| Minnesota Criminal Justice Statute Service | Bureau of Criminal Apprehension

169.29

Statute ID: 17237

Statute Function ID: 35940

Traffic Regulation - Failure to Stop at Railroad Crossing with Certain Heavy Equipment

In Effect

New Search Refine Search Back to Results

Details are only available for Penalty and Charging Statutes.

Statute Number:

169.29

Enactment Date:

May 30, 2019

Effective Date:

Jul 1, 2019

Expiration Date:

Repealed?:

Summary Text:

Traffic Regulation - Failure to Stop at Railroad Crossing with Certain Heavy Equipment

Statute ID:

17237

Created:

Jun 11, 2019 by mnjis.legal.analyst@state.mn.us

Updated:

Jun 11, 2019 by mnjis.legal.analyst@state.mn.us

Last Update Action:

Added

Legal Analyst Comment:

Amended 2019 SS1 C3 Art 3 Sect 45; Effective 07/01/2019

Summary Text:

Traffic Regulation - Failure to Stop at Railroad Crossing with Certain Heavy Equipment

Link to MN Statute Text:

https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/stats/169/29.html

Legislative Session:

2019 - Regular

Session Law Text?:

Statute text last updated on:

Jun 11, 2019

(a) No person shall operate or move any caterpillar tractor, steam shovel, derrick, roller, or any equipment or structure having a normal operating speed of six or less miles per hour or a vertical body or load clearance of less than nine inches above the level surface of a roadway upon or across any tracks at a railroad grade crossing without first complying with this section.

(b) Before making any crossing, the person operating or moving any vehicle or equipment set forth in this section shall first stop the same not less than ten, nor more than 50, feet from the nearest rail of the railway, and while so stopped shall listen and look in both directions along the track for any approaching railroad train or other on-track equipment and for signals indicating the approach of a railroad train or other on-track equipment, and shall not proceed until the crossing can be made safely.

(c) No crossing shall be made when warning is given by automatic signal or crossing gates or a flagger or otherwise of the immediate approach of a railroad train or other on-track equipment or car.

(d) A stop is not required at a crossing on a rail line on which service has been abandoned and where a sign erected in conformance with section 169.06 and bearing the word "Exempt" has been installed, unless directed otherwise by a flagger. The installation or presence of an exempt sign shall not relieve any driver of the duty to use due care.