NRS705.430. Penalty for unlawful failure to ring bell or sound whistle at crossing; exceptions.

      1.  Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, every engineer driving a locomotive on any railway who fails to ring the bell or sound the whistle or horn upon the locomotive or to cause the bell, whistle or horn to be rung or sounded at least 80 rods from any place where the railway crosses a traveled road or street that is customarily used by the public for the purpose of travel, or who fails to continue the ringing of the bell or the sounding of the whistle or horn until the locomotive has crossed the road or street, is guilty of a misdemeanor.

      2.  The provisions of subsection 1 do not apply in any quiet zone established pursuant to regulations of the Federal Railroad Administration of the United States Department of Transportation.

      3.  As used in this section, “quiet zone” has the meaning ascribed to it in 49 C.F.R. § 222.9.

      [1911 C&P § 319; RL § 6584; NCL § 10267]—(NRS A 2011, 1626)