Ohio has had some sort of law against blocked railroad crossings since 1853. In 1999, it passed an anti-blocking law that said nonmoving trains cannot block a cross for more than five minutes.

An Ohio man died in a collision with a train after he attempted to drive around closed railroad crossing gates. 45-year-old Nikolas Thompson of Salem, Ohio was killed by an Amtrak train after he ...

(The Center Square) – One Ohio ... more railroad safety. Republican U.S. Rep. Warren Davidson again introduced the Railroad Responsibility Act of 2025, which would end railroad crossing ...