer or emergency personnel.
Use your common sense, do not break the rules to open the passage to an emergency vehicle, or do something that may create an accident.
If you’re driving on a freeway, and you see a CDF fire equipment rolling on the opposite lanes with its lights and siren on, you do not have to slow down, the emergency vehicle will not cross the safety barrier separating the 2 opposite lanes, therefore you do not have to pull over and stop as it might create havoc on a freeway or divided highway.
Bicycles
Motorists passing a bicycle must move into an adjacent lane to the left, if possible.
If not possible, the motorist must pass with at least three feet of space between the vehicle and the bicycle.
Motorists may be charged with reckless driving if they are at fault in any collision with a bicyclist or a pedestrian.
Penalties include a driver’s license suspension.
Seat Belts: Buckle-up it's the Law!
Front and rear seat occupants of almost all passenger vehicles must wear safety belts. As a driver, you must ask your passengers to fasten their seat belts prior to starting the engine
Child Car Seat Laws:
Children who are younger than 6 years old and weigh less than 60 lbs. must ride in an approved safety restraint system.
NEW 2003 Nevada law: According to the rear-facing car seat law in Nevada, a child under 2 years of age must be restrained in an infant rear-facing car seat in the backseat of the vehicle.
Children are generally the safest riding in the back seat. In fact, with vehicles containing front-seat passenger airbags, infants should always ride in the back seat.
Vehicles 1968 and newer must be equipped with lap belts. Vehicles 1970 and newer must be equipped with lap belts and shoulder belts for the front seats.
As a driver, you must ask your passengers to fasten their seat belts prior to starting the engine.
Never leave a child age 7 or younger unattended in a vehicle if the conditions present a significant risk to the health and safety of that child unless the child is being supervised by and within sight of, a person at least 12 years old.
Pickup and flatbed trucks
Passengers under 18 may not ride in the back of a pickup or flatbed truck.
This does not apply to:
- Farming and ranching activity,
- Parades,
- Camper Shells,
- Slide-in camper
Camper shells are an exception. however, we do not recommend it:
When passengers)hit the camper shell during an accident, it doesn’t hold. We see time and time again that a person’s body weight is enough to push the shell right off the truck,” said Greg Manuel, commander of public affairs for the California Highway Patrol. A camper shell, he adds “does not provide any additional protection. It is just like riding unprotected.”
Dogs & Pets on Board
It is illegal to leave a dog or cat or any pet, unattended in a vehicle during periods of extreme heat or cold. Law enforcement, firefighters, and other officials may use reasonable force to rescue animals.
70 degrees is TOO HOT to leave a dog in the car.
In the summer, Las Vegas temperatures can reach 115 degrees in the shade outside the car!!!!
If your car is parked in the sun, the inside will become an oven in a few minutes:
When temperatures outside range from 80 degrees to 100 degrees, the temperature inside a car parked in direct sunlight can quickly climb to between 130 to 172 degrees. In just ten minutes the interior can reach temperatures of 110 degrees or higher on a, particularly hot day. After a half-hour, you can see temperatures as high as 120 degrees and it will continue to rise beyond that.
Teen Driving Restrictions
You must be 16 years old to apply for a full license. You must also have:
- A Learner permit for at least six months to one year.
- No at-fault crashes in the six months before applying
- No moving violation convictions in the six months before applying
- No alcohol or drug convictions of any kind in the six months before applying
- 50 hours of driving/training on record with an adult supervisor
- A certificate for 30 hours of Driver’s Education.
Curfew
Drivers under 18 may not drive between the hours of 10 p.m. and 5 a.m. unless they are traveling to or from a scheduled event such as work or a school event. This curfew remains in effect until age 18.
Although local curfews are not related to driving, minors must know and obey the local laws:
Sunday through Thursday :
10:00 p.m. until 5:00 a.m. the following day (statewide)
On all Fridays and Saturdays:
Midnight until 5:00 a.m. the following day.
Exception:
On the Las Vegas Strip or near the Las Vegas Strip or during local school holidays and during summer vacation.
9:00 p.m.to 5 a.m the next day
During this time, all children age 18 and under must be accompanied by their “parent or legal guardian or a responsible person over the age of 21 approved by the child’s parent or legal guardian.
Teen Drivers and Passengers
Drivers under 18 cannot transport any passenger under the age of 18, except for immediate family members, for the first six months after licensing. EVEN IF AN ADULT IS PRESENT IN THE CAR.
It is recognized that young passengers may be a disturbance to young drivers or an incentive to “show off” their new skills, especially for young male drivers.
Wisdom comes with training and experience.
The reason why I created this website came after being a first-hand witness to a horrific accident with 6 teens packed in a small car including the driver. It was obvious that the young driver was distracted having 4 teen passengers aboard. the driver disregarded the number one safety rule (yield to the right),
After stopping at the intersection for one second, the driver pushed the gas without looking at what was coming, while looking/talking at the passengers behind. ( I witness this from behind the car ). To my disbelief, the small compact car crossed the path of a 3-ton truck driving downhill at 50 mph. The car literally flew off on impact, crossed the intersection, and crashed around a tree trunk on the other side of the intersection 50 feet away. As an ex-18-wheel trucker and ambulance driver, I have seen many accidents in my life but this one struck a chord as it could have been easily avoided by concentrating 100 {88fe6357d2de18f1a5565f7194acbaac68554e1e06b3c404d3efc8deab616e67} on driving.
Teen drivers get easily distracted especially with 4 teen passengers and should not interact with them during driving. You may talk but ALWAYS keep your eyes on the road.
I posted a similar accident with a video in lesson 5 topic 5e “intersections and yielding” that happened recently, where 6 teenage girls died after the young driver disregarded the stop sign and crossed the path of a semi-truck coming in full sight. This type of accident should never happen,
Speed
Nevada has a Basic Rule for driving at reasonable and proper speeds.
This means that in addition to any posted speed limits, you must consider the amount and type of traffic, weather, road conditions, and other factors.
The proper speed may be considerably less than the posted limit.
According to the CDC, teen drivers are more likely to speed and leave a smaller distance between them and other vehicles. They’re also more likely to underestimate the danger in a situation and not recognize a hazard. Teens may not recognize how quickly they come upon a red light. They may misjudge the distance between them and a vehicle crossing their path. Whatever the exact hazard, teens are less likely than older drivers to slow down and behave cautiously behind the wheel.
Traveling at high speed is dangerous, and danger is exhilarating.
If you really want to speed up to feel an adrenaline rush,
do it on a video game, it is much safer for all.
Right turn on red?
You are allowed to turn right on a red light after coming to a full stop unless otherwise posted.
if the panel says:
NO TURN ON RED means STOP on RED and WAIT for the green light even if you are turning and even if there is nobody on the crossing road.
It means what it says: NO TURN ON RED
(unlike this panel that allows turning right after stopping.)
If allowed, (see panel above) you must be in the extreme right-hand lane and yield to pedestrians and all traffic moving through the intersection.
Be ready to stop even for a dog or a mouse….. Even if someone is using the honk behind you.
U Turns
U-turns are not allowed where prohibited by a traffic sign or signal, or if there is less than 500 feet visibility in both directions.
U-turns are generally allowed if they can be completed safely. But you cannot proceed if you have a “No U-turn” panel.
In business areas with no panel, you must be at an intersection or on a divided highway where an appropriate opening exists.
School Bus on Duty
Drivers are required to stop for school buses when students are boarding and departing and when the bus is displaying flashing red lights.
Stop at a safe distance behind the bus.
You do not have to pull to the right as ALL traffic must stop on ALL lanes EXCEPTED WHEN SEPARATED BY A PHYSICAL BARRIER (see below).
Nevada Law requires drivers to remain stopped until the signal stops flashing.
Illegally passing a school bus can cost you hundreds of dollars in fines and a suspended license.
If the road isn’t divided or is divided only by pavement markings, vehicles traveling in both directions must stop for a school bus with its red flashing lights on.
Exception:
YOU DO NOT STOP WHEN TRAVELLING IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION IF THE ROAD IS DIVIDED BY A PHYSICAL BARRIER.( raised curb or island)
Please note:
Nevada DMV handbook talks about a “median.” That may be confusing as there are 2 types of medians: yellow line markings and a curb or a railing.
A yellow or white marking is NOT a physical barrier.
On all other roads, without a curb or solid barrier separating the opposite lane, traffic in both directions must stop.
DUI: Driving Under the Influence
YOU CAN NOT REFUSE TO BE TESTED FOR ALCOHOL IN YOUR BLOOD
it is actually not true, you can try but ….(If you refuse…)
Failure to submit to a breath, blood, or urine test as directed by a police officer results in a driver’s license revocation for at least one year.
A blood sample can be drawn involuntarily if the officer obtains a warrant or court order.
ATTENTION 0,2 PERCENT IS 10 TIMES MORE THAN 0.02 PERCENT!
BAC Legal Limits: (alcohol content or any detectable amount of a controlled substance.)
For Teens under 21 .02 percent (meaning 0.02 percent)
For Adults: .08 percent (0.08)
Commercial Driving: .04 (0.04)
Driver’s license is revoked for at least 90 days upon arrest.
The vehicle may be impounded.
These are administrative penalties that are taken immediately.
Courts impose additional criminal penalties upon conviction.
ATTENTION: .02 IS NOT THE SAME AS 0.2 (0.2 is actually 0.20 = 10 times over the limit)
Traffic Stops & Racial Profiling
Nevada law requires you to pull to the right and stop when signaled to do so by a police officer. There is apprehension for all involved during a routine stop. The person being pulled over is fearful of getting a ticket or because you’re not sure why you were stopped, and the officer is fearful for their own personal safety with the unknowns for any given situation.
“Racial profiling” means reliance by a peace officer upon the race, ethnicity, or national origin of a person as a reason for initiating action when the race, ethnicity, or national origin of the person is not part of an identifying description of a specific suspect for a specific crime.
Drivers who are stopped by law enforcement officers are recommended to follow all legal instructions they receive from the officer.
STAY IN THE CAR! To assist the officer in determining that you are not a wanted fugitive, please keep your hands in sight at all times. Upon initial contact, keep your hands on the steering wheel unless instructed by the officer to do otherwise. When the officer asks for papers, let the officer know what you are intending to do, such as, “My registration is in the glove box.” This allows the officer to know your intention ahead of time. If for some reason there is a firearm in the vehicle, advise the officer upon initial contact and move slowly. The police don’t like surprises any more than you do.
If you are stopped at night, turn on the vehicle’s dome light to aid in seeing what is present in the car. Lower your windows, especially tinted windows. Be ready for bright lights. Police use their lights so they can see items harmful to them. Keep both hands on the steering wheel. Do not open your glove box or reach your pocket until the officer asks you to.
Please stay in the car unless directed by the officer to exit the car.
Your cooperation will be appreciated and aid in the safety of all parties-including your own
Yellow Dot
Yellow Dot Nevada is a life-saving program that alerts first responders at a vehicle-incident scene that an occupant may have medical issues. This information is vital in the “golden hour” following an accident or roadside medical episode.
A Yellow Dot decal on the rear window of the driver’s side of the vehicle alerts first responders to check the glove compartment, where a Yellow Dot kit contains vital medical information about the driver and/or passengers.
Yellow Dot kits are free and available in locations throughout the Las Vegas Valley. See the Regional Transportation Commission for details.
NEVER FORGET!!!
YOU WILL SOON BE DRIVING A DEADLY WEAPON!
Be Responsible, Read Your Topics
(especially Lessons 4, 5 & 6 )
Reading will train your subconscious mind to do the right thing and react in time,
way before you know what is happening.
Guessing quiz answers will only confuse your brain.
BE WISE, BE SAFE! EDUCATE YOURSELF!
Someone suggested this video should not be seen by teenagers. But since they will be very soon in charge of a deadly weapon (their cars with passengers) we think to the contrary they should see this video TWICE!!!
BEFORE SPEEDING, THINK OF THE POSSIBLE CONSEQUENCES!
End of Topic 1 a. LAWS YOU SHOULD KNOW
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