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House tightens rail-crossing language for malfunctioning signals, approves transportation safety bill
Summary
After questions about malfunctioning warning lights and school-bus safety, the House amended and passed first substitute Senate Bill 195, a transportation safety package that clarifies when vehicles and drivers may proceed through railroad crossings; the amended bill passed on final passage and will return to the Senate.
Representative Litvak (floor sponsor on behalf of the Senate substitute) and Representative (floor sponsor) described First Substitute Senate Bill 195 as clarifying traffic code in regard to active railroad crossings and rail-safety behavior. Sponsors said the bill makes it unlawful to enter or remain in an active railroad grade crossing when warning lights signal approach and to pass around crossing gates, and it…
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