Effective: September 29, 2013
Latest Legislation: House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly
(A) No person in charge of a locomotive shall fail to bring the locomotive to a full stop at least two hundred feet before arriving at a crossing with another track, or proceed through the crossing before signaled to do so or before the way is clear.
(B)(1) Whoever violates this section or fails to comply with division (B)(1) of section 4955.32 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree. If the violation or failure to comply causes physical harm to any person, whoever violates this section or fails to comply with division (B)(1) of section 4955.32 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree.
(2) With respect to a charge of violating division (B)(1) of this section for a failure to comply with division (B)(1) of section 4955.32 of the Revised Code, it is an affirmative defense that an alternative audible warning system described in division (B)(2) of that section was activated.
Structure Ohio Revised Code
Chapter 4999 | Crimes Relating to Railroads
Section 4999.01 | Drawing, Driving, or Moving Vehicle on Railroad Track.
Section 4999.02 | Climbing Upon Railroad Cars.
Section 4999.03 | Riding or Driving Into Enclosures of Railroads.
Section 4999.04 | Failure to Stop.
Section 4999.05 | Flagmen on Railroads.
Section 4999.06 | Running Passenger Trains With Less Than Full Crew.
Section 4999.10 | Constructing Bridges Over Tracks.
Section 4999.11 | Mail Cranes - Livestock Chutes.
Section 4999.13 | Couplers and Brakes on Railroads.
Section 4999.16 | Examination of Employee for Color Blindness.
Section 4999.17 | Discipline or Discharge of Employee Without Hearing.
Section 4999.18 | Demanding Compensation When Telegraph or Telephone Wires Not Working.
Section 4999.19 | Diverting Freight.
Section 4999.20 | Seniority Roster Date of Railroad Employee.