§ 17-60. Certain vehicles must stop at all railroad grade crossings.

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(a)

The driver of any motor vehicle carrying passengers for hire, or of any school bus carrying any school child, or of any vehicle carrying explosive substances or flammable liquids as a cargo or part of a cargo, before crossing at grade any track or tracks of a railroad, shall stop such vehicle within fifty (50) feet but not less than ten (10) feet from the nearest rail of such railroad and while so stopped shall listen and look in both directions along such track or any approaching train and for signals indicating the approach of a train, except as hereinafter provided, and shall not proceed until he can do so safely.

(b)

No stop need be made at any such crossing where a police officer or a traffic-control signal directs traffic to proceed.

(c)

This section shall not apply at street railway grade crossings within a business or residence district.

State law reference

Similar provisions, MCA 1972, § 63-3-1011.

                    
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