Mike's Railroad Crossing Forum

I remember seeing somewhere on the internet where someone was saying that for vehicles that are legally required to stop at all railroad crossings, if there's a crossbuck, they have to stop there, even if the tracks have been removed. They were saying that in a certain area, the railroad tracks were ripped out, but some of the old crossings still had crossbucks, and so vehicles that were legally required to stop at all railroad crossings still to had to stop when they came to the crossbucks, as silly as that seems.

Right. The only time that they do not have to stop at crossbucks is if there's an EXEMPT sign on the post.

Or if they're texting....

I used to drive school buses part time in Illinois. Nothing irked me more than these 3 crossings in this subdivision just blocks from a school:

https://www.google.com/maps/@39.7540667 ... 6656?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@39.7542518 ... 6656?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@39.7543606 ... 6656?hl=en

The only crossing marked exempt was this one on a more main road.
https://www.google.com/maps/@39.7542966 ... 6656?hl=en

Quite obvious that those tracks have not been used in a long time, however, if you were caught not stopping at one of the first 3 crossings it was an automatic suspension. Second offence you were fired.

Bus had to come to a full stop... put in neutral... parking brake applied... open both front door and side window... and look both ways before proceeding. A pain in the butt when you had 10 buses all arriving at those crossings at the same time (right after school had let out).

cabman701 wrote:I used to drive school buses part time in Illinois. Nothing irked me more than these 3 crossings in this subdivision just blocks from a school:

https://www.google.com/maps/@39.7540667 ... 6656?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@39.7542518 ... 6656?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@39.7543606 ... 6656?hl=en

The only crossing marked exempt was this one on a more main road.
https://www.google.com/maps/@39.7542966 ... 6656?hl=en

Quite obvious that those tracks have not been used in a long time, however, if you were caught not stopping at one of the first 3 crossings it was an automatic suspension. Second offence you were fired.

Bus had to come to a full stop... put in neutral... parking brake applied... open both front door and side window... and look both ways before proceeding. A pain in the butt when you had 10 buses all arriving at those crossings at the same time (right after school had let out).

That's some half-assed cover jobs by the railroad there.