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Nevada driving lesson · Right-of-Way & Speed

Pedestrian right-of-way

A 3-minute lesson from the Nevada course. Read the rules and examples, follow the handbook page references, and check your understanding before you move on.

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Read time
3 minutes
Course unit
Right-of-Way & Speed
Checkpoint questions
6
Source pages
34, 66

Pedestrians have the least protection on the road, so the law puts the burden on drivers. Treat every intersection as a crosswalk — legally, it usually is, painted or not.

Know the rule

Pedestrians in crosswalks and at intersections have the right-of-way over vehicles.

Handbook p. 34 ↗

Crosswalk

Exists anywhere two streets intersect, even at a "T" intersection, whether or not it is painted or marked.

Handbook p. 66 ↗

Know the rule

Yield, slow down or stop for a pedestrian in a crosswalk who is on your half of the road (or the half you're turning onto), or who is approaching so closely from the other half as to be in danger.

Handbook p. 66 ↗

Know the rule

When your signal turns green, yield to people still crossing. Pedestrians have the right-of-way over drivers making a right turn.

Handbook p. 66 ↗

Know the rule

After yielding, wait until the pedestrian has crossed into the lanes going the other direction before you proceed.

Handbook p. 66 ↗

Know the rule

It's illegal to pass a vehicle that is slowing or stopped until you've slowed enough to see why it stopped.

Handbook p. 66 ↗

Know the rule

Use extra caution whenever you see a pedestrian on or near the road, in or near a school zone, and at marked or unmarked crosswalks. Watch at stop signs, signals and transit stops.

Handbook p. 66 ↗

Know the rule

A pedestrian who is blind or visually impaired — using a guide dog or service animal, or carrying a white cane or walking stick — has the right-of-way. Yield, stop fully if necessary, and take precautions (NRS 484B.290).

Handbook p. 34 ↗

Know the rule

Before stepping off the curb, pedestrians should make sure cars in both directions have actually stopped.

Handbook p. 34 ↗

Put it into practice

You're turning right on a green light and a man is in the crosswalk you're turning across. Wait — pedestrians have the right-of-way over right-turning drivers. Go only after he's clear of your path.

Check your understanding

Read the question, decide on an answer, then open it to check the explanation. These are Roadwise study questions based on the source handbook.

Who has the right-of-way in a marked crosswalk?
  1. Vehicles turning right
  2. Vehicles going straight
  3. Pedestrians
  4. Whoever arrives first

Answer: Pedestrians

Pedestrians in crosswalks and at intersections have the right-of-way over vehicles.

Handbook p. 34 ↗
A pedestrian using a white cane or guide dog is crossing the street. What must a driver do?
  1. Proceed if traffic is light
  2. Honk to alert the pedestrian, then proceed
  3. Only yield if the pedestrian is in a marked crosswalk
  4. Yield, stop if necessary, and take precautions

Answer: Yield, stop if necessary, and take precautions

A driver must yield, come to a full stop if necessary, and take precautions to avoid a crash.

Handbook p. 34 ↗
A crosswalk exists at an intersection:
  1. Only if it is painted
  2. Only if a sign designates it
  3. Only on streets with traffic signals
  4. Even if it is not painted or marked

Answer: Even if it is not painted or marked

A crosswalk exists at any intersection even if it is not painted or marked.

Handbook p. 66 ↗
A traffic signal turns green while pedestrians are still crossing. What must drivers do?
  1. Yield to the pedestrians still crossing
  2. Proceed immediately since the light is green
  3. Honk to clear the crosswalk
  4. Go around them if there is room

Answer: Yield to the pedestrians still crossing

When a light turns green, drivers must yield to persons still crossing the street.

Handbook p. 66 ↗
You are turning right on a green light while a pedestrian is crossing the street you are entering. Who has the right-of-way?
  1. You, because your light is green
  2. The pedestrian
  3. You, if you signaled first
  4. Whoever entered the intersection first

Answer: The pedestrian

Pedestrians have the right of way over motorists making a right-hand turn, and drivers must yield to people still crossing.

Handbook p. 66 ↗
You must yield to a pedestrian crossing within a crosswalk when the pedestrian is:
  1. A child or older adult only
  2. Crossing with a WALK signal only
  3. On the half of the road you're on
  4. Escorted by a crossing guard

Answer: On the half of the road you're on

Drivers must yield when a pedestrian is on the half of the highway they're traveling on or turning onto.

Handbook p. 66 ↗
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