In the given situation we observe that the signal with alternating‑intermittent red lights is in operation, this signal obliges the drivers of vehicles to stop, with the barriers then lowering. In the given situation you must stop your motor vehicle in front of the barrier and wait for the signal that allows you to pass.
The correct answer is: B
OUG* - Article 60
(1) Participants in traffic must show increased caution when approaching and crossing the lines of current or industrial railway, as the case may be.
(2) At the level crossing with a current railway, provided with barriers or semibarriers, the drivers of vehicles are obliged to stop at the sign that obliges to stop, if these are in the process of lowering or in horizontal position and/or the sound and light signals that announce the approach of the 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, through the operation of the devices with alternating‑intermittent red lights and the extinguishing of the control signalling represented by the intermittent white light and, acoustically, through the emission of 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 through the lowering in horizontal position of the semibarriers.
Regulation** - Article 71
(1) The signalling of the prohibition of road traffic is considered achieved even in only one of the following situations:
a) through the lighting of a single light unit of the device with alternating‑intermittent red light;
b) through the operation of the sound system;
c) through the horizontal position of a single semibarrier.
(2) Road traffic is also considered prohibited in the situation in which the barriers or semibarriers 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 a railway vehicle is not approaching.
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Regulation** - Article 137
(1) The driver of the vehicle may cross the current railway provided with barriers or semibarriers, 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 semibarriers 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 the signs provided in paragraph (1) letter c) or, as the case may be, before the stop marking or before the barriers or semibarriers, when these are closed, in the process of lowering or raising.
* OUG = GOVERNMENT EMERGENCY ORDINANCE no. 195 of December 12, 2002 updated (Traffic Code)
** Regulation = REGULATION for the implementation of OUG 195/2002 updated (Traffic Code Regulation)
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