The drivers of vehicles are obliged to comply with the meaning of the signals of the railway agents placed at the level crossing with a railway. Railway agents can be encountered both at level crossings with the industrial railway and at the level crossing with the current railway.
It is to be known that at the level crossing with the industrial railway, when a railway vehicle is about to move on it, the road traffic will be directed obligatorily by a railway agent, and at the level crossing with the current railway a railway agent can be encountered who directs the road traffic, but his presence is not mandatory.
The correct answer is: B
OUG* - Article 60
(1) The participants in traffic must show increased caution when approaching and crossing the lines of current or industrial railway, as the case may be.
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(3) At the level crossing with an industrial railway, signalled accordingly, the drivers of vehicles are obliged to comply with the meaning of the signals of the railway agent.
Regulation** - Article 7
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(3) At the intersection of a public road with an industrial railway, its administrator and/or user is obliged to ensure the presence of a railway agent for stopping the traffic of vehicles and pedestrians until the railway vehicle passes.
Regulation** - Article 73
(1) At the level crossing with an industrial railway the sign "Other dangers" is installed, accompanied by an additional panel containing the image of a locomotive.
(2) When a railway vehicle moves on the industrial railway, the traffic must be directed by a railway agent.
Regulation** - Article 89
(1) The stopping of the participants in traffic is mandatory also at the signals given by:
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c) the railway agents, at the level crossings;
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(2) The persons provided in paragraph (1) letters a)-d) can also make the following signals:
a) the swinging of the arm in the vertical plane, with the palm of the hand oriented towards the ground or with a means of signalling, which signifies the reduction of the speed;
b) the brisk rotation of the arm, which signifies the increase of the speed of movement of vehicles, including the speeding up of the crossing of the road by pedestrians.
Regulation** - Article 137
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(2) When the traffic at the level crossing with the current railway is directed by railway agents, the driver of the vehicle must respect their signals.
Regulation** - Article 140
(1) At the intersection of a public road with an industrial railway, the access of railway vehicles is made only after appropriate and timely signalling by at least one railway agent.
(2) In the case provided in paragraph (1), the drivers of vehicles are obliged to comply with the meaning of the signals of the railway agents.
* OUG = GOVERNMENT EMERGENCY ORDINANCE no. 195 of December 12, 2002 updated (Road Traffic Code)
** Regulation = REGULATION for the implementation of OUG 195/2002 updated (Road Traffic Code Regulation)
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