Article 15.--UNIFORM ACT REGULATING TRAFFIC; RULES OF THE ROAD
8-1551.Obedience to signal indicating approach of train.
(a) Whenever any person driving a vehicle approaches a railroad grade
crossing under any of the circumstances stated in this section, the driver
of such vehicle shall stop within fifty (50) feet but not less than fifteen
(15) feet from the nearest rail of such railroad, and shall not proceed
until he or she can do so safely. The foregoing requirements shall apply
when:
(1) A clearly visible electric or mechanical signal device gives warning
of the immediate approach of a railroad train;
(2) A crossing gate is lowered or when a human flagman gives or
continues to give a signal of the approach or passage of a railroad train;
(3) A railroad train approaching within approximately one thousand five
hundred (1,500) feet of the highway crossing emits a signal audible from
such distance and such railroad train, by reason of its speed or nearness
to such crossing, is an immediate hazard; or
(4) An approaching railroad train is plainly visible and is in hazardous
proximity to such crossing.
(b) No person shall drive any vehicle through, around or under any
crossing gate or barrier at a railroad crossing while such gate or barrier
is closed or is being opened or closed.
Article 15.--UNIFORM ACT REGULATING TRAFFIC; RULES OF THE ROAD
8-1551.Obedience to signal indicating approach of train.
(a) Whenever any person driving a vehicle approaches a railroad grade
crossing under any of the circumstances stated in this section, the driver
of such vehicle shall stop within fifty (50) feet but not less than fifteen
(15) feet from the nearest rail of such railroad, and shall not proceed
until he or she can do so safely. The foregoing requirements shall apply
when:
(1) A clearly visible electric or mechanical signal device gives warning
of the immediate approach of a railroad train;
(2) A crossing gate is lowered or when a human flagman gives or
continues to give a signal of the approach or passage of a railroad train;
(3) A railroad train approaching within approximately one thousand five
hundred (1,500) feet of the highway crossing emits a signal audible from
such distance and such railroad train, by reason of its speed or nearness
to such crossing, is an immediate hazard; or
(4) An approaching railroad train is plainly visible and is in hazardous
proximity to such crossing.
(b) No person shall drive any vehicle through, around or under any
crossing gate or barrier at a railroad crossing while such gate or barrier
is closed or is being opened or closed.
Article 15.--UNIFORM ACT REGULATING TRAFFIC; RULES OF THE ROAD
8-1551.Obedience to signal indicating approach of train.
(a) Whenever any person driving a vehicle approaches a railroad grade
crossing under any of the circumstances stated in this section, the driver
of such vehicle shall stop within fifty (50) feet but not less than fifteen
(15) feet from the nearest rail of such railroad, and shall not proceed
until he or she can do so safely. The foregoing requirements shall apply
when:
(1) A clearly visible electric or mechanical signal device gives warning
of the immediate approach of a railroad train;
(2) A crossing gate is lowered or when a human flagman gives or
continues to give a signal of the approach or passage of a railroad train;
(3) A railroad train approaching within approximately one thousand five
hundred (1,500) feet of the highway crossing emits a signal audible from
such distance and such railroad train, by reason of its speed or nearness
to such crossing, is an immediate hazard; or
(4) An approaching railroad train is plainly visible and is in hazardous
proximity to such crossing.
(b) No person shall drive any vehicle through, around or under any
crossing gate or barrier at a railroad crossing while such gate or barrier
is closed or is being opened or closed.