O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 40-6-141 (2019)

Erection and observance of stop signs at railroad grade crossings

✓ O.C.G.A. — 2019 edition (Public.Resource.Org Release 73)

Code text and O.C.G.A. statutory annotations on this page reflect the 2019 Official Code of Georgia Annotated (Public.Resource.Org Release 73, 2019-08-21; public domain per Georgia v. Public.Resource.Org, 2020). The Syfert case-law annotations in Notes of Decisions, below, are current.

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The Department of Transportation and local authorities with the approval of the department are authorized to designate particularly dangerous highway grade crossings of railroads and to erect stop signs thereat. When such stop signs are erected, the driver of any vehicle shall stop within 50 feet but not less than 15 feet from the nearest rail of such railroad and shall proceed only upon exercising due care.

History

(Ga. L. 1953, Nov.-Dec. Sess., p. 556, § 84; Ga. L. 1973, p. 947, § 2; Code 1933, § 68A-702, enacted by Ga. L. 1974, p. 633, § 1; Ga. L. 1990, p. 2048, § 5.)

Annotations

JUDICIAL DECISIONS Editor’s notes. - In light of the similarity of the statutory provisions, decisions under Ga. L. 1953, Nov.-Dec. Sess., pp. 556 and 594 are included in the annotations for this Code section. Construction of provisions. - Provisions of Ga. L. 1953, Nov.-Dec. Sess., pp. 556 and 593 (see now O.C.G.A. § 40-6-141) must be construed with pro-

visions of Ga. L. 1953, Nov.-Dec. Sess., pp. 556 and 594 (see now O.C.G.A. § 40-6-140). Central of Ga. R.R. v. Sellers, 129 Ga. App. 811, 201 S.E.2d 485 (1973) (decided under Ga. L. 1953, Nov.-Dec. Sess. pp. 556 and 594). Cited in Georgia S. & Fla. Ry. v. Odom, 152 Ga. App. 664, 263 S.E.2d 469 (1979).

RESEARCH REFERENCES ALR. - Failure to stop, look, and listen at railroad crossing as negligence per se, 1 A.L.R. 203; 2 A.L.R. 767; 41 A.L.R. 405. Duty of automobilist to shut off motor at railroad crossing, 54 A.L.R. 54.

Negligence of driver of motor vehicle as respects manner of timely application of proper brakes, 72 A.L.R.2d 6.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 2 cases, 2000–2016 · leading case: Johns v. CSX Transp., Inc., 210 F. Supp. 3d 1357 (M.D. Ga. 2016).

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Johns v. CSX Transp., Inc., 210 F. Supp. 3d 1357 (M.D. Ga. 2016). · cites it 8× “O.C.G.A. § 40-6-141 requires that drivers approaching a railroad crossing with a stop sign stop their vehicle “within 50 feet but not less than 15 feet from the nearest rail” and “proceed only upon exercising due care.”

Crockett v. Norfolk S. Ry. Co., 95 F. Supp. 2d 1353 (N.D. Ga. 2000). · cites it 4× “” O.C.G.A. § 40-6-141. Additionally, regardless of whether a stop sign is' present, drivers of vehicles are required to stop “within 50 feet but not less than 15 feet from the nearest rail” of a railroad “and shall not proceed until he can do so safely when .”

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