Certain buses and trucks to stop at railroad crossing, when
Certain vehicles must stop before crossing railroad tracks. This includes buses that carry passengers for money, school buses, and trucks carrying dangerous things like explosives, poisonous gases, or large amounts of flammable or corrosive liquids. These vehicles must stop no closer than 15 feet and no farther than 50 feet from the nearest rail, then make sure it is safe before crossing. A stop is not needed if a traffic officer, traffic signal, or watchman is giving a clear signal to proceed, at a streetcar crossing in a business or residential area, or if the proper government agency has marked that crossing as exempt.
304.030. Certain buses and trucks to stop at railroad crossing, when — , requirements. — Every motor vehicle transporting passengers, for hire, every school bus, and every motor vehicle transporting , or poisonous or compressed gases, and every motor vehicle used for the transportation of inflammable or , whether loaded or empty, shall, upon approaching any , other than a crossing that is specifically ed from the stopping requirement by of the of the of economic development, be brought to a full stop within fifty feet, but not less than fifteen feet, from the nearest rail of such railroad grade crossing, and shall not proceed until has been taken to that the course is clear, except that such full stop shall not be required at a streetcar crossing within a business or , nor at a railroad grade crossing protected by a watchman or traffic officer on duty or by a (not railroad flashing al) giving positive to approaching vehicles to proceed, nor when the division of motor carrier and railroad safety has ordered the placement of an exempt sign at the crossing.
(RSMo 1939 § 8399, A.L. 1988 S.B. 676)
Division of motor carrier and railroad safety abolished, duties and functions transferred to and department of transportation, 226.008
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