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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
2nd Session of the 58th Legislature (2022)
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
FOR
HOUSE BILL NO. 4150 By: Luttrell
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
An Act relating to transportation; amending 47 O.S.
2021, Section 11-701, which relates to obedience to
signal indicating approach of tr ain; modifying
certain requirements for vehicle drivers at railroad
crossings; amending 47 O.S. 2021, Section 1 1-702,
which relates to commercial motor vehicles and buses
at railroad crossings; modifying certain requirements
for bus drivers at railroad crossings; and provid ing
an effective date.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLA HOMA:
SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 47 O.S. 2 021, Section 11-701, is
amended to read as follows:
Section 11-701. A. Whenever any person driving a vehicle
approaches a railroad grade crossing under any of the circumstances
stated in this section, the driver of such vehicle shall stop within
fifty (50) feet but not less than fifteen (1 5) feet from the nearest
rail of such railroad, and shall not proceed until he can do so
safely. The foregoing requirements shall apply when:
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1. A clearly visible electric or mechanical signal device gives
warning of the immediate approach of a railroad train or other on-
track equipment;
2. A crossing gate is lowered or when a human flagman gives or
continues to give a signal of the approach or passage of a railroad
train or other on-track equipment;
3. A railroad train or other on-track equipment approaching
within approximately one thousand five hundred (1,500) feet of the
highway crossing emits a signal audible from such distance and such
railroad train or other on-track equipment, by reason of its speed
or nearness to such crossing, is an immediate h azard;
4. An approaching railroad train or other on-track equipment is
plainly visible and is in hazardous p roximity to such crossing; or
5. The tracks at the crossing are not clear.
B. 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 or fail to obey
the directions of a law enforce ment officer at the crossing.
C. The operator of any Class A, B, or C commercial vehicle not
required to stop at all railroad crossings, as prescribed in Section
11-702 of this title, shall slow down and che ck that the tracks are
clear of an approaching t rain.
SECTION 2. AMENDATORY 47 O.S. 2021, Section 11 -702, is
amended to read as follows:
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Section 11-702. A. The driver of a bus as defined in Section
1-105 of this title, whether the bus is occupied or unoccupied by
passengers, shall not cross a railroad track or t racks at grade
unless the driver stops the bus within fifty (5 0) feet of, and not
closer than fifteen (15) feet to, the tracks, listens and looks in
each direction along the tracks for an approaching train or other
on-track equipment, and ascertains that n o train or other on-track
equipment is approaching. When it i s safe to do so, the driver may
drive the bus across the tracks in a gear that permits the bus to
complete the crossing without a change of gears. The driver shall
not shift gears while crossin g the tracks.
B. Any commercial motor vehicle as defined in 4 9 C.F.R.,
Section 390.5, shall comply with the railroad crossing provisions as
prescribed in 49 C.F.R., Section 392.10.
SECTION 3. This act shall become effective November 1, 2022.
58-2-10967 JBH 03/03/22