The state department of transportation and local authorities within their respective jurisdictions are authorized to designate particularly dangerous highway grade crossings of railroads and to erect stop signs at those crossings. When such stop signs are erected the driver of any vehicle shall stop within fifty feet but not less than fifteen feet from the nearest rail of the railroad and shall proceed only upon exercising due care.
RCW 46.61.345
All vehicles must stop at certain railroad grade crossings.
Applied in 4 court decisions — leading case Owen v. Burlington Northern and Santa Fe RR Co. (2005)
Most recently applied in Veit Ex Rel. Nelson v. Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp. (February 2011)
1984 c 7 s 69; 1965 ex.s. c 155 s 47.
Official source: Washington State Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Washington statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.