Rowe v. Boston & Maine Railroad

The statute relating to the conduct of operators of motor vehicles at grade crossings is as follows: “Every person operating a motor vehicle, upon approaching a railroad crossing at grade, shall reduce the speed of the vehicle to a reasonable and proper rate, and shall proceed cautiously over the crossing ...” R. L., c. 119, s. 18. If this conduct may be considered as constituting no more than due care on the part of such highway traveler, it at least is what has been called “the extreme limit” of such. Frear v. Company, 83 N. H. 64, 72.

For some thirty years prior to the accident the…