13 AAC 02.250. Mandatory vehicle stops at railroad crossings

(a) Except for the driver of any motor vehicle, other than a passenger car, a taxi cab, and a limousine, a vehicle carrying passengers for hire, a school bus, or a vehicle carrying an explosive substance or a flammable liquid as a cargo or a part of a cargo or a residue of a cargo must stop the vehicle within the distance required in 13 AAC 02.240(a) before crossing a railroad grade. While stopped, the driver must listen and look in both directions along the track for an approaching train and for a signal indicating the approach of a train, and may not proceed until the driver can do so safely. The driver of a school bus approaching a railroad grade crossing shall activate the vehicle's amber lights for a distance not less than 300 feet before stopping at a railroad grade crossing. After stopping, the amber lights must be deactivated. Upon proceeding when safe, the driver of a vehicle must cross only in that gear of the vehicle that will not require changing gears while traversing the crossing, and the driver may not shift gears while crossing.

(b) This section does not apply at

(1) a railroad grade crossing at which traffic is directed to proceed by a police officer, an authorized flagman, or an official traffic-control device.

(2) repealed 4/20/82.

History: In effect before 7/28/59; am 12/15/61, Register 3; am 8/10/66, Register 22; am 12/31/69, Register 31; am 6/28/79, Register 70; am 4/20/82, Register 82; am 10/2/92, Register 123

Authority: AS 28.05.011

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