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 zone, active school zone or active school crossing zone.

NRS 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 zone, active school zone or active school crossing zone. 1. 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.367 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 or 484B.370. (Added to NRS by 1997, 739; A 2011, 1634; 2015, 1566; 2025, 36th Special Session, 133)—(Substituted in revision for NRS 484.3245)