N.C.P.I.—Motor Vehicle 203.55

The motor vehicle law provides that the operator of a [school bus]2

[motor vehicle carrying passengers for compensation] [property-hauling

motor vehicle, carrying any dangerous article3 or explosives, 4 licensed in

excess of 10,000 pounds], when approaching a railroad grade crossing not

protected by a gate or flashing signal5, must (here use one or more of the

following bracketed statements as the evidence justifies)

[stop at least ten feet, but not more than fifty feet, from the

nearest rail]

[while stopped, listen, and look in both directions along the track,

for any approaching train and for any signals indicating the approach of a

train. Further the operator shall not proceed until he can do so safely]

[after stopping, listening and looking, cross the tracks without

changing gears and with the vehicle in a gear which does not require

changing gears while crossing the track or tracks].

A violation of [this law] [any of these provisions of law] is

negligence within itself.