Table 2-12: Warning Devices at Public Highway-Rail Grade Crossings: 2000,,,,,,,,,, ,North Carolina,,United States,,,,,,, ,Number,Percent ,Number,Percent,,,,,, Total,"4,508",100.0,"155,370",100.0,,,,,, Cross bucks,"1,974",43.8,"71,468",46.0,,,,,, Gates,"1,432",31.8,"34,296",22.1,,,,,, Flashing lights,683,15.2,"27,100",17.4,,,,,, Stop signs,58,1.3,"11,630",7.5,,,,,, Unknown,189,4.2,"5,253",3.4,,,,,, Special warning,145,3.2,"3,723",2.4,,,,,, "HWTS, WW, bells",21,0.5,"1,417",0.9,,,,,, Other,6,0.1,483,0.3,,,,,, KEY: HWTS = highway traffic signals; WW = wigwags.,,,,,,,,,, "SOURCE: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Railway Administration, Office of Railway Safety, Railroad Safety Statistics Annual Report 2000, Washington, DC: 2001, table 9-4, available at http://safetydata.fra.dot.gov/officeofsafety as of Nov. 21, 2001.",,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,, ,,, ,,, ,,, ,,,