The Vermont Statutes Online
The Statutes below include the actions of the 2025 session of the General Assembly.
NOTE: The Vermont Statutes Online is an unofficial copy of the Vermont Statutes Annotated that is provided as a convenience.
Subchapter
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SPECIAL STOPS REQUIRED
(Cite as: 23 V.S.A. § 1073)
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§ 1073. Heavy equipment
(a) No individual shall operate or move any crawler-type tractor, steam shovel, derrick,
roller, or any equipment or structure having a normal operating speed of 10 miles
per hour or less upon or across any tracks at a railroad grade crossing except in
accordance with this section.
(b) Before making any crossing, the individual operating or moving any such equipment
shall first stop within 50 feet of, but not nearer than 15 feet from, the nearest
rail of such railroad and while so stopped shall listen and look in both directions
along such track for any approaching train or other on-track equipment and for signals
indicating the approach of a train or other on-track equipment and may not proceed
until the crossing can be made safely.
(c) No crossing may be made when warning is given by automatic signal, crossing gates,
flagger, or otherwise of the immediate approach of a railroad train or other on-track
equipment.
(d) If a flagger is provided by the railroad, movement over the crossing shall be under
the flagger’s direction. (Added 1971, No. 258 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. March 1, 1973; amended 2019, No. 149 (Adj. Sess.), § 38; 2021, No. 20, § 240.)