Overtaking slowed vehicle — Nevada Permit Test
Overtaking slowed vehicle on the Nevada permit test — 1 rule, each with the reason behind it and a question on it while it is fresh.
The rules
It is illegal to pass a vehicle that is slowing or stopped until you slow down enough to see why it slowed or stopped.
The car may have stopped for a person crossing, who steps out from in front of it into your lane.
It is illegal for motorists to overtake any vehicle that is slowing down or stopped until the motorist slows down enough to determine why the other vehicle has slowed or stopped.
On the test
The car in the next lane stops for no clear reason. What must you do before passing it?
Slow down enough to see why it stopped. The car may have stopped for a person crossing, who steps out from in front of it into your lane. Nevada Driver Handbook, p.66: “It is illegal for motorists to overtake any vehicle that is slowing down or stopped until the motorist slows down enough to determine why the other vehicle has slowed or stopped.”
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Where these come from
Every rule here is checked against Nevada Driver Handbook, published by the Nevada Department of Motor Vehicles, and against the state code itself. Last checked 2026-10-04.
- src/assets/drivers-manuals/NV.pdf (Nevada Driver Handbook, DMV 700, March 2024, Nevada Department of Motor Vehicles, retrieved 2026-09-14 and re-checked 2026-10-04; sha256 pinned in SOURCES.json)
- src/assets/drivers-manuals/NV.pages.txt (plain pdftotext, the fixture every citation here was cut from and verified against; sha256 pinned in SOURCES.json)
- src/assets/drivers-manuals/NV-exam.html (Nevada DMV, Written Knowledge Test page, https://dmv.nv.gov/wtestteens.htm, read 2026-10-04; states both exam figures; sha256 pinned under examSource)
- https://dmv.nv.gov/dlhandbook.htm (read 2026-10-04; links the handbook)