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§47-11-702.
§47-11-702.
(a) The driver of any motor vehicle carrying passengers for hire, or
of any bus, as that term is defined in Section 1-105 of this title,
owned or operated by a licensed child care facility while carrying
children, or of any school bus carrying any school child, or of any
vehicle carrying explosive substances or flammable liquids as a cargo
or part of a cargo, before crossing at grade any track or tracks of a
railroad, shall stop such vehicle within fifty (50) feet but not less
than fifteen (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, except as hereinafter provided, and shall not
proceed until he can do so safely. After stopping as required herein
and upon proceeding when it is safe to do so, the driver of any said
vehicle shall cross only in such gear of the vehicle that there will
be no necessity for changing gears while traversing such crossing and
the driver shall not shift gears while crossing the track or tracks.
(b) No stop need be made at any such crossing where a police officer
or a traffic-control signal directs traffic to proceed.
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