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2022 Utah Code
Title 41 - Motor Vehicles
Chapter 6a - Traffic Code
Part 12 - Railroad Trains, Railroad Grade Crossings, and Safety Zones
Section 1206 - Railroad crossing duties respecting crawler type tractor, power shovel, derrick, or other equipment or structure.
Universal Citation: UT Code § 41-6a-1206 (2022)
Effective 5/4/2022
41-6a-1206. Railroad crossing duties respecting crawler type tractor, power shovel, derrick, or other equipment or structure.
Amended by Chapter 104, 2022 General Session
41-6a-1206. Railroad crossing duties respecting crawler type tractor, power shovel, derrick, or other equipment or structure.
- (1) A person may not operate or move the following on or across any tracks at a railroad grade crossing without first complying with this section:
- (a) a crawler type tractor;
- (b) a power shovel;
- (c) a derrick;
- (d) a roller; or
- (e) any equipment or structure having:
- (i) normal operating speed of 10 or less miles per hour; or
- (ii) a vertical body or load clearance of less than:
- (A) 1/2 inch per foot of the distance between any two adjacent axles; or
- (B) in any event, nine inches measured above the level surface of a roadway.
- (2) A person intending to operate or move a vehicle or equipment described in Subsection (1) on or across railroad tracks at a railroad grade crossing shall give to the railroad:
- (a) notice of the person's intended crossing; and
- (b) reasonable time to provide proper protection at the railroad grade crossing.
- (3) Before making a crossing under this section, a person operating or moving a vehicle or equipment described in Subsection (1):
- (a) shall first stop within 50 feet but not closer than 15 feet from the nearest rail of the railway;
- (b) while stopped, shall:
- (i) look in both directions along the railroad track for:
- (A) a sign of an approaching railroad train or other on-track equipment; or
- (B) a signal indicating the approach of a railroad train or other on-track equipment; and
- (ii) listen for a signal indicating the approach of a railroad train or other on-track equipment; and
- (i) look in both directions along the railroad track for:
- (c) may proceed across the track only when the crossing can be made safely.
- (4) A person operating or moving a vehicle or equipment described in Subsection (1) shall obey all traffic control devices or the directions of a peace officer or other crossing official at the crossing.
- (5) A violation of this section is an infraction.
Amended by Chapter 104, 2022 General Session
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