NRS484B.650. Acts constituting aggressive driving; penalties; additional penalty for violation committed in work zone.

      1.  A driver commits an offense of aggressive driving if, during any single, continuous period of driving within the course of 1 mile, the driver does all the following, in any sequence:

      (a) Commits one or more acts of speeding in violation of NRS 484B.363 or 484B.600.

      (b) Commits two or more of the following acts, in any combination, or commits any of the following acts more than once:

             (1) Failing to obey an official traffic-control device in violation of NRS 484B.300.

             (2) Overtaking and passing another vehicle upon the right by driving off the paved portion of the highway in violation of NRS 484B.210.

             (3) Improper or unsafe driving upon a highway that has marked lanes for traffic in violation of NRS 484B.223.

             (4) Following another vehicle too closely in violation of NRS 484B.127.

             (5) Failing to yield the right-of-way in violation of any provision of NRS 484B.250 to 484B.267, inclusive.

      (c) Creates an immediate hazard, regardless of its duration, to another vehicle or to another person, whether or not the other person is riding in or upon the vehicle of the driver or any other vehicle.

      2.  A driver may be prosecuted and convicted of an offense of aggressive driving in violation of subsection 1 whether or not the driver is prosecuted or convicted for committing any of the acts described in paragraphs (a) and (b) of subsection 1.

      3.  A driver who commits an offense of aggressive driving in violation of subsection 1 is guilty of a misdemeanor and:

      (a) For the first offense, shall be punished:

             (1) By a fine of not less than $250 but not more than $1,000; or

             (2) By both fine and imprisonment in the county jail for not more than 6 months.

      (b) For the second offense, shall be punished:

             (1) By a fine of not less than $1,000 but not more than $1,500; or

             (2) By both fine and imprisonment in the county jail for not more than 6 months.

      (c) For the third and each subsequent offense, shall be punished:

             (1) By a fine of not less than $1,500 but not more than $2,000; or

             (2) By both fine and imprisonment in the county jail for not more than 6 months.

      4.  In addition to any other penalty pursuant to subsection 3:

      (a) For the first offense within 2 years, the court shall order the driver to attend, at the driver’s own expense, a course of traffic safety approved by the Department and may issue an order suspending the driver’s license of the driver for a period of not more than 30 days.

      (b) For a second or subsequent offense within 2 years, the court shall issue an order revoking the driver’s license of the driver for a period of 1 year.

      5.  To determine whether the provisions of paragraph (a) or (b) of subsection 4 apply to one or more offenses of aggressive driving, the court shall use the date on which each offense of aggressive driving was committed.

      6.  If the driver is already the subject of any other order suspending or revoking his or her driver’s license, the court shall order the additional period of suspension or revocation, as appropriate, to apply consecutively with the previous order.

      7.  If the court issues an order suspending or revoking the driver’s license of the driver pursuant to this section, the court shall require the driver to surrender to the court all driver’s licenses then held by the driver. The court shall, within 5 days after issuing the order, forward the driver’s licenses and a copy of the order to the Department.

      8.  If the driver successfully completes a course of traffic safety ordered pursuant to this section, the Department shall cancel three demerit points from his or her driving record in accordance with NRS 483.448 or 483.475, as appropriate, unless the driver would not otherwise be entitled to have those demerit points cancelled pursuant to the provisions of that section.

      9.  This section does not preclude the suspension or revocation of the driver’s license of the driver, or the suspension of the future driving privileges of a person, pursuant to any other provision of law.

      10.  A person who violates any provision of subsection 1 may be subject to the additional penalty set forth in NRS 484B.130.

      (Added to NRS by 1999, 1385; A 2003, 1243, 3243; 2007, 2729)—(Substituted in revision for NRS 484.3765)