§ 25-2. Obedience to warning devices.  


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  • Whenever any person driving a vehicle approaches a railroad grade crossing under any of the circumstances stated in this section, the driver of such vehicle shall stop within fifty (50) feet, but not less than fifteen (15) feet, from the nearest rail of such railroad, and shall not proceed until he can do so safely. The foregoing requirements shall apply when:

    (a)

    A clearly visible electric or mechanical signal device gives warning of the immediate approach of the railroad train;

    (b)

    A crossing gate is lowered or when a human flagman gives or continues to give a signal of the approach of a railroad train;

    (c)

    A railroad train approaching within approximately fifteen hundred (1,500) feet of the highway crossing emits a signal audible from such distance and such railroad train, by reason of its speed or nearness to such crossing, is an immediate hazard;

    (d)

    An approaching railroad train is plainly visible and is in hazardous proximity to such crossing.

    No person shall drive any vehicle through, around or under any crossing gate or barrier at a railroad grade crossing while such gate or barrier is closed or is being opened or closed.

State law reference

Similar provisions, V.T.C.A., Transportation Code § 545.251.