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(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.
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(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.
