Nevada DMV Permit & Driver’s License Tests

If you are in the inside lane and miss your exit, you must continue around until you reach the exit again.

Vertical signs, including square signs, are generally used for regulatory signs. They give instructions or tell you the rules of the road. Some warning signs may also have this shape.

In the horizontal position, the signs generally give directions or information.

Triangle pointing down (inverted triangle): this shape requires that you yield the right-of-way. Slow down as you approach the intersection. Give the right of way to pedestrians and through traffic.

Why should you learn shapes and colors? The shapes and colors of highway signs have special meanings. This helps you understand the message quickly.

When turning left, keep your wheels pointed straight ahead until you actually start to turn.

Driving under the influence of any controlled substance which impairs your ability to drive safely is illegal.

If your vehicle stalls in rising flood water, and you can safely do so, abandon it immediately and seek higher ground. Rapidly rising water may engulf the vehicle and its occupants and sweep them away.

Visitors must be at least 16 years old, have a valid license from their home state, and comply with Nevada traffic and financial responsibility laws.

You may not park within 30 feet of a traffic control signal at the side of a highway.

The average time for a driver to react in an emergency is 2 to 2.5 seconds. In that time (2.5 seconds) a car have traveled approximately 202 feet.

The No-Zone is the area around large commercial trucks or buses where cars disappear into blind spots. If truck drivers cannot see you, the possibility of a collision is greatly increased.

No-zone is a highway safety term that describes blind spots and danger areas around large vehicles where crashes are more likely to occur.

When you turn on the engine:

• Check fuel level and warning lights.
• Adjust the volume on your stereo system. Can you hear normal traffic sounds? If not, reduce the volume so you can hear them.
• If needed, turn on headlights, turn signal and windshield wipers.

Children under age 6 and who weigh less than 60 pounds must be in an approved child restraint system (NRS 484B.157). Failure to restrain children under age 6 and those weighing less than 60 pounds may result in fines, community service and or the suspension of your driver’s license.

Never hold a child on your lap or buckle yourself and a child into a single safety belt, and never buckle two children into a single safety belt.

Use your mirrors and look quickly over your shoulder before changing lanes. Use your turn signals to let other drivers know your plans and watch for their signals.

Do not look directly into the headlights of oncoming vehicles. Instead, look down and to the right side of your lane

When traffic control lights are not working, you must come to a full stop before proceeding through the intersection. After yielding to pedestrians and to other vehicles that have already stopped or are in the intersection, you may proceed with caution.

Check blind spots by looking over your shoulder and change lanes when traffic is clear.

It is always against the law to drive at a speed exceeding a posted speed limit.

Even if there is no stop signal and no train is coming, some vehicles must always stop at railroad crossings, including school buses, passenger buses, and trucks carrying flammable or dangerous materials. Leave extra room for these vehicles.

The use of a cellular phone or other handheld wireless communications device to manually send, read, search the Internet, or engage in non-voice communications with another person, including texting, electronic messaging and instant messaging is prohibited.

Broken lines indicate passing or lane changing is permitted if the way is clear.

Broken or dashed white lines are used to mark traffic lanes on roads which have more than one lane moving in the same direction. You should drive within these lanes and not straddle the lines.

Because of their smaller size, motorcycles are less visible and may appear to be farther away than they really are. It is difficult for other drivers to judge how fast a motorcycle is going.

A condition of drowsiness or unawareness can be brought about by reduced activity and steady sounds of wind, engine, and tire hum. Keeping a window open so that there is always fresh air in your car, can help keep you alert and awake.

Never make a U-turn:

• At or on a railroad crossing.
• On a divided highway by crossing a dividing section, curb, strip of land, or two sets of double yellow lines.
• Where you cannot see clearly 200 feet in each direction because of a curve, hill, rain, fog, or other reason.
• Where a No U-turn sign is posted.
• When other vehicles may hit you.
• On a one-way street.
• In front of a fire station. Never use a fire station driveway to turn your vehicle around.
• In business districts. Areas with churches, apartments, multifamily housing units, and public buildings are also considered to be business districts. Turn only at an intersection, unless a sign prohibits it, or where openings are provided for turns.
• Near a grade where there is less than 500 feet of visibility in both directions.

Work zones are hazardous areas for both workers and motorists. Stay alert. When you drive through a construction zone, you should watch for workers and equipment on the highway and be prepared to slow down or stop.

The right-of-way must be given to emergency vehicles approaching from any direction when they are sounding a siren or using their flashing lights. You must immediately drive to the right side of the road clear of any intersection, and stop until the emergency vehicle has passed.