Delaware Administrative Code
Title 2 - Transportation
2000 - Department of Transportation
2400 - Division of Transportation Solutions
2402 - Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD)
Part 8 - Railroad
Chapter 8B - SIGNS AND MARKINGS
Section 8B.07 - EXEMPT Grade Crossing Plaques (R15-3P, W10-1aP)
Current through Register Vol. 28, No. 3, September 1, 2024
Option:
01 When authorized by law or regulation, a supplemental EXEMPT (R15-3P) plaque (see Figure 8B-1) with a white background may be used below the Crossbuck sign or Number of Tracks plaque, if present, at the grade crossing, and a supplemental EXEMPT (W10-1aP) plaque (see Figure 8B-4) with a yellow background may be used below the Grade Crossing Advance Warning (W10 series) sign.
02 Where neither the Crossbuck sign nor the advance warning signs exist for a particular highway-LRT grade crossing, an EXEMPT (R15-3P) plaque with a white background may be placed on its own post on the near right-hand side of the approach to the crossing.
Support:
03 These supplemental plaques inform drivers of highway vehicles carrying passengers for hire, school buses carrying students, or highway vehicles carrying hazardous materials that a stop is not required at certain designated grade crossings, except when rail traffic is approaching or occupying the grade crossing, or the driver's view is blocked.
Standard:
04 (DE Revision) In Delaware, traffic control signals displaying red, yellow and green signal indications shall be installed at all highway-rail grade crossings designated as exempt crossings.
Support:
05 (DE Revision) Pursuant to 49 CFR Ch. III Subpart B § 392.10, commercial motor vehicles need not stop at highway-rail grade crossings controlled by a functioning traffic signal transmitting a green indication. Furthermore, pursuant to Delaware Code, Title 21, Chapter 41, Subchapter VIII, §4163, the driver of any motor vehicle carrying passengers for hire, school bus carrying students or vehicle carrying hazardous materials is not required to stop at a highway rail grade crossing at which traffic is regulated by a traffic control signal or an official traffic control device, such as an EXEMPT (W10-1aP) sign.
