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79) NRS 484.099 “Parking meter” defined. “Parking meter” means a mechanical timing device authorized by an ordinance of a municipality to be used for the purpose of regulating parking. (Added to NRS by 1969, 1479) NRS 484.101 “Passenger car” defined. “Passenger car” means every motor vehicle, except motorcycles, power cycles and motor-driven cycles, designed for carrying 10 passengers or less and used for the transportation of persons. (Added to NRS by 1969, 1203) NRS 484.109 “Passenger curb loading zone” defined. “Passenger curb loading zone” means an area adjacent to a curb or edge of a highway reserved for the exclusive use of vehicles during the loading or unloading of passengers. (Added to NRS by 1969, 1479) NRS 484.111 “Pedestrian” defined. “Pedestrian” means a person afoot, a person in a manual or motorized wheelchair, or a person on an electric personal assistive mobility device as defined in NRS 482.029. (Added to NRS by 1969, 1479; A 2003, 1206) NRS 484.1115 “Person with a disability of moderate duration” defined. “Person with a disability of moderate duration” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 482.3833. (Added to NRS by 2003, 380) NRS 484.112 “Person with a disability which limits or impairs the ability to walk” defined. “Person with a disability which limits or impairs the ability to walk” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 482.3835. (Added to NRS by 1993, 1392) NRS 484.1135 “Person with a permanent disability” defined. “Person with a permanent disability” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 482.3837. (Added to NRS by 2003, 380) NRS 484.1145 “Person with a temporary disability” defined. “Person with a temporary disability” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 482.3839. (Added to NRS by 2003, 380) NRS 484.116 “Pole trailer” defined. “Pole trailer” means every vehicle without motive power designed to be drawn by another vehicle and attached to the towing vehicle by means of a reach or pole, or by being boomed or otherwise secured to the towing vehicle, and ordinarily used for transporting long or irregularly shaped loads such as poles, pipes or structural members capable, generally, of sustaining themselves as beams between the supporting connections. (Added to NRS by 1969, 1203) NRS 484.118 “Police officer” defined. “Police officer” means every officer authorized to direct or regulate traffic or to make arrests for violations of traffic laws, ordinances or regulations. (Added to NRS by 1969, 1479) NRS 484.122 “Premises to which the public has access” defined. 1. “Premises to which the public has access” means property in private or public ownership onto which members of the public regularly enter, are reasonably likely to enter, or are invited or permitted to enter as invitees or licensees, whether or not access to the property by some members of the public is restricted or controlled by a person or a device. 2. The term includes, but is not limited to: (a) A parking deck, parking garage or other parking structure. (b) A paved or unpaved parking lot or other paved or unpaved area where vehicles are parked or are reasonably likely to be parked. (c) A way that provides access to or is appurtenant to: (1) A place of business; (2) A governmental building; (3) An apartment building; (4) A mobile home park; (5) A residential area or residential community which is gated or enclosed or the access to which is restricted or controlled by a person or a device; or (6) Any other similar area, community, building or structure. 3. The term does not include: (a) A private way on a farm. (b) The driveway of an individual dwelling. (Added to NRS by 1983, 1065; A 1997, 325) NRS 484.124 “Private way” and “driveway” defined. “Private way” or “driveway” means every way or place in private ownership and used for vehicular travel by the owner and those having express or implied permission from the owner, but not by other persons. (Added to NRS by 1969, 1479) NRS 484.1245 “Prohibited substance” defined. “Prohibited substance” means any of the following substances if the person who uses the substance has not been issued a valid prescription to use the substance and the substance is classified in schedule I or II pursuant to NRS 453.166 or 453.176 when it is used: 1. Amphetamine. 2. Cocaine or cocaine metabolite. 3. Heroin or heroin metabolite (morphine or 6-monoacetyl morphine). 4. Lysergic acid diethylamide. 5. Marijuana or marijuana metabolite. 6. Methamphetamine. 7. Phencyclidine. (Added to NRS by 1999, 3414) NRS 484.126 “Public authority” defined. “Public authority” means the Department of Transportation or the local authority having jurisdiction to enact laws or ordinances or adopt regulations relating to traffic over a highway. (Added to NRS by 1969, 1479; A 1979, 1801) NRS 484.128 “Railroad” defined. “Railroad” means a carrier of persons or property upon cars, other than streetcars, operated upon stationary rails. (Added to NRS by 1969, 1480) NRS 484.131 “Railroad sign” and “railroad signal” defined. “Railroad sign” or “railroad signal” means any sign, signal or device erected by a public authority or by a railroad and intended to give notice of the presence of railroad tracks or the approach of a railroad train. (Added to NRS by 1969, 1480) NRS 484.134 “Railroad train” defined. “Railroad train” means a steam, electric or other motor engine, with or without cars coupled thereto, operated upon stationary rails, except streetcars. (Added to NRS by 1969, 1480) NRS 484.1342 “Recreational vehicle” defined. “Recreational vehicle” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 482.101. (Added to NRS by 2005, 21) NRS 484.1345 “Regulatory agency” defined. “Regulatory agency” means any of the agencies granted police or enforcement powers under the provisions of subsection 2 of NRS 289.250, NRS 289.260, subsection 2 of NRS 289.270, NRS 289.280, subsection 3 of NRS 289.290 or NRS 289.320, 289.340, 407.065, 472.040, 481.048, 501.349, 565.155 or 706.8821. (Added to NRS by 1985, 25; A 1985, 2002; 1993, 2540; 2003, 2166; 2005, 677) NRS 484.136 “Residence district” defined. “Residence district” means the territory contiguous to a highway not comprising a business district when the frontage on such for a distance of 300 feet or more is mainly occupied by dwellings or by dwellings and buildings in use for residence. (Added to NRS by 1969, 1480) NRS 484.138 “Revocation of driver’s license” defined. “Revocation of driver’s license” means the termination by formal action of the Department of a person’s license to drive a motor vehicle. (Added to NRS by 1969, 1480; A 1985, 1943) NRS 484.141 “Right-of-way” defined. “Right-of-way” means the right of one vehicle or pedestrian to proceed in a lawful manner in preference to another vehicle or pedestrian approaching under such circumstances of direction, speed and proximity as to give rise to danger of collision unless one grants precedence to the other. (Added to NRS by 1969, 1480) NRS 484.144 “Road” defined. “Road” means the entire width between the boundary lines of every highway outside the territorial limits of a city and open to the use of the public for purposes of vehicular traffic. (Added to NRS by 1969, 1480) NRS 484.145 “Roadway” defined. “Roadway” means that portion of a highway which is improved and ordinarily used for vehicular traffic, exclusive of the shoulder. (Added to NRS by 1973, 448) NRS 484.1455 “Rural area” defined. “Rural area” means the area of the State which is not included with

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