Article 15.--UNIFORM ACT REGULATING TRAFFIC; RULES OF THE ROAD
8-1553.Certain vehicles required to stop at railroad grade
crossings; exceptions.
(a) Except as provided in subsection (b), the driver of any vehicle
described in rules and regulations issued pursuant to subsection (c), before crossing
at grade any track or tracks of a railroad, shall stop such vehicle within
50 feet but not less than 15 feet
from the nearest rail
of such railroad and while so stopped shall listen and look in both
directions along such track for any approaching train, and for signals
indicating the approach of a train, and shall not proceed until
such driver can do
so safely. After stopping as required and upon proceeding when it is
safe to do so, the driver of any vehicle shall cross only in such gear
of the vehicle that there will be no necessity for manually changing gears
while traversing such crossings and the driver shall not manually shift
gears while crossing the track or tracks.
(b) This section shall not apply at:
(1) Any railroad grade crossing at which traffic is controlled by a
police officer or human flagman;
(2) any railroad grade crossing at which traffic is controlled by a
functioning highway traffic signal transmitting a
green indication which, under local law, permits a vehicle to proceed across
the railroad tracks without slowing or stopping;
(3) any abandoned railroad grade crossing which
is marked with a sign indicating that the rail line is abandoned;
(4) any industrial or spur line railroad grade crossing marked with
a sign reading "Exempt." Such exempt signs shall be erected only by or with
the consent of the appropriate state or local authority;
(5) a railroad grade crossing used exclusively for industrial switching
purposes, within a business district defined in K.S.A. 8-1407, and amendments
thereto.
(c) The secretary of transportation, in conjunction with the state
corporation commission, shall adopt such rules and
regulations as may be necessary describing the vehicles which must comply
with the stopping requirements of this section. Such rules and regulations
shall correlate with and so far as
possible conform to the federal motor carrier safety regulations of the
United States department of
transportation.
History: L. 1974, ch. 33, § 8-1553; L. 1975, ch. 426, § 45;
L. 1989, ch. 41, § 1;
L. 1993, ch. 36, § 1; July 1.
Article 15.--UNIFORM ACT REGULATING TRAFFIC; RULES OF THE ROAD
8-1553.Certain vehicles required to stop at railroad grade
crossings; exceptions.
(a) Except as provided in subsection (b), the driver of any vehicle
described in rules and regulations issued pursuant to subsection (c), before crossing
at grade any track or tracks of a railroad, shall stop such vehicle within
50 feet but not less than 15 feet
from the nearest rail
of such railroad and while so stopped shall listen and look in both
directions along such track for any approaching train, and for signals
indicating the approach of a train, and shall not proceed until
such driver can do
so safely. After stopping as required and upon proceeding when it is
safe to do so, the driver of any vehicle shall cross only in such gear
of the vehicle that there will be no necessity for manually changing gears
while traversing such crossings and the driver shall not manually shift
gears while crossing the track or tracks.
(b) This section shall not apply at:
(1) Any railroad grade crossing at which traffic is controlled by a
police officer or human flagman;
(2) any railroad grade crossing at which traffic is controlled by a
functioning highway traffic signal transmitting a
green indication which, under local law, permits a vehicle to proceed across
the railroad tracks without slowing or stopping;
(3) any abandoned railroad grade crossing which
is marked with a sign indicating that the rail line is abandoned;
(4) any industrial or spur line railroad grade crossing marked with
a sign reading "Exempt." Such exempt signs shall be erected only by or with
the consent of the appropriate state or local authority;
(5) a railroad grade crossing used exclusively for industrial switching
purposes, within a business district defined in K.S.A. 8-1407, and amendments
thereto.
(c) The secretary of transportation, in conjunction with the state
corporation commission, shall adopt such rules and
regulations as may be necessary describing the vehicles which must comply
with the stopping requirements of this section. Such rules and regulations
shall correlate with and so far as
possible conform to the federal motor carrier safety regulations of the
United States department of
transportation.
History: L. 1974, ch. 33, § 8-1553; L. 1975, ch. 426, § 45;
L. 1989, ch. 41, § 1;
L. 1993, ch. 36, § 1; July 1.
Article 15.--UNIFORM ACT REGULATING TRAFFIC; RULES OF THE ROAD
8-1553.Certain vehicles required to stop at railroad grade
crossings; exceptions.
(a) Except as provided in subsection (b), the driver of any vehicle
described in rules and regulations issued pursuant to subsection (c), before crossing
at grade any track or tracks of a railroad, shall stop such vehicle within
50 feet but not less than 15 feet
from the nearest rail
of such railroad and while so stopped shall listen and look in both
directions along such track for any approaching train, and for signals
indicating the approach of a train, and shall not proceed until
such driver can do
so safely. After stopping as required and upon proceeding when it is
safe to do so, the driver of any vehicle shall cross only in such gear
of the vehicle that there will be no necessity for manually changing gears
while traversing such crossings and the driver shall not manually shift
gears while crossing the track or tracks.
(b) This section shall not apply at:
(1) Any railroad grade crossing at which traffic is controlled by a
police officer or human flagman;
(2) any railroad grade crossing at which traffic is controlled by a
functioning highway traffic signal transmitting a
green indication which, under local law, permits a vehicle to proceed across
the railroad tracks without slowing or stopping;
(3) any abandoned railroad grade crossing which
is marked with a sign indicating that the rail line is abandoned;
(4) any industrial or spur line railroad grade crossing marked with
a sign reading "Exempt." Such exempt signs shall be erected only by or with
the consent of the appropriate state or local authority;
(5) a railroad grade crossing used exclusively for industrial switching
purposes, within a business district defined in K.S.A. 8-1407, and amendments
thereto.
(c) The secretary of transportation, in conjunction with the state
corporation commission, shall adopt such rules and
regulations as may be necessary describing the vehicles which must comply
with the stopping requirements of this section. Such rules and regulations
shall correlate with and so far as
possible conform to the federal motor carrier safety regulations of the
United States department of
transportation.
History: L. 1974, ch. 33, § 8-1553; L. 1975, ch. 426, § 45;
L. 1989, ch. 41, § 1;
L. 1993, ch. 36, § 1; July 1.