In the given situation, if the light and sound signals do not function, the crossing becomes a level crossing with a railway without barriers and without automatic light signalling, in which case you have the obligation to stop without crossing the place where the sign is installed, you make sure that from the left side or from the right side no rail vehicle approaches, after which you may continue your movement.
The correct answer is: A
OUG* - Article 60
(1) Participants in traffic must show increased caution when approaching and crossing current or industrial railway lines, as the case may be.
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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 functioning of the devices with red alternating‑intermittent lights and the extinguishing of the control signalling represented by white intermittent light and, acoustically, by the emission of intermittent sound signals.
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 red alternating‑intermittent light;
b) by the functioning of the sound system;
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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 rail vehicle approaches.
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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 functioning;
c) he encounters the sign "Trecerea la nivel cu calea ferată simplă, fără bariere", "Trecerea la nivel cu calea ferată dublă, fără bariere" or "Oprire".
(2) The vehicles must stop, in the order of arrival, in the place where there is maximum visibility over the railway without crossing 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 Traffic Code)
** Regulation = REGULATION for the implementation of OUG 195/2002 updated (Road Traffic Code Regulation)
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