49 CFR — Transportation
Appendix G to Part 222—Excess Risk Estimates for Public Highway-Rail Grade Crossings
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Ban Effects/Train Horn Effectiveness
[Summary table]
The warning type column reflects primary warning device types. FRA is aware that a variety of arrangements are in place at individual crossings.
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.
Legislative history
This is a federal regulation, adopted through agency rulemaking under the Administrative Procedure Act — not enacted by a recorded vote of Congress.