Author:  Paul J. Carlson, Kay Fitzpatrick

Sponsoring Agency:  U.S. Department of Transportation - Federal Railroad Administration

Date of Publication:  1999

Abstract:

The Third Edition of Compilation of State Laws and Regulations on Matters Affecting Highway-Rail Crossings is intended to provide an up-to-date and more expansive look at the various state laws and regulations concerning driver behavior at highway-rail grade crossings, as well as a compilation of laws and regulations concerning trespassing on railroad rights of way and equipment, as well as vandalism to railroad property and equipment; and for the first time, a look into the various state laws concerning photographic enforcement of traffic laws. In this edition, the laws and regulations of all fifty states and the District of Columbia are compiled into one comprehensive, easy-to-use document. This book is intended to provide a one-stop initial reference for researchers, engineers, students and legal practitioners, and those who make their living working in the field of highway-rail crossing  safety. As with both the first and second editions, this document is intended to be useful in assessing differences and similarities among states, in seeking desirable and undesirable laws and in conducting legal research. The Uniform Vehicle Code (UVC) is appended to this edition. Since it was first published in 1926, it has provided a comprehensive guide to states as they developed their motor vehicle laws. It is included here for those researchers and practitioners to use as a comparison of existing state laws to the UVC. The source material collected for this book was obtained from various online research software and from the various volumes of laws and regulations published in each state, both in hard copy and online at the web sites of the various states. The law presented is intended to be current to March 1999.

No. of Pages:  264