cted indicating that no right or left turn is permitted, it is unlawful for any driver of a vehicle to disobey the directions of any such devices. 2. A person who violates any provision of this section may be subject to the additional penalty set forth in NRS 484.3667. (Added to NRS by 1969, 1498; A 2003, 3241) NRS 484.337 Allowed and prohibited U-turns; additional penalty for violation committed in work zone. 1. A U-turn may be made on any road where the turn can be made with safety, except as prohibited by this section and by the provisions of NRS 484.309 and 484.339. 2. If an official traffic-control device indicates that a U-turn is prohibited, the driver shall obey the directions of the device. 3. The driver of a vehicle shall not make a U-turn in a business district, except at an intersection or on a divided highway where an appropriate opening or crossing place exists. 4. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this section, local authorities and the Department of Transportation may prohibit U-turns at any location within their respective jurisdictions. 5. A person who violates any provision of this section may be subject to the additional penalty set forth in NRS 484.3667. (Added to NRS by 1969, 1498; A 1971, 1142; 1991, 247; 2003, 3241) NRS 484.339 Turning on curve or crest of grade prohibited. A vehicle shall not be turned so as to proceed in the opposite direction upon any curve, or upon the approach to or near the crest of a grade, where such vehicle cannot be seen by the driver of any other vehicle approaching from either direction within 500 feet. (Added to NRS by 1969, 1489) NRS 484.341 Starting parked vehicle. A person, except when stopping, standing or parking where no parking is permitted, shall not start a vehicle which is stopped, standing or parked on a highway nor enter upon a highway unless and until such movement can be made with safety. (Added to NRS by 1969, 1498) NRS 484.343 Movement and signals for turning; signal for stopping or decreasing speed. 1. A driver shall not turn a vehicle from a direct course upon a highway unless and until such movement can be made with reasonable safety, and then only after giving a clearly audible signal by sounding the horn if any pedestrian may be affected by such movement and after giving an appropriate signal if any other vehicle may be affected by such movement. 2. A signal of intention to turn right or left, or otherwise turn a vehicle from a direct course, shall be given continuously during not less than the last 100 feet traveled in a business or residential district and not less than the last 300 feet traveled in any other area prior to changing the course of a vehicle. This rule shall be observed, regardless of the weather. 3. A driver shall not stop or suddenly decrease the speed of a vehicle without first giving an appropriate signal to the driver of any vehicle immediately to the rear. (Added to NRS by 1969, 1494; A 1973, 1327) NRS 484.345 Signal by hand and arm or signal lamp or device. Any signal required by this chapter to be made by a driver when making a turn or a stop must be given either by means of a hand and arm or by a signal lamp or signal device of a type approved by the department, except if a vehicle is so constructed or loaded that a hand and arm signal would not be visible both to the front and rear of the vehicle, the signals must be given by a signal lamp or signal device. (Added to NRS by 1969, 1498; A 1985, 1946) NRS 484.347 Methods of giving signals by hand and arm. All signals given by hand and arm shall be given by hand and arm extended beyond the left side of the vehicle in the following manner, and shall indicate the turns that follow: 1. Left turn: Hand and arm extended horizontally. 2. Right turn: Hand and arm extended upward. 3. Stop or decrease speed: Hand and arm extended downward. 4. Reentering lane of traffic from parked position: Hand and arm extended horizontally. (Added to NRS by 1969, 1498) Special Stops Required NRS 484.348 Stop required on signal of peace officer; penalties. 1. Except as otherwise provided in this section, the driver of a motor vehicle who willfully fails or refuses to bring his vehicle to a stop, or who otherwise flees or attempts to elude a peace officer in a readily identifiable vehicle of any police department or regulatory agency, when given a signal to bring his vehicle to a stop is guilty of a misdemeanor. 2. The signal by the peace officer described in subsection 1 must be by flashing red lamp and siren. 3. Unless the provisions of NRS 484.377 apply if, while violating the provisions of subsection 1, the driver of the motor vehicle: (a) Is the proximate cause of damage to the property of a person other than himself; or (b) Operates the motor vehicle in a manner which endangers or is likely to endanger any person other than himself or the property of any person other than himself, the driver is guilty of a category B felony and shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for a minimum term of not less than 1 year and a maximum term of not more than 6 years, or by a fine of not more than $5,000, or by both fine and imprisonment. 4. If, while violating the provisions of subsection 1, the driver of the motor vehicle is the proximate cause of the death of or bodily harm to any person other than himself, the driver is guilty of a category B felony and shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for a minimum term of not less than 2 years and a maximum term of not more than 15 years, or by a fine of not more than $10,000, or by both fine and imprisonment. (Added to NRS by 1975, 320; A 1979, 1805; 1981, 533; 1983, 1014; 1985, 26; 1989, 1194; 1993, 524; 1995, 1297, 1725; 1997, 547; 2003, 487) NRS 484.349 Obedience to signal indicating approach of railroad train. 1. Whenever any person driving a vehicle approaches a railroad grade crossing and a clearly visible official traffic-control or railroad device gives warning of the immediate approach of a train, the driver of such vehicle shall stop within 50 feet but not less than 15 feet from the nearest track of such railroad and shall not proceed until he can do so safely. The foregoing requirements shall apply when: (a) A clearly visible electric or mechanical signal device gives warning of the immediate approach of a railroad train. (b) A crossing gate is lowered or when a flagman gives or continues to give a signal of the approach or passage of a railroad train. (c) A railroad train approaching within approximately 1,500 feet of the highway crossing emits a signal audible from such distance and such railroad train, by reason of its speed or nearness to such crossing, is an immediate hazard. (d) An approaching railroad train is plainly visible and is in hazardous proximity to such crossing. 2. A person shall not drive any vehicle through, around or under any crossing gate or barrier at a railroad crossing while such gate or barrier is closed or is being opened or closed. (Added to NRS by 1969, 1493) NRS 484.351 Stop required at certain grade crossings of railroad. The Department of Transportation, and local authorities with the approval of the Department of Transportation, may designate dangerous highway grade crossings of railroads and erect official traffic-control devices at such crossings directing a stop. When such stop signs are erected the driver of any vehicle shall stop within 50 feet but not less than 15 feet from the nearest track of such a grade crossing and afterward may proceed only upon exercising due care. (Added to NRS by 1969, 1494; A 1979, 1804) NRS 484.353 Certain vehicles required to stop at all grade crossings of railroad; exceptions. 1. Except as otherwise provided in t

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