1. Regulations
  2. title 49
  3. chapter II
  4. part 222
  5. appendix AppendixG

Appendix G - Appendix G to Part 222—Excess Risk Estimates for Public Highway-Rail Grade Crossings

Ban Effects/Train Horn Effectiveness

[Summary table]

Warning type Excess risk estimate Nation (Except Florida East Coast Railway and Chicago Region Crossings)Passive74.9. Flashers only30.9. Flashers with gates66.8. Florida East Coast Railway CrossingsFlashers with gates90.9. Chicago Region CrossingsPassiveTo be determined. Flashers onlyTo be determined. Flashers with gatesTo be determined.
Note One:

The warning type column reflects primary warning device types. FRA is aware that a variety of arrangements are in place at individual crossings.

 Note Two:

The “excess risk estimate” is a figure that represents the amount by which collision frequency has been estimated to increase when routine locomotive horn sounding is restricted at public highway-rail grade crossings.

 [74 FR 46394, Sept. 9, 2009]

AUTHORITY: 49 U.S.C. 20103, 20107, 20153, 21301, 21304; 28 U.S.C. 2461 note; and 49 CFR 1.89.

SOURCE: 71 FR 47634, Aug. 17, 2006, unless otherwise noted.