§ 70-482. Stop at railroad grade crossings required for certain vehicles.

(a)

The driver of every motor vehicle transporting passengers for hire, every school bus, and every motor vehicle transporting high explosives, or poisonous or compressed flammable gases, and every motor vehicle used for the transportation of flammable or corrosive liquids in bulk, whether loaded or empty, 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 he can do so safely. After stopping as required in this section 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 crossing; 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 regulated by a traffic control signal.

(3)

Any railroad grade crossing protected by crossing gates or an alternately flashing light signal intended to give warning of the approach of a railroad train.

(4)

Any railroad grade crossing at which an official traffic control device gives notice that the stopping requirement imposed by this section does not apply.

(Code of Gen. Ords. 1967, § 34.124; Ord. No. 41525, 10-20-72; Ord. No. 56381, 8-16-84)

State law reference

Similar provisions, RSMo 304.030.