The state transportation commission and local authorities with the approval of the state transportation commission are hereby 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.
History: 1953 Comp., § 64-7-342, enacted by Laws 1978, ch. 35, § 446; 2003, ch. 142, § 21.
ANNOTATIONSCross references. — For the penalty assessment for violation, see 66-8-116 NMSA 1978.
The 2003 amendment, effective July 1, 2003, substituted "transportation commission" for "highway commission".
Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — 65 Am. Jur. 2d Railroads § 335.
Duty of automobilist to shut off motor at railroad crossing, 54 A.L.R. 542.
Duty of driver whose view is obstructed to stop at railroad crossing before crossing, 56 A.L.R. 647, 91 A.L.R. 1055.
75 C.J.S. Railroads § 773.