Utah Code 41-6a-1205. Railroad grade crossings — Certain vehicles must stop — Exceptions — Rules
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(1) An operator of a commercial motor vehicle, as defined under Section 53-3-102, shall upon approaching a railroad grade crossing:
Terms Used In Utah Code 41-6a-1205
- Motor vehicle: means a vehicle that is self-propelled and a vehicle that is propelled by electric power obtained from overhead trolley wires, but not operated upon rails. See Utah Code 41-6a-102
- Operator: means :(49)(a) a human driver, as defined in Section
Utah Code 41-6a-102 - Other on-track equipment: means a railroad car, hi-rail vehicle, rolling stock, or other device operated, alone or coupled with another device, on stationary rails. See Utah Code 41-6a-102
- Peace officer: means a peace officer authorized under Title 53, Chapter 13, Peace Officer Classifications, to direct or regulate traffic or to make arrests for violations of traffic laws. See Utah Code 41-6a-102
- Railroad: means a carrier of persons or property upon cars operated on stationary rails. See Utah Code 41-6a-102
- Railroad train: means a locomotive propelled by any form of energy, coupled with or operated without cars, and operated upon rails. See Utah Code 41-6a-102
- Traffic: means pedestrians, ridden or herded animals, vehicles, and other conveyances either singly or together while using any highway for the purpose of travel. See Utah Code 41-6a-102
- Traffic-control device: means a sign, signal, marking, or device not inconsistent with this chapter placed or erected by a highway authority for the purpose of regulating, warning, or guiding traffic. See Utah Code 41-6a-102
- Traffic-control signal: means a device, whether manually, electrically, or mechanically operated, by which traffic is alternately directed to stop and permitted to proceed. See Utah Code 41-6a-102
- Vehicle: means a device in, on, or by which a person or property is or may be transported or drawn on a highway, except a mobile carrier, as defined in Section
41-6a-1120 , or a device used exclusively on stationary rails or tracks. See Utah Code 41-6a-102(1)(a) except as provided in Subsection (2), slow down and check that the tracks are clear of an approaching railroad train or other on-track equipment;(1)(b) stop within 50 feet, but not closer than 15 feet, from the nearest rail of the railroad track before reaching the crossing if the tracks are not clear;(1)(c) obey all traffic control devices or the directions of a peace officer, or other crossing official at the crossing; and(1)(d) before proceeding over a railroad grade crossing:(1)(d)(i) ensure that the vehicle has sufficient space to drive completely through a railroad grade crossing without stopping; and(1)(d)(ii) ensure that the vehicle has sufficient undercarriage clearance to safely and completely pass through the crossing.
(2) Except as provided in Subsection (3), the operator of a vehicle described in 49 C.F.R. § 392.10:
(2)(a) shall stop within 50 feet, but not closer than 15 feet, from the nearest rail of the railroad track before crossing, at grade, any track of a railroad;
(2)(b) while stopped, shall:
(2)(b)(i) look in both directions along the railroad track for:
(2)(b)(i)(A) a sign of an approaching railroad train or other on-track equipment; or
(2)(b)(i)(B) a signal indicating the approach of a railroad train or other on-track equipment; and
(2)(b)(ii) listen for a signal indicating the approach of a railroad train or other on-track equipment;
(2)(c) may proceed across the railroad track only when reasonably safe to cross; and
(2)(d) after stopping and safely proceeding, may not manually shift gears while crossing the railroad track.
(3) This section does not apply at a:
(3)(a) railroad grade crossing where traffic is controlled by a peace officer or other crossing official;
(3)(b) railroad grade crossing where traffic is regulated by a traffic-control signal;
(3)(c) railroad grade crossing where a traffic-control device gives notice that the stopping requirements of this section are not applicable; or
(4) A violation of this section is an infraction.