Arkansas § 27-51-702 Obedience to signals at crossings required

Arkansas Statutes

§ 27-51-702 — Obedience to signals at crossings required

Arkansas § 27-51-702

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Bluebook

Ark. Code Ann. § 27-51-702 (2026).

Text

(a)(1) Whenever a person driving a vehicle approaches a railroad grade crossing under any of the circumstances stated in this section, the driver of the vehicle shall stop within fifty feet (50') but not less than fifteen feet (15') from the nearest rail of the railroad and shall not proceed until he or she can do so safely.

(2)The requirements under subdivision (a)(1) of this section apply when:

(A)A clearly visible electric or mechanical signal device gives warning of the immediate approach of a railroad train or other on-track equipment;

(B)A crossing gate is lowered or a human flagger gives or continues to give a signal of the approach or passage of a railroad train or other on-track equipment;

(C)A railroad train or other on-track equipment approaching within approximately one th

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(a) (1) Whenever a person driving a vehicle approaches a railroad grade crossing under any of the circumstances stated in this section, the driver of the vehicle shall stop within fifty feet (50') but not less than fifteen feet (15') from the nearest rail of the railroad and shall not proceed until he or she can do so safely. (2) The requirements under subdivision (a)(1) of this section apply when: (A) A clearly visible electric or mechanical signal device gives warning of the immediate approach of a railroad train or other on-track equipment; (B) A crossing gate is lowered or a human flagger gives or continues to give a signal of the approach or passage of a railroad train or other on-track equipment; (C) A railroad train or other on-track equipment approaching within approximately one thousand five hundred feet (1,500') of the highway crossing emits a signal audible from such distance and the railroad train or other on-track equipment, by reason of the speed or nearness to the crossing of the railroad train or other on-track equipment, is an immediate hazard; and (D) An approaching railroad train or other on-track equipment is plainly visible and is in hazardous proximity to the crossing. (b) No person shall drive any vehicle through, around, or under any crossing gate or barrier at a railroad crossing while the gate or barrier is closed or is being opened or closed.

Legislative History

Amended by Act 2021, No. 754,§ 1, eff. 7/28/2021. Acts 1937, No. 300, § 84; Pope's Dig., § 6742; Acts 1951, No. 182, § 1; 1959, No. 307, § 28; A.S.A. 1947, § 75-637.