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Uber
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Traffic Laws
Bike Riding
100

Regional Transportation Commission

What is RTC?

100

Share the ride with up to one co-rider at a time.

What is UberX Share?

100

A legal document that establishes ownership of a vehicle.

What is a certificate of title?

100

The legal maximum speed at which vehicles may travel on a given stretch of road.

What is a speed limit?

100

Performed on the bike before riding to ensure that it is safe. (Air, brakes, chains)

What is the ABC quick check?

200

A place where buses go to meet. There are restrooms, ATMs, smoking areas, and passenger services. (Tip - Washoe has two of these places.)

What are boarding locations? Will also accept, What are bus hubs?

200

An amount charged to your card after you cancel the ride after you're matched with your driver.

What is a cancellation fee?

200

A contract that provides financial protection in case of an accident or other damage. 

What is Car Insurance?

200

A criminal penalty charged for driving outside of the legal limits of substance consumption. 

What is a DUI?

200

An area around the vehicle you should avoid riding in (when possible) since it is not visible to the driver while using mirrors or when looking forward. 

What is a blind spot?

300

Used to validate payment or bus passes. (Tip - You see it when you first get on the bus.)

What is a farebox?

300

Choose your exact pickup time up to 90 days in advance.

What is Reserve a Ride?

300

Officially certifies a vehicle to drive on public roads and connects a vehicle to both a state and an owner. 

What is vehicle registration?

300

Operating a vehicle with willful or wanton disregard for the safety of persons or property. Examples may include:

  • going significantly over the speed limit
  • ignoring traffic control devices, such as running red lights
  • hitting medians and shoulders while driving or making U-turns
  • swiftly overtaking vehicles or changing from the left- to right-most lane in a several-lane highway without signaling
  • overly aggressive driving during road rage

What is reckless driving?

300

1. Follow the Law

2. Be Predictable

3. Be Conspicuous

4. Think Ahead

5. Ride Ready

What are the 5 Rules of the Road?

400

Curbside-to-curbside transit service
available in select areas of Sparks/
Spanish Springs, Somersett/Verdi, North Valleys, South Meadows.

What is RTC FlexRIDE?

400

A ride that seats 6 passengers with room for extra luggage. 

What is UberXXL?

400

One of the most basic car maintenance items because it needs to be done every 3 months or every 3,000 miles. 

What are oil changes?

400

The right of one vehicle or pedestrian to proceed in a lawful manner in preference to another vehicle or pedestrian approaching under such circumstances of direction, speed and proximity as to give rise to the danger of a crash unless one grants precedence to the other.

What is "Right-of-way"?

400

The action you take when you choose to ride:

- In the lane that is wide enough for a car and bike to operate safely side by side. 

- A safe distance from the curb or parked cars, but never ride in the gutter. 

- In the middle of the lane when a lane is too narrow to share safely. 

What is Lane Positioning?

500

A program offered through a partnership between RTC and Enterprise. The program consists of a group between 4 to 14 people with similar travel patterns who ride to work or other places together in a shared vehicle (most often a van). Enterprise provides the vehicles and pays for their insurance and maintenance. Participants in the program share the cost of gas and the rolling 30-day vehicle lease.

What is the RTC VANPOOL Program?

500

An additional payment that may be applied to your trip to or from certain events, stadiums, or venues. This is geography-based.

What is an Event or Venue Surcharge?

500

The unit used to measure air pressure within your tire. (Tip - Typically found somewhere in your owner's manual, or on the door jamb of your driver-side door.)

What is PSI?

500

Requires drivers to shift their vehicles out of the lane immediately adjacent to any traffic incident. Covers emergency vehicles, construction equipment, parked private vehicles, pedestrians, and even debris on the road. Drivers who violate this law face fines, license points, and even jail time.

What is Nevada's Move Over Law?

500

Nevada provides that the driver of a motor vehicle shall not intentionally interfere with the movement of a person lawfully riding a bicycle.

Further, when overtaking or passing a bicycle proceeding in the same direction, the driver of a motor vehicle shall exercise due care and:

  • If there is more than one lane for traffic proceeding in the same direction, move the vehicle to the lane to the immediate left, if the lane is available and moving into the lane is reasonably safe; or
  • If there is only one lane for traffic proceeding in the same direction, pass to the left of the bicycle at a safe distance, which must be not less than 3 feet between any portion of the vehicle and the bicycle, and shall not move again to the right side of the highway until the vehicle is safely clear of the overtaken bicycle.

What is Nevada's Safe Passing Law?