                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

WHEN DRIVERS OF CERTAIN VEHICLES TO STOP, LOOK, AND LISTEN AT RAILROAD
CROSSINGS; CROSSING TRACKS WITHOUT SHIFTING GEARS (§ 46.2-886)

Except in cities or towns, the driver of any motor vehicle carrying passengers
for hire, or of any vehicle carrying explosive substances or flammable liquids
as a cargo or part of a cargo, before crossing at grade any railroad track,
shall stop such vehicle within fifty feet but not less than fifteen feet from
the nearest rail of such railroad and while stopped shall listen and look in
both directions along the track for any approaching train, and for signals
indicating the approach of a train, except as hereinafter provided in this
section, and shall not proceed until he can do so safely. After stopping and
upon proceeding when it is safe to do so, the driver of any vehicle shall cross
only in such gear of the vehicle that there will be no necessity for changing
gears while traversing the crossing.
		Before crossing any railroad tracks at grade, the driver of any school bus
shall stop the school bus within fifty feet but not less than fifteen feet from
the nearest rail of such railroad and while stopped shall listen and look in
both directions along the track for any approaching train, except as hereinafter
provided in this section, and shall not proceed until he can do so safely. After
stopping and upon proceeding when it is safe to do so, the driver of any school
bus shall cross only in such gear of the vehicle that there will be no necessity
for changing gears while traversing the crossing.
		Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this section, no stop need be made
at any such crossing where a law-enforcement officer or a traffic-control signal
directs traffic to proceed.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 46-254.1; 1956, c. 164; 1958, c. 541, § 46.1-245; 1989,
c. 727.