Section 21-702 - All vehicles to stop at certain railroad crossings. - Maryland Statutes

§ 21-702. All vehicles to stop at certain railroad crossings.
 

(a)  Posting of stop sign.- The State Highway Administration and any local authority with the approval of the State Highway Administration may place a stop sign at any railroad grade crossing of a highway that the local authority or State Highway Administration designates as a particularly dangerous crossing. 

(b)  Obedience to sign required.- If the driver of a vehicle approaches the stop sign, the driver: 

(1) Shall stop within 50 feet but not less than 15 feet from the nearest rail in the crossing; and 

(2) May proceed only on exercising due care. 
 

[An. Code 1957, art. 661/2, § 11-702; 1977, ch. 14, § 2; 2003, ch. 196.]