(A) 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 50 feet, but not less than 15 feet, from the nearest rail of such railroad, and shall not proceed until he or she can do so safely.
(B) The foregoing requirements shall apply when:
(1) A clearly visible electric, or mechanical, signal device gives warning of the immediate approach of a railroad train;
(2) A crossing gate is lowered, or when a human flagman gives, or continues to give, a signal of the approach, or passage, of a railroad train;
(3) A railroad train approaching within approximately 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; or
(4) An approaching railroad train is plainly visible, and is in hazardous proximity to such crossing.
(C) 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.
(D) A violation of this section shall be a violation of G.S. § 20-142.1, and is not subject to civil penalties pursuant to this code.
(Code 1976, § 7.61)
Statutory reference:
Railroad intersections, G.S. § 20-142.1.