NRS 484B.363: School zone or school crossing zone: Speed limit; designation; U-turn and overtaking another vehicle prohibited; determination of hours in which speed limit and prohibition on U-turns and overtaking are in effect; additional penalty if driver is proximate cause of collision with pedestrian or person riding bicycle, electric bicycle or electric scooter. [Effective July 1, 2026.]

1. A person shall not drive a motor vehicle at a speed in excess of 15 miles per hour in an area designated as a school zone except:

(a) On a day on which school is not in session;

(b) During any period specified by the governing body of a local government or the Department of Transportation pursuant to subsection 6;

(c) If the zone is designated by an operational speed limit beacon, during the hours when the pupils of the school are in class and the yellow lights of the speed limit beacon are not flashing in the manner which indicates that the speed limit is in effect; or

(d) If the zone is not designated by an operational speed limit beacon, during the times when the sign designating the school zone indicates that the speed limit is not in effect.

2. A person shall not drive a motor vehicle at a speed in excess of 25 miles per hour in an area designated as a school crossing zone except:

(a) On a day on which school is not in session;

(b) During any period specified by the governing body of a local government or the Department of Transportation pursuant to subsection 6;

(c) If the zone is designated by an operational speed limit beacon, during the hours when the pupils of the school are in class and the yellow lights of the speed limit beacon are not flashing in the manner which indicates that the speed limit is in effect; or

(d) If the zone is not designated by an operational speed limit beacon, during the times when the sign designating the school zone indicates that the speed limit is not in effect.

3. The driver of a vehicle shall not make a U-turn in an area designated as a school zone or school crossing zone except:

(a) When there are no children present;

(b) On a day on which school is not in session;

(c) During any period specified by the governing body of a local government or the Department of Transportation pursuant to subsection 6;

(d) If the zone is designated by an operational speed limit beacon, during the hours when the pupils of the school are in class and the yellow lights of the speed limit beacon are not flashing in the manner which indicates that the speed limit is in effect; or

(e) If the zone is not designated by an operational speed limit beacon, during the times when the sign designating the school zone or school crossing zone indicates that the speed limit is not in effect.

4. The driver of a vehicle shall not overtake and pass another vehicle traveling in the same direction in an area designated as a school zone or school crossing zone except:

(a) On a day on which the school is not in session;

(b) During any period specified by the governing body of a local government or the Department of Transportation or pursuant to subsection 6;

(c) If the zone is designated by an operational speed limit beacon, during the hours when the pupils of the school are in class and the yellow lights of the speed limit beacon are not flashing in the manner which indicates that the speed limit is in effect; or

(d) If the zone is not designated by an operational speed limit beacon, during the times when the sign designating the school zone or school crossing zone indicates that the speed limit is not in effect.

5. The governing body of a local government with respect to highways under its jurisdiction and the Department of Transportation with respect to highways constructed and maintained under the authority of chapter 408 of NRS shall designate school zones and school crossing zones.

6. Subject to subsection 7, and in addition to the authority described in NRS 244.357, 268.425, 269.185, 484B.610 and 484B.613, each governing body of a local government and the Department of Transportation, as applicable, shall specify for each school zone and school crossing zone that it respectively designates one or more periods during which:

(a) A person may drive a motor vehicle at a speed in excess of 15 miles per an hour pursuant to subsection 1;

(b) A person may drive a motor vehicle at a speed in excess of 25 miles per hour pursuant to subsection 2;

(c) A driver of a vehicle may make a U-turn pursuant to subsection 3; or

(d) A driver of a vehicle may overtake and pass another vehicle traveling in the same direction pursuant to subsection 4.

7. A single period specified pursuant to subsection 6:

(a) May apply to one or more of the acts described in paragraphs (a) to (d), inclusive, of subsection 6; and

(b) May not include the 30 minutes after school is no longer in operation or the 30 minutes before school is next in operation.

8. If, while violating any provision of subsections 1 to 4, inclusive, the driver of a motor vehicle is the proximate cause of a collision with a pedestrian or a person riding a bicycle, an electric bicycle or an electric scooter, the driver is subject to the additional penalty set forth in subsection 4 of NRS 484B.653.

9. As used in this section, “speed limit beacon” means a device which is used in conjunction with a sign and equipped with two or more yellow lights that flash alternately to indicate when the speed limit in a school zone or school crossing zone is in effect.