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In this situation you encounter the sign “Level crossing with the railway with barriers or semi‑barriers” which warns you that you are approaching a level crossing with a railway with barriers or semi‑barriers, and the “Additional panel with three lines” informs you that the distance to the railway is 150 meters.
Situation in which you are obliged to reduce the driving speed and, even if the barriers are raised you must make sure that from the left side or from the right side no railway vehicle is moving.
The correct answer is: A
OUG* - Article 60
(1) Traffic participants must show increased caution when approaching and crossing current or industrial railway lines, as the case may be.
(2) At the level crossing with a current railway, provided with barriers or semi‑barriers, the drivers of vehicles are obliged to stop at the sign that requires stopping, if these are in the process of descending or in the horizontal position and/or the sound and light signals announcing the train's approach are in operation.
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Regulation** - Article 71
(1) The signalling of prohibition of road traffic is considered achieved even only in one of the following situations:
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c) by 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 descending or rising.
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 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 sound signals are not operating, and the signal with white intermittent light with slow cadence is operating.
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OUG* - 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 descending or rising;
b) the signal with red lights and/or the sound signal are operating;
c) he encounters the sign "Level crossing with a single railway, without barriers", "Level crossing with a double railway, without barriers" or "Stop".
(2) The vehicles must stop, in the order of arrival, in the place where there is maximum visibility of the railway 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 descending or rising.
* 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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