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In this situation you encounter the sign “Level crossing with a railway with barriers or semi‑barriers”, which warns you that you are approaching a level crossing with a railway with barriers or semi‑barriers, a place where you have the obligation to reduce the speed of travel.
Therefore, in the given situation you must drive with reduced speed and, even if the barriers are raised and you are allowed to pass, you must make sure that from the left side or from the right side no railway vehicle is moving, after which cross the railway.
The correct answer is: A
OUG* - Article 60
(1) Participants in traffic must show increased prudence when approaching and crossing the lines of current or industrial railway, as the case may be.
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Regulation** - Article 71
(1) The signalling of the 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 lowering or raising.
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 138
(1) The driver of the vehicle is obliged to stop when:
a) the barriers or the semi‑barriers are lowered, in the process of lowering or of raising;
b) the signal with red lights and/or the sound signal are functioning;
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 in paragraph (1) letter c) or, as the case may be, before the stop marking or before the barriers or the 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 Traffic Code)
** Regulation = REGULATION for the implementation of OUG 195/2002 updated (Road Traffic Code Regulation)
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