SUBPART F. RAILROAD GRADE CROSSINGS
§168. Equipment of locomotive with bell and whistle or horn, sounding of signals
A. Every railroad company or person owning and operating a railroad in this state shall equip each locomotive engine with a bell and a whistle or horn which, under normal conditions, can be heard at a distance of not less than one quarter of a mile.
B. Except as specifically exempted by law, any person controlling the motion of an engine on any railroad shall commence sounding the audible signal when such engine is approaching and not less than one quarter of a mile from the place where such railroad crosses any highway. Such sounding shall be prolonged either continuously or by blasts of the whistle or horn to be sounded in the manner provided by the Uniform Code of Railroad Operating Rules until the engine has crossed the roadway, unless the distance from that crossing to the start of the movement or the distance between the crossings is less than one quarter of a mile, in which event such warning signals shall be so sounded for the lesser distance. In cases of emergency said whistles or horn may be sounded in repeated short blasts.
C. The provisions of this Section shall not apply to the Kansas City Southern railroad line which runs parallel to Perkins Road in the city of Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
Added by Acts 1982, No. 669, §1; Acts 1998, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 83, §1, eff. March 1, 1999; Acts 1998, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 121, §2.
Notes of Decisions
Thomas v. Missouri Pac. RR Co., 451 So. 2d 1152 (La. Ct. App. 1984).
· cites it 3× “a railroad train approaching within approximately nine hundred feet of the highway crossing emits a signal in accordance with R.S. 32:168, and *1158 such railroad train, by reason of its speed or nearness to such crossing, is an immediate hazard.”
Burk v. Illinois Cent. Gulf RR Co., 529 So. 2d 515 (La. Ct. App. 1988).
· cites it 2× “[or] [a]n approaching railroad train is plainly visible and is in hazardous proximity to such crossing." The duties imposed on a railroad with regard to railroad crossings are set forth in LSA-R.”
Wilkerson v. Kansas City S. Ry., 772 So. 2d 268 (La. Ct. App. 2000).
· cites it 3× “The foregoing requirements shall apply when: * * * (3) A railroad train approaching within approximately nine hundred feet of the highway crossing emits a signal in accordance with R.S. 32:168, and such railroad train, by reason of its speed or nearness to such crossing, is an…”
Thomas v. Missouri Pac. RR Co., 466 So. 2d 1280 (La. 1985).
“(3) A railroad train approaching within approximately nine hundred feet of the highway crossing emits a signal in accordance with R.S. 32:168, and such railroad train, by reason of its speed or nearness to such crossing, is an immediate hazard.”
Barbay v. Aetna Cas. & Sur. Co., 454 So. 2d 181 (La. Ct. App. 1984).
· cites it 3× “R.S. 32:168 outlines the duty incumbent upon the railroad when approaching a crossing.”
Kendrick v. Louisiana & North West R. Co., 766 So. 2d 705 (La. Ct. App. 2000).
· cites it 3× “The foregoing requirements shall apply when: * * * (3) A railroad train approaching within approximately nine hundred feet of the highway crossing emits a signal in accordance with *712 R.S. 32:168, and such railroad train, by reason of its speed or nearness to such crossing, is…”
Lee v. Missouri Pac. RR Co., 540 So. 2d 287 (La. 1989).
“"(3) A railroad train approaching within approximately nine hundred feet of the highway crossing emits a signal in accordance with R.S. 32:168, and such railroad train, by reason of its speed or nearness to such crossing, is an immediate hazard.”
LeJeune v. Union Pac. RR, 712 So. 2d 491 (La. 1998).
“The statutory duties imposed on the railroad and its employees regarding railroad grade crossings such as the one located on Highway 365 are twofold. La. R.S. 32:169 requires the railroad to erect cross buck signs not more than fifty feet nor less than fifteen feet from…”
Ketcher v. Illinois Cent. Gulf R. Co., 440 So. 2d 805 (La. Ct. App. 1983).
“…error between Mrs. Ketcher and the Michel heirs. [5] This statute was repealed by Act 669 of 1982 and reenacted as La.R.S. 32:168.”
Furlough v. Union Pac. RR Co., 766 So. 2d 751 (La. Ct. App. 2000).
“R.S. 32:168, which requires that the horn be sounded at least one quarter of a mile, or 1320 feet, from the crossing.”
Rivere v. Union Pac. R. Co., 647 So. 2d 1140 (La. Ct. App. 1994).
“(3) A railroad train approaching within approximately nine hundred feet of the highway crossing emits a signal in accordance with R.S. 32:168, and such railroad train, by reason of its speed or nearness to such crossing, is an immediate hazard.”
Healy v. Nat'l RR Corp.(Amtrak), 613 So. 2d 1117 (La. Ct. App. 1993).
· cites it 2× “-R.S. 32:168 and include operating the crossing such that it can be safety traversed by motorists using reasonable care.”
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