§ 82-1-27. Drivers of certain vehicles to stop at railroad crossings and cross tracks without shifting gears.

(a)

Except in incorporated towns 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 of a railroad, shall stop such vehicle within fifty (50) feet, but not less than fifteen (15) feet from the nearest rail of such railroad and while so stopped shall listen and look in both directions along such track for 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. After stopping as required herein and upon proceeding when it is safe to do so the driver of any such vehicle shall cross only in such gear of the vehicle that there will be no necessity for changing gears.

(b)

No stop shall be made at any such crossing where a police officer or a traffic-control signal directs traffic to proceed. (2-13-63; 1961 Code, § 16-27; 37-76-82.)

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17. For similar state law, see Va. Code Ann., § 46.3-886.