2005 Washington Revised Code RCW 81.48.010: Failure to ring bell — Penalty — Exception.

Every engineer driving a locomotive on any railway who shall fail to ring the bell or sound the whistle upon such locomotive, or cause the same to be rung or sounded at least eighty rods from any place where such railway crosses a traveled road or street on the same level (except in cities, or in counties that enact ordinances applying only to crossings equipped with supplemental safety measures as provided in RCW 81.48.015), or to continue the ringing of such bell or sounding of such whistle until such locomotive shall have crossed such road or street, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

     This section shall not apply to an engineer operating a locomotive within yard limits or when on track, which is not main line track, where crossing speed is restricted by published special instruction or bulletin to ten miles per hour or less.

[1995 c 315 § 1; 1961 c 14 § 81.48.010. Prior: 1909 c 249 § 276; RRS § 2528.]