---
kind: "section"
citation: "49 C.F.R. § 222.1"
title: "49"
number: "222.1"
heading: "What is the purpose of this regulation?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/49/222.1"
---

# §222.1. What is the purpose of this regulation?


The purpose of this part is to provide for safety at public highway-rail grade crossings by requiring locomotive horn use at public highway-rail grade crossings except in quiet zones established and maintained in accordance with this part.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 20103, 20107, 20153, 21301, 21304; 28 U.S.C. 2461 note; and 49 CFR 1.89.

### Source

Source: 71 FR 47634, Aug. 17, 2006, unless otherwise noted.