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At the approach of 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 continue your way, regardless of whether the train is approaching or not.
At the level crossings with the railway it is mandatory the reduction of the travel speed, in which case the increase of the speed is prohibited to you. You must not force the crossing 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 surprised between the lowered half-barriers and such cases may have a tragic ending.
The correct answer is: A
OUG* - Article 60
(1) The participants in traffic must show increased prudence at the approach and crossing of the 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 obliges to stop, if these are in the process of lowering or in horizontal position and/or the sound and light signals which 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 the road traffic is achieved, visually, 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 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 the road traffic is achieved in the conditions provided at art. 69 paragraph (2), as well as by the lowering in horizontal position of the half-barriers.
Regulation** - Article 71
(1) The signalling of the prohibition of the 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) The 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 move 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 half-barriers, if these are raised and the light and sound signals are not in operation, 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 simple 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 at paragraph (1) letter c) or, as the case may be, before the stop marking or before the barriers or half-barriers, when these are closed, in the process of lowering or raising.
* OUG = 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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