O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 46-8-194 (2019)

Erection and maintenance of crossbuck signs at highway grade crossings; conformance of signs to Department of Transportation standards

✓ 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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By July 31, 1976, each railroad company shall erect and continue to maintain a reflectorized railroad crossbuck sign at each grade crossing where a railroad crossbuck sign is required by Georgia law to be erected. Such reflectorized railroad crossbuck signs shall conform to standards established by the Georgia Department of Transportation.

History

(Ga. L. 1973, p. 97, § 1.)

Annotations

Cross references. - For further provisions regarding installation of protective devices at grade crossings, § 32-6-200, 32-6-202. JUDICIAL DECISIONS Cited in Johnson v. UPS, 616 F.2d 161 (5th Cir. 1980). RESEARCH REFERENCES Am. Jur. 2d. - 65 Am. Jur. 2d, Railroads, § 271.

C.J.S. - 74 C.J.S., Railroads, § 821 et seq.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 2 cases, 1984–1991 · leading case: Cent. of Georgia R.R. v. Markert, 410 S.E.2d 437 (Ga. Ct. App. 1991).

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Cent. of Georgia R.R. v. Markert, 410 S.E.2d 437 (Ga. Ct. App. 1991). · cites it 4× “Since the duty of the railroad is not spelled out in the law with respect to its crossing of private ways, so that its breach would be negligence per se, the duty with respect to warning devices would involve the exercise of reasonable or ordinary care, as the majority states.”

Westinghouse Elec. Corp. v. Williams, 325 S.E.2d 460 (Ga. Ct. App. 1984). · cites it 2× “The railroad company must also build and maintain cattleguards (OCGA § 46-8-129), and crossbuck signs (OCGA § 46-8-194). The Code also provides that it is within the exclusive province of the Public Service Commission to determine the reasonable rates and charges to be imposed…”

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