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Utah Code Title 41. Motor Vehicles § 41-6a-1206. Railroad crossing duties respecting crawler type tractor, power shovel, derrick, or other equipment or structure

Current as of May 05, 2022 | Updated by FindLaw Staff

(1) A person may not operate or move the following on or across any tracks at a railroad grade crossing without first complying with this section:

(a) a crawler type tractor;

(b) a power shovel;

(c) a derrick;

(d) a roller; or

(e) any equipment or structure having:

(i) normal operating speed of 10 or less miles per hour; or

(ii) a vertical body or load clearance of less than:

(A)1/2 inch per foot of the distance between any two adjacent axles; or

(B) in any event, nine inches measured above the level surface of a roadway.

(2) A person intending to operate or move a vehicle or equipment described in Subsection (1) on or across railroad tracks at a railroad grade crossing shall give to the railroad:

(a) notice of the person's intended crossing; and

(b) reasonable time to provide proper protection at the railroad grade crossing.

(3) Before making a crossing under this section, a person operating or moving a vehicle or equipment described in Subsection (1):

(a) shall first stop within 50 feet but not closer than 15 feet from the nearest rail of the railway;

(b) while stopped, shall:

(i) look in both directions along the railroad track for:

(A) a sign of an approaching railroad train or other on-track equipment; or

(B) a signal indicating the approach of a railroad train or other on-track equipment; and

(ii) listen for a signal indicating the approach of a railroad train or other on-track equipment; and

(c) may proceed across the track only when the crossing can be made safely.

(4) A person operating or moving a vehicle or equipment described in Subsection (1) shall obey all traffic control devices or the directions of a peace officer or other crossing official at the crossing.

(5) A violation of this section is an infraction.

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