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<section article="gtr" article_name="Transportation" number="21-701" title_number="21" title_name="Vehicle Laws -- Rules of the Road" subtitle_number="7" subtitle_name="Special Stops Required">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>If the driver of a vehicle approaches a railroad grade crossing under any of the circumstances stated in paragraph (2) of this subsection, the driver:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Shall stop within 50 feet but not less than 15 feet from the nearest rail in the crossing; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>May not proceed until he can do so safely.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The requirements of this subsection apply if:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>A clearly visible electric or mechanical signal device warns of the immediate approach or passage of a railroad train;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>A crossing gate is lowered;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>A flagman signals the approach or passage of a railroad train;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>A railroad train approaching within 1,500 feet of the crossing gives a signal audible to traffic approaching the crossing and the railroad train, because of its speed or nearness to the crossing, is an immediate danger; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="v">
        <text>A railroad train is plainly visible and is in or is approaching dangerously near to the crossing.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>A person may not drive any vehicle through, around, or under any crossing gate or barrier at a railroad grade crossing while the gate or barrier is closed or is being opened or closed.</text>
  </level>
</section>
