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For answer  A 

Traffic legislation prohibits road traffic at the railway crossing is considered achieved even only in one of the following situations:

• if only one of the intermittent‑alternative red lights is lit;
• if only the acoustic system is in operation;
• if only one semi‑barrier is in the horizontal position.

Also, traffic is prohibited when the barriers or semi‑barriers are in the process of lowering or raising.

For answer  B 

When approaching a level crossing with the current railway, provided with barriers or semi‑barriers, if you observe that the device with intermittent‑alternative red light is in operation, you are obliged to stop before the barriers or the semi‑barriers, regardless of whether the barriers are lowered, in the process of lowering or of raising.

For answer  C 

At level crossings with the railway, the light signalling is achieved through a device with intermittent‑alternative red light and one with intermittent white light with slow cadence. These automatic installations do not include the green colour, so the driver of the vehicle cannot wait for the appearance of this colour to cross.

The correct answer is: B

Recommendations:

The complete explanation of the sign --> Level crossing with a simple railway with semi‑barrier, provided with warning light signals for the train’s approach

The obligations of the drivers of vehicles at the Railway, depending on its type - Audio‑Video Lesson --> Road Code - Level crossing with the railway

OUG* - Article 60

(1) Traffic participants must show increased prudence when approaching and crossing the lines of the current or industrial railway, as the case may be.
(2) At the level crossing with the current railway, provided with barriers or semi‑barriers, the drivers of vehicles are obliged to stop at the sign that obliges stopping, if these are in the process of lowering or in the horizontal position and/or the acoustic 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 intermittent‑alternative red lights and the extinguishing of the control signal represented by intermittent white light and, acoustically, through the emission of intermittent acoustic 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 semi‑barriers.

Regulation** - Article 71

(1) The signalling of the prohibition of road traffic is considered achieved even only in one of the following situations:
a) through the lighting of a single light unit of the device with intermittent‑alternative red light;
b) through the operation of the acoustic system;
c) through the horizontal position of a single semi‑barrier.
(2) Road traffic is also considered prohibited in the situation in which the barriers or semi‑barriers are in the process of lowering or of 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 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 semi‑barriers, if these are raised and the light and acoustic 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 semi‑barriers are lowered, in the process of lowering or of raising;
b) the signal with red lights and/or the acoustic 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) Vehicles must stop, in the order of arrival, in the place where maximum visibility over the railway exists without passing the signs provided in paragraph (1) letter c) or, as the case may be, before the stopping marking or before the barriers or semi‑barriers, when these are closed, in the process of lowering or of 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)