The chief of police after obtaining the prior approval of the municipal council is authorized to designate particularly dangerous highway grade crossings of railroads and to erect stop signs thereat. When such stop signs are erected, the driver of any vehicle shall stop within fifty feet (50'), but not less than ten feet (10'), from the nearest track of such grade crossing and shall proceed only upon exercising due care and observing that no train or trains are approaching. (Prior code § 42-13-2)
A. The driver of every:
1. "Bus", as defined in this code, transporting passengers;
2. School bus transporting school children;
3. Motor vehicle transporting explosive substances or flammable liquids in quantities in excess of one hundred (100) gallons as a cargo or part of a cargo;
4. Tank truck for transporting flammable liquids, whether loaded or empty; or
5. Motor vehicle transporting corrosive liquids in cargo tanks;
before crossing at grade any track or tracks or railroads or motor vehicle transporting fissionable materials, shall stop such vehicle within fifty feet (50') but not less than ten feet (10') from the nearest rail of such railroads 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 she or he can do so safely. After stopping as required in this section and upon proceeding when it is safe to do so, the driver of any such vehicle shall cross only in such gear of the vehicle that there will be no necessity for changing gears while traversing such crossing; and the driver shall not shift gears while crossing the track or tracks.
B. No stop need be made at any such crossing where a police officer or a traffic control signal directs traffic to proceed.
C. Unless a railroad train is approaching, any vehicle listed in subsection A of this section may proceed without stopping but at a speed not exceeding twenty five (25) miles per hour at any highway grade crossing of a railroad where a distinctive sign is displayed indicating that the public service commission of Utah, after hearing, has approved that no stop need be made. (Prior code § 42-13-3)
A. The chief of police after obtaining the prior approval of the municipal council may designate through streets in addition to those designated by the state road commission and may erect stop signs or "yield right of way" signs at specified entrances thereto or may designate any intersection as a "stop" intersection and erect like signs at one or more entrances to such intersections.
B. Every such sign shall bear the word "Stop" in letters not less than eight inches (8") in height and such signs shall at nighttime be rendered luminous by steady or flashing internal illumination, or by fixed floodlight projected on the face of the sign or by efficient reflecting elements on the face of the sign.
C. Every stop sign shall be located as near as practicable at the nearest line of the crosswalk on the near side of the intersection, or, if there is no crosswalk, then as close as practicable to the nearest line of the roadway.
D. Every driver of a vehicle approaching a stop sign shall stop before entering the crosswalk on the near side of the intersection, or, in the event there is no crosswalk, shall stop at a clearly marked stop line, but if none, then at the point nearest the intersecting highway where the driver has a view of approaching traffic on the intersecting highway before entering the intersection, except when directed to proceed by a police officer or traffic control signal. (Prior code § 42-13-4)