Nevada Traffic Laws, Signs, Signals, and Markings
This domain tests the rulebook: right-of-way, speed law, turning rules, sign shapes and colors, and pavement markings. Motorcycle-specific Nevada rules appear here alongside the general traffic law you must obey on two wheels.
Nevada rules to know
- Basic speed law: never faster than is safe for conditions, regardless of the posted limit.
- Right turn on red is permitted after a full stop unless a sign prohibits it. Left turn on red is permitted only from a one-way street onto another one-way street.
- Full-lane use: a motorcycle is entitled to a full lane; two may ride abreast, never more.
- Move Over law: change lanes or slow substantially for stopped emergency, tow, and utility vehicles displaying lights.
- Pedestrians in a crosswalk have the right-of-way; you must stop and stay stopped.
Signs by shape and color
Octagon = stop. Inverted triangle = yield. Diamond = warning. Pennant = no-passing zone. Round = railroad advance warning. Five-sided = school zone. Rectangle = regulatory. Red means prohibit, yellow warns, orange marks work zones, white regulates, green guides, blue indicates services, brown marks recreation areas, fluorescent yellow-green flags pedestrians and schools.
Signals and markings
A steady red means stop; flashing red means stop, then proceed when clear. A flashing yellow left arrow means you may turn after yielding to oncoming traffic - it is not a protected turn. Solid yellow lines separate opposing traffic and a double solid line may not be crossed. Dashed white lines separate same-direction lanes; solid white marks the road edge. A shared center turn lane is used by traffic in both directions preparing to turn left.
Worked example. You approach a green light with a line of stopped traffic on the cross street. Green means the signal permits you to proceed only if the intersection is clear and your path is safe - so you check cross traffic, cover the brakes, and proceed once the way is genuinely open.
Traps. Treating a flashing red as a yield; assuming a green arrow is always protected; crossing a solid white edge line to make a pass; forgetting fines double in work zones with workers present.