Motor Vehicles Act Section 131 — Duty of the driver to take certain precautions at unguarded railway level crossings

CHAPTER VIII CONTROL OF TRAFFIC

Civil

Summary

Every driver of a motor vehicle must stop the vehicle when approaching an unguarded railway level crossing. After stopping, the driver must make sure that the conductor, cleaner, attendant, or any other person in the vehicle gets out and walks up to the crossing to check that no train or trolley is coming from either side. That person must then guide the vehicle safely across the crossing.

If there is no conductor, cleaner, attendant, or any other person available in the vehicle, the driver must get down from the vehicle himself to check that no train or trolley is approaching from either side before driving across the railway track.

Official Text

Every driver of a motor vehicle at the approach of any unguarded railway level crossing shall cause the vehicle to stop and the driver of the vehicle shall cause the conductor or cleaner or attendant or any other person in the vehicle to walk up to the level crossing and ensure that no train or trolley is approaching from either side and then pilot the motor vehicle across such level crossing, and where no conductor or cleaner or attendant or any other person is available in the vehicle, the driver of the vehicle shall get down from the vehicle himself to ensure that no train or trolley is approaching from either side before the railway track is crossed.