General Knowledge · Railroad-Highway Crossings
A driver stopped at a crossing with two sets of tracks watches one train pass and clear the crossing. What should the driver do before proceeding?
Explanation
The driver should look both ways again and confirm the second track is clear before proceeding, since a train on one track can block the view of another train approaching on a different track. This double-check is standard driver-training guidance, not a specific fact stated in 49 CFR 383.111(a)(1)(ii) itself, since that paragraph only establishes that safe-operations procedures generally are required knowledge for the CDL test. The wrong options share a common failure: two substitute a passive assumption, that trains do not share the crossing within the same few minutes, or that one recent crossing means it is safe now, for the driver's own active check, and the third invents a specific wait time that no source states.
Source: 49 CFR 383.111(a)(1)(ii)
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