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2011 Ohio Revised Code
Title [49] XLIX PUBLIC UTILITIES
Chapter 4955: TRACKS; CROSSINGS
4955.47 Railroad quiet zones - railroads and employees not liable for acts in compliance.


OH Rev Code § 4955.47 What's This?

No railroad company and no employee or agent of the company shall be charged, or is liable in damages to person or property, for any failure to sound an audible warning by whistle, horn, bell, or other audible warning device at a public or private grade crossing equipped in accordance with division (B)(2) of section 4955.32 of the Revised Code or located in a railroad quiet zone established pursuant to section 4955.42 of the Revised Code or in a jurisdiction in which such sounding is restricted or prohibited by law.

Effective Date: 11-18-2004

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