(A) The driver of any motor vehicle carrying passengers for hire, or of any vehicle carrying liquid petroleum and liquid petroleum products, explosives, flammable or oxidizing liquids and solids, flammable or poisonous compressed gases, volatile liquids and solids which emit poisonous fumes, corrosive liquids and radioactive materials as a cargo or part of a cargo, before crossing at grade any track or tracks of a railroad, shall stop such vehicle within 50 feet but not less than 15 feet from the nearest rail of such railroad and while so stopped shall listen and look in both directions along such track for any approaching train, and for signals indicating the approach of a train, except as hereinafter provided, and shall not proceed until he or she can do so safely. After stopping as required in this section, the driver shall proceed only in a gear not requiring a change of gears during the crossing, and the driver shall not shift gears while crossing the track or tracks.
(B) This section shall not apply at:
(1) Any railroad grade crossing at which traffic is controlled by a police officer or human flagger;
(2) Any railroad grade crossing at which traffic is regulated by a traffic control signal;
(3) Any railroad grade crossing protected by crossing gates or an alternately flashing light signal intended to give warning of the approach of a railroad train; or
(4) Any railroad grade crossing at which an official traffic control device gives notice that the stopping requirement imposed by this section does not apply.
(C) This section does not apply to streetcar grade crossings within a business or residence district.
(D) All school buses shall stop at all railroad crossings when carrying passengers, except at any railroad grade crossing located upon a four-lane highway where the posted speed limit is in excess of 45 mph or any railroad grade crossing at which traffic is controlled by a police officer or human flagger.
(Prior Code, § 40-1-1202) Penalty, see § 73.99