§ 39-8-4 - Obstruction of highway crossings. - Rhode Island Statutes

SECTION 39-8-4

   § 39-8-4  Obstruction of highway crossings.– No railroad corporation, nor its servants or agents, shall willfully ornegligently obstruct or unnecessarily use or occupy a highway, city or townway, or street, nor in any case at a street or highway grade crossing, withcars or engines for more than five (5) minutes at one time; and whenever ahighway, city or town way or street has been thus used or occupied with cars orengines, no railroad corporation shall again use or occupy the same with carsor engines until a sufficient time, not less than three (3) minutes, has beenallowed for the passage across the railroad of such travelers as were ready andwaiting to cross when the former occupation ceased. For every violation of theprovisions of this section, the corporation shall be fined not less thantwenty-five dollars ($25.00) nor more than one hundred dollars ($100).