---
kind: "section"
citation: "49 C.F.R. § 214.301"
title: "49"
number: "214.301"
heading: "Purpose and scope."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/49/214.301"
---

# §214.301. Purpose and scope.

- (a) The purpose of this subpart is to prevent accidents and casualties caused by moving railroad cars, locomotives or roadway maintenance machines striking roadway workers or roadway maintenance machines.
- (b) **This subpart prescribes minimum safety standards for roadway workers.** Each railroad and railroad contractor may prescribe additional or more stringent operating rules, safety rules, and other special instructions that are consistent with this subpart.
- (c) This subpart prescribes safety standards related to the movement of roadway maintenance machines where such movements affect the safety of roadway workers. Except as provided for in [§ 214.320](/cfr/49/214.320.md), this subpart does not otherwise affect movements of roadway maintenance machines that are conducted under the authority of a train dispatcher, a control operator, or the operating rules of the railroad.

## Notes

### Amendments

[61 FR 65976, Dec. 16, 1996, as amended at 81 FR 37885, June 10, 2016]

### Source

Source: 61 FR 65976, Dec. 16, 1996, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 20102-20103, 20107, 21301-21302, 31304; 28 U.S.C. 2461 note; and 49 CFR 1.89.

### Source

Source: 57 FR 28127, June 24, 1992, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[61 FR 65976, Dec. 16, 1996, as amended at 81 FR 37885, June 10, 2016]