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(a) An audible warning device meeting standards prescribed by the Federal Railroad Administration shall be sounded sufficiently in advance of each public highway grade crossing to give warning of a train's approach and shall be kept sounding until the train has crossed the highway.
(b) Repealed by 2023, No. 6, § 31, eff. July 1, 2023.
(c) Repealed by 2023, No. 6, § 31, eff. July 1, 2023.
(d) A railroad operating a train over a crossing at which the Federal Railroad Administration has approved establishment of a quiet zone under 49 C.F.R. Part 222 shall not, on the basis of its omission to sound an audible warning device, be liable to any person for death, personal injury, or property damage resulting from use of the crossing.
(e) Nothing in this section shall prohibit a railroad's use of an audible warning device in emergency circumstances.
(f) A municipality in which a crossing is located shall not, on the basis of the railroad's omission to sound an audible warning device because of a quiet zone established under 49 C.F.R. Part 222, incur liability to any person for death, personal injury, or property damage, resulting from use of the crossing.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Vermont Statutes Title 5. Aeronautics and Surface Transportation Generally, § 3582. Crossings; use of audible warning device - last updated January 01, 2024 | https://codes.findlaw.com/vt/title-5-aeronautics-and-surface-transportation-generally/vt-st-tit-5-sect-3582/
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