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The 2023 Florida Statutes (including Special Session C)

Title XXIII
MOTOR VEHICLES
Chapter 316
STATE UNIFORM TRAFFIC CONTROL
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F.S. 316.171
316.171 Traffic control devices at railroad-highway grade crossings.Every railroad company operating or leasing any track intersecting a public road at grade and upon which railroad trains are operated shall erect traffic control devices that are necessary to conform with the requirements of the uniform system of traffic control devices adopted pursuant to s. 316.0745. This section does not require the railroad company to erect those devices, such as pavement markings and advance warning signs, which are the responsibility of the governmental entity having jurisdiction over or maintenance responsibility for the public road. Any change in the design of a traffic control device in the uniform system of traffic control devices applies only at new installations and at locations where replacements of existing devices are being made.
History.s. 1, ch. 71-135; s. 1, ch. 76-31; s. 7, ch. 86-243.
Note.Former s. 316.137.

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Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 316.171
Level: Degree
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Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 316.171.



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Cases from cite.case.law:

LIBOY, LIBOY, v. A. ROGERO, ROGERO, CSX LLC., 363 F. Supp. 2d 1332 (M.D. Fla. 2005)

. . . Florida Statute Section 316.171 provides, in relevant part: Every railroad company operating or leasing . . . Stat. § 316.171. . . . As with Section 351.03, Section 316.171’s reference to “the uniform system of traffic control devices . . . Stat. §§ 351.03, 316.171; and, according to the MUTCD, it is up to the appropriate regulatory agency . . . Stat. §§ 351.03, 316.171, 335.141. . . .

SMITH v. CSX TRANSPORTATION, INC. a, 805 F. Supp. 37 (M.D. Fla. 1992)

. . . As to the first issue presented by Plaintiff, Section 316.171, Florida Statutes (1989) provides that: . . . Both section 316.171, Florida Statutes and the Uniform Traffic Control Manual indicate that the Railroad . . . Section 316.171 mandates that the railroad has the duty to erect traffic control devices. . . .

SEABOARD COAST LINE RAILROAD COMPANY, v. LOUALLEN, R., 479 So. 2d 781 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1985)

. . . automatic signal devices, the railroad company is then relieved from the statutory requirements of sections 316.171 . . .

LERNER As v. SEABOARD COAST LINE RAILROAD COMPANY,, 594 F. Supp. 963 (S.D.N.Y. 1984)

. . . requirement for posting signs shall not apply to railroad crossings having signs as required by s. 316.171 . . .

ST. LOUIS- SAN FRANCISCO RAILWAY COMPANY v. P. WHITE,, 369 So. 2d 1007 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1979)

. . . to the right of the DOT sign there is a rectangular warning sign of the ■ type described in Section 316.171 . . . Section 316.171, Florida Statutes, states: “Signs at dangerous crossings. . . . Section 316.171, Florida Statutes, requires a railroad to erect a special signboard at such D.O.T. . . . Had this particular crossing been designated as a dangerous crossing pursuant to Section 316.171, the . . . Accordingly, its reliance upon Section 316.171 is totally without merit. See McArthur v. St. . . .