Alaska Administrative Code
Title 13 - Public Safety
Part 1 - Division of Alaska State Troopers
Chapter 02 - Motor Vehicle and Driving Offenses: Rules of the Road
Article 6 - Special Stops Required
13 AAC 02.240 - Obedience to signal indicating approach of train
Universal Citation: 13 AK Admin Code 02.240
Current through February 24, 2025
(a) When a person driving a vehicle approaches a railroad grade crossing under circumstances described in this section, the driver of the vehicle shall stop within 50 feet, but not less than 15 feet, from the nearest rail of the railroad, and may not proceed until he can do so safely. This stop is required 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 is being lowered, or when a flagman gives either a signal to stop or
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
that distance and the railroad train, by reason of its speed or nearness to the
crossing, is an immediate hazard to crossing traffic; or
(4) an approaching railroad train is visible
and is in hazardous proximity to a crossing.
(b) No person may drive a vehicle through, around or under a crossing gate or barrier at a railroad crossing while the gate or barrier is closed or is being opened or closed.
Authority:AS 28.05.011
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