(a) To give warning of a train's approach, an audible warning device meeting standards prescribed by the Federal Railroad Administration shall be sounded at least one-quarter (¼) mile in advance of each location in Arkansas where a railroad crosses any public road, highway, or street or where any public road, highway, or street crosses any railroad and shall be sounded until the lead locomotive clears the crossing.
(b) Any railroad company failing to warn of the train's approach as required in this section shall be liable upon a finding of a violation for a fine of two hundred dollars ($200) for each occurrence. The penalty shall be recovered in a civil action in the name of the state.