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7 Steps for Safety - Highway-Rail Grade Crossings

The Related Documents provide pdf and print-ready files for the English, Spanish, and French editions of "7 Steps for Safety." The files were developed for use in Adobe Illustrator. They will be able to print them as shown on the FMCSA website (with the FMCSA “bug block” identification...

7 étapes de sécurité - aux Passage à niveau

Les documents associés fournissent des fichiers pdf et prête à imprimer, pour les Anglais, Espagnol, et les éditions françaises de "7 étapes pour la sécurité." Les fichiers ont été développés pour une utilisation dans Adobe Illustrator. Ils seront en mesure de les imprimer comme indiqué sur le...

Pilot Car Escort Best Practices Guidelines

Table of Contents: Overview; Pre-Trip Planning; Pre-Trip Meeting; Modified Pre-Trip Meeting; Oversize/Overweight Load Movement; Assignment Conclusion; Quality Assurance Review/After Action Report;

7 Steps for Safety - Highway-Rail Grade Crossings (Visor Card)

Approach with care. Warn others that you are slowing down. Turn on 4-way flashers. Use pull-out lane if available. Prepare to stop. Turn off fans and radio and roll down windows. Locate your cell phone for use in emergency. Look both ways and listen carefully....

Highway Rail Grade Crossing: Safe Clearance

On September 25, 2013, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) and Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Administration (PHMSA) jointly published the Highway-Rail Grade Crossing; Safe Clearance Final Rule (PDF version) prohibiting drivers subject to the Department of Transportation’s...

Railroads' Emergency Phone Numbers

Use these phone numbers to report a vehicle stalled or hung up on tracks, or a signal malfunction. Provide the location, crossing number (if posted), and the name of the road or highway that crosses the tracks. And be sure to specify that a vehicle is on the tracks!

Highway-Rail Grade Crossing Safety Regulations

Think of highway-rail grade crossings as a special type of intersection but one where the train always has the right of way. Most people are probably familiar with the "rules of the road" from their early driver training but over time, they can begin to forget some of them. A useful refresher...