Nevada driver handbook guide
Nevada driver handbook guide.
Use this guide to navigate the 27 chapters in the handbook edition behind Roadwise’s Nevada course. Read the source, look up a rule in the study app, or work through 58 companion lessons.
- Handbook chapters
- 27
- Source PDF pages
- 86
- Companion lessons
- 58
- Licensing agency
- DMV
A way through the handbook
Start with the application and licensing material that applies to your age and license type. Then work through the driving rules, signs, and safe-driving chapters. A rule is easier to remember when you can explain what it asks you to do in a real road situation.
For a quick refresher, use the chapter list below. For a deeper study session, follow a companion lesson and its checkpoint questions. The page numbers refer to this course’s source edition and may differ from the newest agency edition.
Chapter list
- Introduction Source p. 1
- Chapter 1: Getting Your Nevada Driver's License Source p. 6
- Documents You Will Need Source p. 8
- Driver Authorization Card Source p. 10
- Testing Source p. 12
- Young Drivers Source p. 13
- Instruction Permits Source p. 15
- Driver License Classifications Source p. 16
- Renewals, Changes and Identification Cards Source p. 19
- Chapter 2: Buckle Up Source p. 25
- Chapter 3: Driving Safely Source p. 27
- Signs, Signals and Markings Source p. 28
- Right-of-Way Source p. 34
- Freeway Driving Source p. 36
- Stopping and Defensive Driving Source p. 41
- Roundabouts Source p. 44
- Signaling, Turning, Lane Changes and Passing Source p. 45
- Parking Source p. 48
- Chapter 4: Advanced Driver Assistance Systems Source p. 51
- Chapter 5: Special Driving Conditions Source p. 56
- Chapter 6: Sharing the Road Source p. 62
- Chapter 7: Towing Source p. 68
- Chapter 8: Insurance and Financial Responsibility Source p. 75
- Chapter 9: Your Driving Record Source p. 77
- Chapter 10: Driving Under the Influence Source p. 79
- Chapter 12: New Resident Vehicle Registration Source p. 83
- Chapter 13: Office Locations Source p. 84
What you will find in each chapter
Chapter 1 · source p. 1
Introduction
This chapter’s sections include:
- Carson City, Nevada 89711-0400
- Key Changes in This Edition
- © 2024 Nevada Department of Motor Vehicles
Chapter 2 · source p. 6
Chapter 1: Getting Your Nevada Driver's License
This chapter’s sections include:
- Driver’S License
- New Nevada Residents
- Questions?
Chapter 3 · source p. 8
Documents You Will Need
This chapter’s sections include:
- Evidence of Full Legal Name and Date of Birth
- Permanent Residents
- Limited-Term Residents
- Evidence of Social Security Number
- Real ID river Authorization Card (DAC)
Chapter 4 · source p. 10
Driver Authorization Card
This chapter’s sections include:
- Documents You Will Need
- Documents in a Foreign Language
- Proof of Nevada Residency
- Documents Proving Residency Status
- Last Issued Document
- Department-Approved Forms esting
Chapter 5 · source p. 12
Testing
This chapter’s sections include:
- Vision Testing
- Knowledge Testing
- Skills Testing oung Drivers
Chapter 6 · source p. 13
Young Drivers
This chapter’s sections include:
- School Attendance
- Driver Education
- Behind the Wheel Experience nstruction Permits
Chapter 7 · source p. 15
Instruction Permits
This chapter’s sections include:
- (Passenger Car/Pickup Truck)
- (Motorcycle or Moped)
- Instruction Permit Requirements assenger Restrictions and Curfews
Chapter 8 · source p. 16
Driver License Classifications
This chapter’s sections include:
- river License Classifications trailer over 10,000 pounds
- may tow a vehicle under 10,000 pounds estrictions ndorsements
- ommercial Driver License (CDL) otorcycle Instruction Permit and License
Chapter 9 · source p. 19
Renewals, Changes and Identification Cards
This chapter’s sections include:
- enewals
- Change of Address or Name
- Address Changes
- Name Changes estricted License uplicate License dentification Cards
- eteran Designation
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- Tissue Donation
- Campaign uman Trafficking – No Child for Sale
- Sex Trafficking Red Flags
- Help for Victims
- Report Suspicious Activity ees
- Commercial Driver’s License Fees
Chapter 10 · source p. 25
Chapter 2: Buckle Up
This chapter’s sections include:
- BUCKLE UP
- Unattended Children and Pets raveling with Babies and Children
Chapter 11 · source p. 27
Chapter 3: Driving Safely
This chapter’s sections include:
- Before you start the engine
- When you turn on the engine
- Before you move your vehicle
- Tire Safety he Rules of the Road
Chapter 12 · source p. 28
Signs, Signals and Markings
This chapter’s sections include:
- Signs
- Limit
- Signals
- Pedestrian Crossing
- Walk and Don’t Walk Signals
- Highway Markings
- Broken or dashed yellow lines mean you may
- Center Turn Lane
- Railroad Crossings
- School Areas
- Slow down and watch for children! ight-of-Way
Chapter 13 · source p. 34
Right-of-Way
This chapter’s sections include:
- Pedestrian Right-of-Way ontrolling Speed reeway Driving
Chapter 14 · source p. 36
Freeway Driving
This chapter’s sections include:
- Entering a Freeway
- Ramp Meters
- Lane Use Control Signals
- Overhead Freeway Signals
- Open +
- Direction Of Travel
- Hov~_Rules
- Hours
- High-Occupancy Vehicle Lanes
- Rules of HOV Lanes
- HOV (car pool) lane highway markings
- Exiting a Freeway nti-Lock Braking Systems
Chapter 15 · source p. 41
Stopping and Defensive Driving
This chapter’s sections include:
- ' J ' LJ ' J t ' S topping
- Stopping Distance And Time efensive Driving Tips
- Search
- Zone
- Distance
- Vehicles
- ~w·e·---1t~· . E.ta ell Phones and Texting hat to Do if You Are Stopped by Law Enforcement
Chapter 16 · source p. 44
Roundabouts
This chapter’s sections include:
- oundabouts
- How to Drive in a Roundabout
Chapter 17 · source p. 45
Signaling, Turning, Lane Changes and Passing
This chapter’s sections include:
- Signaling
- Turning
- Lane Changes
- U-Turns
- Legal U-Turns
- Illegal U-Turns
- Passing Another Vehicle
Chapter 18 · source p. 48
Parking
This chapter’s sections include:
- Passing Bicyclists
- Passing Parked Vehicles arking
- Colored Curb Markings
- Turn Wheels Right
- Parallel Parking
- Parking on a Hill
- No Parking Allowed In an Emergency nternational Symbol of Access
- Courtesy Within the Community
Chapter 19 · source p. 51
Chapter 4: Advanced Driver Assistance Systems
This chapter’s sections include:
- Assistance Systems ehicle Warning Systems Technologies
- Back-up Warning
- Blind Spot Monitor and Warning amera Technologies
- Rear Camera
- Sideview Camera
- Surround-View Monitor or Around-View Monitor System
- Curve Speed Warning etection Technologies
- Forward Collision Warning Systems
- High Speed Alert
- Lane Departure Warning Device
- Parking Sensors
- Rear Cross-Traffic Alert river Assistance Systems Technologies
- Driver Assistance Systems – Safety Critical Technologies
- Automatic Emergency Braking Systems or Brake Assist
- Automatic Reverse Braking
- Lane Keeping Assist
- Left Turn Crash Avoidance
- Driver Assistance Systems – Convenience Technologies
- Adaptive Cruise Control (ACC)
- Automatic Parallel Parking
- Autonomous Vehicles
- Autonomous Vehicle Levels
Chapter 20 · source p. 56
Chapter 5: Special Driving Conditions
This chapter’s sections include:
- SPECIAL DRIVING CONDITIONS ight Driving riving in Bad Weather
- kidding riving Emergencies
- Brakes Fail
- Wet Brakes
- Windshield Wipers Fail
- Accelerator (Gas Pedal) Sticks
- Headlights Fail
- Fire
- Steering Fails
- Oncoming Vehicle in Your Lane
- Running Off the Pavement
- Blowouts
- Disabled Vehicle ips for Driving in a Flash Flood ighway Work Zones
- pproaching a Stopped Emergency Vehicle
- Emergency Vehicles on Highway Shoulders ommercial Vehicles
Chapter 21 · source p. 62
Chapter 6: Sharing the Road
This chapter’s sections include:
- What is a No-Zone?
- Side No-Zones
- Front No-Zones
- Rear No-Zones
- Wide Right Turns otorcycles opeds chool Buses icycles
- assengers in the Bed of a Truck edestrians
- Safe Walking Tips
- (Nrs 484B.290)
Chapter 22 · source p. 68
Chapter 7: Towing
This chapter’s sections include:
- TOWING
- Loading a Trailer
- Weight and Balance
- Ball-and-Hitch Coupler
- Fifth-Wheel Hitch
- Inspecting Your Trailer owing Safely
- Effect of Vehicle Weight on Stopping Distance
- Managing Space
- Backing With a Trailer
- Right Turns
- Left Turns
- Space Needed to Cross or Enter Traffic
- Space Overhead
- Space Underneath Of Combination Type On Rearward Amplification
- Combination of Vehicles
- Brake Early
- Prevent Trailer Skids
- Recognizing a Skid
- Stop Using the Brake
Chapter 23 · source p. 75
Chapter 8: Insurance and Financial Responsibility
This chapter’s sections include:
- Responsibility
- SR-22 Insurance: Proof of Financial Responsibility
- What to Do in a Crash
Chapter 24 · source p. 77
Chapter 9: Your Driving Record
This chapter’s sections include:
- YOUR DRIVING RECORD emerit Point System
- Speeding
Chapter 25 · source p. 79
Chapter 10: Driving Under the Influence
This chapter’s sections include:
- 10 Driving Under The Influence
- Administrative - Illegal Per Se Action
- Criminal Action
- UI Laws for Young Drivers lues that a Driver May Be Under the Influence or Impaired
- Did You And Revocations
Chapter 26 · source p. 83
Chapter 12: New Resident Vehicle Registration
This chapter’s sections include:
- Registration Requirements
- Required Original Documents
- Liability Insurance Information
- Emission Control Vehicle Inspection Report (Smog Check)
Chapter 27 · source p. 84
Chapter 13: Office Locations
This chapter’s sections include:
- 13 Office Locations
- Carson City *
- Elko *
- Ely
- Fallon
- Hawthorne
- Henderson
- Las Vegas - East
- Las Vegas - West
- Las Vegas - North
- Laughlin
- Mesquite
- Pahrump
- Reno
- Tonopah
- Winnemucca *
- Yerington
- North Las Vegas *
- Reno *
- Carson City
- Acknowledgements
- Get Online, Not In Line
- Appointments
- Dmv Now Kiosks
Turn the reading into a study routine
The Nevada course groups the source material into 12 units. Each lesson includes handbook page references, examples, and a checkpoint in the study app.
Unit 1 · 8 lessons
Your Nevada License
Getting licensed, documents, permits, GDL rules, classes
Unit 2 · 3 lessons
Buckle Up
Seat belts, child passengers, and getting ready to drive
Unit 3 · 6 lessons
Signs, Signals & Markings
Reading the road: shapes, colors, lights, lines, crossings
Unit 4 · 4 lessons
Right-of-Way & Speed
Who goes first, roundabouts, and how fast is safe
Unit 5 · 6 lessons
Freeway Driving & Stopping
Merging, HOV lanes, ABS, stopping distance and following space
Unit 6 · 6 lessons
Turning, Passing & Parking
Signaling, lane changes, U-turns, passing, and where you can park
Unit 7 · 3 lessons
Driver Assistance Technology
What your car's warning and assist systems actually do
Unit 8 · 5 lessons
Special Driving Conditions
Night, bad weather, emergencies, floods, and work zones
Unit 9 · 4 lessons
Sharing the Road
Trucks, motorcycles, school buses, bicycles & pedestrians
Unit 10 · 4 lessons
Towing
Weight limits, hitching, and safe towing technique
Unit 11 · 4 lessons
Insurance & Your Driving Record
Coverage, crashes, registration, and demerit points
Unit 12 · 5 lessons
DUI & License Suspensions
BAC limits, DUI penalties, and losing your license