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SPECIAL STOPS AT RAILROAD CROSSINGS, DRIVEWAYS, ETC.
Sections:
10.12.020 Obedience to railroad signal.
10.12.030 Certain vehicles to stop at railroad grade crossings.
10.12.040 Moving heavy equipment at railroad crossing.
10.12.050 Emerging from or entering alley, driveway or building.
10.12.060 Stopping for school buses.
10.12.070 Stop when traffic obstructed.
10.12.080 Driving in a road or highway work area.
10.12.020 Obedience to railroad signal.
A. Any driver of a motor vehicle approaching a railroad crossing sign shall
slow down to a speed that is reasonable and safe for the existing conditions.
If required to stop for a traffic control device, flag person, or safety before
crossing the railroad grade crossing, the driver shall stop at the marked stop
line, if any. If no such stop line exists, the driver shall:
1. Stop not less than fifty feet from the nearest rail of the railroad grade
crossing and shall not proceed until the railroad grade can be crossed safely;
or
2. In the event the driver would not have a reasonable view of approaching trains
when stopped pursuant to paragraph (1) of this subsection (A), stop before proceeding
across the railroad grade crossing at the point nearest such crossing where
the driver has a reasonable view of approaching trains and not proceed until
the railroad grade can be crossed safely.
3. No person shall drive any vehicle through, around, or under any crossing
gate or barrier at a railroad crossing while such gate or barrier is closed
or is being opened or closed, nor shall any pedestrian pass through, around,
over, or under any crossing gate or barrier at a railroad grade crossing while
such gate or barrier is closed or is being opened or closed.
4. Any person who violates any provision of this section commits a class 3 traffic
offense. (Ord. O-97-62 § 2, 1997; Ord. O-77-86 §§ 5, 6, 1977;
Ord. O-75-96 § 6, 1975; Ord. O-74-44 § 1 (part), 1974).
10.12.030 Certain vehicles to stop at railroad grade
crossings.
A. Except as otherwise provided in this section, the driver of a school bus
carrying any school child, the driver of a vehicle carrying hazardous materials
that is required to be placarded in accordance with the regulations issued pursuant
to Section 42-20-108, C.R.S., or the driver of a commercial vehicle, as defined
in Section 42-4-235, C.R.S., that is transporting passengers, before crossing
at grade any tracks of a railroad shall stop such vehicle within fifty feet
but not less than fifteen 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 and shall
not proceed until he can do so safely.
B. After stopping as required in this section 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 while traversing
such crossing and the driver shall not manually shift gears while crossing the
tracks.
C. When stopping is required at such railroad crossing the driver shall keep
as far to the right of the roadway as possible and shall not form two lanes
of traffic unless the street or roadway is marked for four or more lanes of
traffic.
D. Subsections (A) and (B) of this section shall not apply at:
1. Any railroad grade crossing at which traffic is regulated by a traffic-control
signal;
2. Any railroad grade crossing at which traffic is controlled by a law enforcement
officer or human flagman;
3. Any railroad crossing where state or local road authorities within their
respective jurisdictions have determined that trains are not operating during
certain periods or seasons of the year and have erected an official sign carrying
the legend "exempt crossing," which shall give notice when so posted
that such crossing is exempt from the stopping requirement provided for in this
section;
4. Street railway grade crossing within a business district.
E. Any person who violates any provision of this section commits a Class 3 traffic
offense. (Ord. O-2006-30 § 2, 2006; Ord. O-97-62 § 3, 1997; Ord. O-77-86
§ 7, 1977; Ord. O-75-96 § 7, 1975; Ord. O-74-44 § 1 (part), 1974).
10.12.040 Moving heavy equipment at railroad crossing.
A. No person shall operate or move any crawler-type tractor, steam shovel, derrick,
roller or any equipment or structure having a normal operating speed of ten
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. Notice of any such intended crossing shall be given to a superintendent of
such railroad and a reasonable time shall be given to such railroad to provide
proper protection at such crossing.
C. Before making any such crossing the person operating or moving any such vehicle
or equipment shall first stop the same not less than fifteen feet nor more than
fifty 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, and shall not proceed until
the crossing can be made safely.
D. No such crossing shall be made when warning is given by automatic signal
or crossing gates or a flagman or otherwise of the immediate approach of a railroad
train or car.
E. Subsection (C) of this section shall not apply where it has been determined
by this municipality or the state that trains are not operating during certain
periods or seasons of the year and an official sign carrying the legend "exempt
crossing" has been erected giving notice when so posted that such crossing
is exempt from the stopping requirement.
F. Any person who violates any provision of this section commits a Class 3 traffic
offense. (Ord. O-75-96 § 8, 1975; Ord. O-74-44 § 1 (part), 1974).
10.12.050 Emerging from or entering alley, driveway or
building.
A. The driver of a vehicle emerging from an alley, driveway, building, parking
lot, or other place, immediately prior to driving onto a sidewalk or into the
sidewalk area extending across any such alleyway, or entranceway, shall yield
the right-of-way to a pedestrian upon or about to enter such sidewalk or sidewalk
area extending across such alleyway, driveway, or entranceway, as may be necessary
to avoid collision, and when entering the roadway shall yield the right-of-way
to all vehicles approaching on said roadway, which are close enough to constitute
an immediate hazard.
B. The driver of a vehicle entering an alley, driveway or entranceway shall
yield the right-of-way to any pedestrian within or about to enter the sidewalk
or sidewalk area extending across such alleyway, driveway or entranceway.
C. No person shall drive any vehicle, other than a bicycle or any other human-powered
vehicle, upon a sidewalk or sidewalk area, except upon the permanent or duly
authorized temporary driveway.
D. Any person who violates any provision of this section commits a Class 3 traffic
offense. (Ord. O-97-62 § 4, 1997; Ord. O-77-86 § 8, 1977; Ord. O-75-96
§ 9, 1975; Ord. O-74-44 § 1 (part), 1974).
10.12.060 Stopping for school buses.
A. The driver of a vehicle upon any street or highway, upon meeting or overtaking
from either direction any school bus which has stopped, shall stop his vehicle
before reaching such school bus if there are in operation on the school bus
visual signal lights as specified in Section 10.57.060 of this title, and said
driver shall not proceed until the visual signal lights are no longer being
actuated; but in the case of small passenger-type vehicles operated as school
buses having a seating capacity of not more than fifteen, no such visual signal
lights need be displayed or actuated.
B. The driver of a vehicle upon a highway with separate roadways need not stop
upon meeting or passing a school bus which is on a different roadway. For the
purposes of this section, "highway with separate roadways" means a
highway which is divided into two or more roadways by a depressed, raised, or
painted median or other intervening space serving as a clearly indicated dividing
section or island.
C. A driver of any school bus who observes a violation of subsection (A) of
this section shall notify his school district transportation dispatcher. The
school bus driver shall provide the school district transportation dispatcher
with the color, basic description, and license plate number of the vehicle involved
in the violation, information pertaining to the identity of the alleged violator,
and the time and the approximate location at which the violation occurred. Any
school district transportation dispatcher who has received information by a
school bus driver concerning a violation of subsection (A) of this section shall
provide such information to the appropriate law enforcement agency or agencies.
A Lakewood police agent or officer may issue a citation on the basis of such
information to the driver of the vehicle involved in the violation.
D. Every school bus shall stop as far to the right of the roadway as possible
before discharging or loading passengers and, when possible, shall not stop
where the visibility is obscured for a distance of two hundred feet either way
from the bus. The driver of a school bus which has stopped shall allow time
for any vehicles which have stopped behind the school bus to pass the school
bus, if such passing is legally permissible where the school bus is stopped,
after the visual signal lights, if any, are no longer being displayed or actuated
and after all children who have embarked or disembarked from the bus are safe
from traffic.
E. Any person who violates any provision of subsection (A) of this section commits
a Class 2 traffic offense. (Ord. O-97-62 §§ 5, 6, 1997; Ord. O-89-75
§ 1, 1989; Ord. O-77-86 § 9, 1977; Ord. O-75-96 § 10, 1975; Ord.
O-74-44 § 1 (part), 1974).
10.12.070 Stop when traffic obstructed.
No driver shall enter an intersection or a marked crosswalk or drive onto any
railroad grade crossing unless there is sufficient space on either side of the
intersection, crosswalk or railroad grade crossing to accommodate the vehicle
he is operating without obstructing the passage of other vehicles, pedestrians
or railroad trains, notwithstanding the indication of any traffic-control indication
to proceed. Any person who violates any provision of this section commits a
Class 3 traffic offense. (Ord. O-77-86 § 10, 1977; Ord. O-75-96 §
11, 1975; Ord. O-74-44 § 1 (part), 1974).
10.12.080 Driving in a road or highway work area.
A. The driver of a vehicle shall yield the right-of-way to any authorized vehicle
or pedestrian engaged in work upon a road or highway within any road or highway
construction or maintenance work area indicated by official traffic-control
devices.
B. The driver of a vehicle shall yield the right-of-way to any authorized vehicle
engaged in work upon a road or highway whenever such vehicle displays flashing
lights meeting the requirements of Section 42-4-214, C.R.S., as amended.
C. Any person who violates any provision of this section commits a Class 3 traffic
offense. (Ord. O-97-62 § 7, 1997; Ord. O-77-86 § 11, 1977).
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