When approaching a level crossing with a railway provided with automatic half‑barriers, the sound signals and the red lights being in operation, you have the obligation to reduce the speed and to stop before the half‑barriers.
It is prohibited to bypass the half‑barrier and you continue your way, regardless of whether the train is approaching or not.
At level crossings with the railway, the reduction of the travel speed is mandatory, in which case increasing the speed is prohibited to you. You must not force the passage over the railway or increase the speed so as not to be surprised by the closing of the half‑barrier, it is possible to be caught between the lowered half‑barriers and such cases can have a tragic ending.
The correct answer is: A
OUG* - Article 60
(1) Traffic participants must show increased caution when approaching and crossing current or industrial railway lines, as the case may be.
(2) At the level crossing with a current railway, provided with barriers or half‑barriers, the drivers of vehicles are obliged to stop at the sign that requires stopping, if these are in the process of lowering or in the horizontal position and/or the sound and light signals that announce the approaching train are in operation.
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Regulation** - Article 69
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(2) At the level crossing with the current railway provided with automatic signalling installations without barriers, the prohibition of road traffic is achieved, optically, by the operation of the devices with intermittent‑alternative red lights and the extinguishing of the control signalling represented by intermittent white light and, acoustically, by emitting intermittent sound signals.
Regulation** - Article 70
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(4) At the level crossing with the railway provided with automatic signalling installations with barriers, the signalling of the prohibition of road traffic is achieved under the conditions provided in art. 69 paragraph (2), as well as by lowering into the horizontal position the half‑barriers.
Regulation** - Article 71
(1) The signalling of the prohibition of road traffic is considered achieved even in only one of the following situations:
a) by the lighting of a single light unit of the device with intermittent‑alternative red light;
b) by the operation of the sound system;
c) by the horizontal position of a single half‑barrier.
(2) Road traffic is also considered prohibited in the situation in which the barriers or half‑barriers are in the process of lowering or raising.
Regulation** - Article 136
(1) At the level crossing with the current railway, the driver of the vehicle is obliged to drive with reduced speed and to make sure that from the left side or from the right side no railway vehicle is approaching.
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Regulation** - Article 137
(1) The driver of the vehicle may cross the current railway provided with barriers or half‑barriers, if these are raised and the light and sound signals are not operating, and the signal with intermittent white light with slow cadence is in operation.
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Regulation** - Article 138
(1) The driver of the vehicle is obliged to stop when:
a) the barriers or half‑barriers are lowered, in the process of lowering or raising;
b) the signal with red lights and/or the sound signal are in operation;
c) he encounters the sign "Level crossing with single railway, without barriers", "Level crossing with double railway, without barriers" or "Stop".
(2) The vehicles must stop, in the order of arrival, in the place where there is maximum visibility over the railway without passing beyond the signs provided in paragraph (1) letter c) or, as the case may be, before the stopping marking or before the barriers or half‑barriers, when these are closed, in the process of lowering or raising.
* OUG = GOVERNMENT EMERGENCY ORDINANCE no. 195 of December 12, 2002 updated (Road Code)
** Regulation = REGULATION for the implementation of OUG 195/2002 updated (Road Code Regulation)
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