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Proposed Mississippi Plain Language Model Jury Instructions - Civil 3703
Railroads - Driver’s Standard of Care - Crossbuck Sign Only
If a railroad crossbuck sign can clearly be seen but there is no automatic electric or
mechanical signal, no crossing gate, or no flagperson signaling that a train is approaching or
passing through the crossing, then a person driving a motor vehicle must either slow to a
reasonable speed under the circumstances or stop at a clearly marked stop line, or within 50 feet,
but not less than 15 feet, from the closest rail of the railroad track and wait until [he/she] can
safely pass through the crossing.
History
Proposed Mississippi Plain Language Model Jury Instructions - Civil 3703 (current as of February 17, 2012). Submitted in 2012 by the Mississippi Model Jury Instructions Commission (created by the Supreme Court of Mississippi by order of December 30, 2008) and published by the Court on courts.ms.gov. The Court states that these model jury instructions have not been adopted or approved by the Supreme Court of Mississippi.
Provenance
- Source
- courts.ms.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-25
- Edition
- 2026-09-25
- Content hash
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