uch a violation in exchange for a plea of guilty or of nolo contendere to a lesser charge or for any other reason unless, in his judgment, the charge is not supported by probable cause or cannot be proved at trial. (Added to NRS by 1989, 1738; A 1997, 3371; 2003, 1495) NRS 484.3947 Device to prevent person who has consumed alcohol from starting vehicle: Regulations. 1. The Committee on Testing for Intoxication shall on or before January 1, 1990, adopt regulations which: (a) Provide for the certification of each model of those devices, described by manufacturer and model, which it approves as designed and manufactured to be accurate and reliable to test a person’s breath to determine the concentration of alcohol in the person’s breath and, if the results of the test indicate that the person has a concentration of alcohol of 0.02 or more in his breath, prevent the motor vehicle in which it is installed from starting. (b) Prescribe the form and content of records respecting the calibration of devices, which must be kept by the Director or his agent, and other records respecting the maintenance and operation of the devices which it finds should be kept by the Director or his agent. 2. The Committee shall establish its own standards and procedures for evaluating the models of the devices and obtain evaluations of those models from the Director or his agent. 3. If a model of a device has been certified by the Committee to be accurate and reliable pursuant to subsection 1, it is presumed that, as designed and manufactured, each device of that model is accurate and reliable to test a person’s breath to determine the concentration of alcohol in the person’s breath and, if the results of the test indicate that the person has a concentration of alcohol of 0.02 or more in his breath, will prevent the motor vehicle in which it is installed from starting. (Added to NRS by 1989, 1738; A 1997, 3372; 1999, 2460) Stopping, Standing and Parking NRS 484.395 Stopping, standing or parking outside of business or residence district. 1. Upon any highway outside of a business or residence district no person shall stop, park or leave standing any vehicle, whether attended or unattended, upon the paved or main-traveled part of the highway when it is practicable to stop, park or so leave such vehicle off such part of the highway, but in every event an unobstructed width of the highway opposite a standing vehicle shall be left for the free passage of other vehicles and a clear view of such stopped vehicles shall be available from a distance of 200 feet in each direction upon such highway. 2. This section shall not apply to the driver of any vehicle which is disabled while on the paved or main-traveled portion of a highway in such manner and to such extent that it is impossible to avoid stopping and temporarily leaving such disabled vehicle in such position. (Added to NRS by 1969, 1502) NRS 484.397 Police officer authorized to remove certain vehicles; protocol for selection and use of towing services; duties and liability of tow car operator. 1. Whenever any police officer finds a vehicle standing upon a highway in violation of any of the provisions of this chapter, the officer may move the vehicle, or require the driver or person in charge of the vehicle to move it, to a position off the paved, improved or main-traveled part of the highway. 2. Whenever any police officer finds a vehicle unattended or disabled upon any highway, bridge or causeway, or in any tunnel, where the vehicle constitutes an obstruction to traffic or interferes with the normal flow of traffic, the officer may provide for the immediate removal of the vehicle. 3. Any police officer may, subject to the requirements of subsection 4, remove any vehicle or part of a vehicle found on the highway, or cause it to be removed, to a garage or other place of safekeeping if: (a) The vehicle has been involved in an accident and is so disabled that its normal operation is impossible or impractical and the person or persons in charge of the vehicle are incapacitated by reason of physical injury or other reason to such an extent as to be unable to provide for its removal or custody, or are not in the immediate vicinity of the disabled vehicle; (b) The person driving or in actual physical control of the vehicle is arrested for any alleged offense for which the officer is required by law to take the person arrested before a proper magistrate without unnecessary delay; or (c) The person in charge of the vehicle is unable to provide for its custody or removal within: (1) Twenty-four hours after abandoning the vehicle on any freeway, United States highway or other primary arterial highway. (2) Seventy-two hours after abandoning the vehicle on any other highway. 4. Unless a different course of action is necessary to preserve evidence of a criminal offense, a police officer who wishes to have a vehicle or part of a vehicle removed from a highway pursuant to subsection 3 shall, in accordance with any applicable protocol such as a rotational schedule regarding the selection and use of towing services, cause the vehicle or part of a vehicle to be removed by a tow car operator. The tow car operator shall, to the extent practicable and using the shortest and most direct route, remove the vehicle or part of a vehicle to his garage unless directed otherwise by the police officer. The tow car operator is liable for any loss of or damage to the vehicle or its contents that occurs while the vehicle is in his possession or control. (Added to NRS by 1969, 1503; A 1975, 775; 1983, 849; 1997, 2798; 2003, 1962) NRS 484.398 Preservation of criminal evidence on removal of vehicle from highway. Whenever any police officer provides for the removal of any vehicle pursuant to NRS 484.397 and has probable cause to believe that the vehicle or its contents constitute any evidence which tends to show that a criminal offense has been committed, or tends to show that a particular person has committed a criminal offense, the police officer shall take such steps as may be required by law and reasonably necessary to preserve the evidence, including but not limited to safe storage, until the evidence is released to the owner or otherwise disposed of according to law. (Added to NRS by 1975, 776) NRS 484.399 Stopping, standing or parking prohibited in specified places. 1. A person shall not stop, stand or park a vehicle, except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic or in compliance with law or the directions of a police officer or official traffic-control device, in any of the following places: (a) On a sidewalk; (b) In front of a public or private driveway; (c) Within an intersection; (d) Within 15 feet of a fire hydrant in a place where parallel parking is permitted, or within 20 feet of a fire hydrant if angle parking is permitted and a local ordinance requires the greater distance; (e) On a crosswalk; (f) Within 20 feet of a crosswalk at an intersection; (g) Within 30 feet upon the approach to any official traffic-control signal located at the side of a highway; (h) Between a safety zone and the adjacent curb or within 30 feet of points on the curb immediately opposite the ends of a safety zone; (i) Within 50 feet of the nearest rail of a railroad; (j) Within 20 feet of a driveway entrance to any fire station and, on the side of a highway opposite the entrance to any fire station, within 75 feet of that entrance; (k) Alongside or opposite any highway excavation or obstruction when stopping, standing or parking would obstruct traffic; (l) On the highway side of any vehicle stopped or parked at the edge of or curb of a highway; (m) Upon any bridge or other elevated structure or within a highway tunnel; (n) Except as otherwise provided in sub

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