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In the given situation you encounter a level crossing with a current railway without barriers, provided with automatic signalling, and the red lights turn on and off alternately. In this case You are prohibited from overtaking the crossing and you have the obligation to stop without passing the sign. Wait for the red lights and the sound signal to turn off, and after the appearance of the intermittent signal with slow-paced white light you can continue your movement.
The correct answer is: C
OUG* - Article 60
(1) The road users must show increased caution when approaching and crossing the 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, visually, by the operation of the devices with intermittent-alternative red lights and the turning off of the control signalling represented by intermittent white 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 only in 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;
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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 or from the right no railway vehicle approaches.
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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 raising;
b) the signal with red lights and/or the sound signal are in operation;
c) encounters the sign "Level crossing with the simple railway, without barriers", "Level crossing with the 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 in paragraph (1) letter c) or, as the case may be, before the stop marking or before the barriers or semi-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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