§ 31-5-511 — Stopping requirements for certain vehicles at railroad crossings

(a) The driver of any motor vehicle carrying passengers
for hire, or of any school bus whether empty or carrying school
children, or of any vehicle carrying a cargo or part of a cargo
required to be placarded under United States department of
transportation regulations, before crossing at grade any track
or tracks of a railroad, shall:
(i) Actuate the vehicle's four-way hazard flashers
prior to stopping at the grade crossing;
(ii) Stop the vehicle within fifty (50) feet but not
less than fifteen (15) feet from the nearest rail of the
railroad;
(iii) While stopped, listen and look in both
directions along the track for any approaching train or other
on-track equipment and for signals indicating the approach of a
train or other on-track equipment and not proceed until he can
do so safely;
(iv) Upon proceeding, cross the tracks without
manually shifting gears and only in a gear of the vehicle which
does not require manually changing gears while traversing the
crossing; and
(v) After crossing the tracks, cancel the four-way
hazard flashers.
(b) Except for school buses which will stop at all
railroad crossings, this section shall not apply at:
(i) Any railroad grade crossing at which traffic is
controlled by a police officer or flagman;
(ii) Any railroad grade crossing at which traffic is
regulated by a traffic-control signal;
(iii) Any railroad grade crossing protected by
crossing gates or an alternately flashing light signal intended
to give warning of the approach of a railroad train or other on-
track equipment;
(iv) Any railroad grade crossing at which an official
traffic-control device gives notice that the stopping
requirement imposed by this section does not apply.
(c) The highway department may adopt such regulations as
may be necessary describing additional vehicles which must
comply with the stopping requirements of this section.