KRS 189.565: Operator of motor vehicle used in transporting inflammable liquids or

explosives to stop vehicle at railroad crossings -- Exceptions.

The operator of any motor vehicle used in the transportation of inflammable liquids or

explosives shall stop s uch motor vehicle before crossing at grade the main track of any

railroad or interurban electric railway, except where the crossing is a guarded crossing

protected by gates or a flag controlled crossing or operated by an employee of the railroad

or interur ban company. The stop shall be made no closer than a marked stop line or

fifteen (15) feet, nor more than thirty (30) feet, from the nearest track to be crossed. After

making the stop, the operator shall look carefully in each direction and shall not start his

vehicle until he has ascertained that no cars, trains, or other on -track equipment are

approaching in either direction.