2005 Minnesota Statutes - 219.20 — Stop sign.

     219.20 Stop sign. 


    Subdivision 1.    When installation required; procedure. 
  At each grade crossing where, because of the dangers 
 attendant upon its use, the reasonable protection of life and 
 property makes it necessary for persons approaching the crossing 
 to stop before crossing the railroad tracks, stop signs must be 
 installed.  When the government entity responsible for a road 
 that crosses a railroad track deems it necessary to install stop 
 signs at that crossing, it shall petition the commissioner to 
 order the installation of the stop signs.  The commissioner 
 shall respond to the petition by investigating the conditions at 
 the crossing to determine whether stop signs should be installed 
 at the crossing.  On determining, after an investigation 
 following a petition from a governmental agency or subdivision 
 or on the commissioner's own motion, that stop signs should be 
 installed at a crossing, the commissioner shall designate the 
 crossing as a stop crossing and shall notify the railway company 
 operating the railroad at the crossing of this designation.  
 Within 30 days after notification, the railway company shall 
 erect the uniform stop crossing signs in accordance with the 
 commissioner's order. 


    Subd. 2.    Stopping distances.  When a stop sign has 
 been erected at a railroad crossing, the driver of a vehicle 
 approaching a railroad crossing shall stop within 50 feet, but 
 not less than ten feet, from the nearest track of the crossing 
 and shall proceed only upon exercising due care. 


    HIST: (4743-5) 1925 c 336 s 5; 1971 c 25 s 67; 1976 c 166 s 
 25; 1985 c 265 art 4 s 1; 1987 c 397 s 2