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§47-11-701.
§47-11-701.
(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 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
(1,500) hundred 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;
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.
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