(a) The driver, engineer, or person in charge of any locomotive, cane car, or other vehicle, whether operated on stationary rails or roadways, used in agricultural or industrial work, shall not cause or permit such locomotive, cane car, or other vehicle to enter upon or cross any highway without first stopping and yielding the right-of-way to any vehicle crossing or about to cross the grade crossing or road intersection or which is approaching so closely on such highway as to constitute an immediate hazard, but having so yielded may proceed; provided that a flagger is first stationed in a conspicuous spot, approximately in the center of the highway in close proximity to the tracks, road intersection, or crossing, displaying a red flag not less than 16 inches square, except that from a half-hour after sunset to a half-hour before sunrise, in lieu of such flag, a red light or lantern shall be so displayed as to be plainly visible for a distance of 500 feet from both sides of the tracks, crossing, or road intersection.
(b) The foregoing provisions respecting a flagger with a red flag or a red light is fully complied with if there is installed and maintained in good working condition an automatic electrically operated flashing light and bell warning device of a type regularly used as a railway crossing warning signal, placed in a conspicuous spot close to the railway crossing, sounding a bell and displaying a flashing red light plainly visible for a distance of 500 feet from both sides of the tracks, crossing or intersection.
(Sec. 15-12.3, R.O. 1978 (1983 Ed.)) (1990 Code, Ch. 15, Art. 12, § 15-12.3)
Editor’s note:
* See listing of schedules at the end of this chapter.