Pennsylvania Code
Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY
Part I - Department of Labor and Industry
Chapter 31 - MIGRANT LABOR
Subchapter B - TRANSPORTATION OF WORKERS
OPERATION OF MOTOR CARRIERS AND VEHICLES
Section 31.27 - Railroad grade crossings
Universal Citation: 34 PA Code ยง 31.27
Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 38, September 21, 2024
(a) All motor vehicles shall, upon approaching any railroad grade crossing, make a full stop not more than 50 feet nor less than 15 feet from the nearest rail of the railroad grade crossing, and shall not proceed until due caution has been taken to ascertain that the course is clear.
(b) A full stop need not be made at the following:
(1) A street car crossing within a
business or residence district of a municipality.
(2) A railroad grade crossing where a police
officer or a traffic-control signal (not a railroad flashing signal) directs
traffic to proceed.
(3) An
abandoned or exempted grade crossing which is clearly marked as such by or with
the consent of the proper state authority, when such marking may be read from
the position of the driver.
(c) All such motor vehicles shall display a sign on the rear reading, "This vehicle stops at railroad crossings."
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