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Railroad-highway Crossings

Railroad-Highway Crossings for a school bus covers the stop, look, and listen procedure required at most crossings (49 CFR 392.10(a), with limited exceptions in 392.10(b)), drawn from the knowledge area at 49 CFR 383.123(a)(2)(iii).

Practice Railroad-highway Crossings

3 Questions

  1. 49 CFR 392.10 requires the driver of a bus transporting passengers to stop at every railroad grade crossing. Which of the following does that regulation itself list as an exception to the stop?
  2. A school bus approaches a railroad crossing with a traffic signal or a stop sign on the far side. How much room does school bus guidance say the bus needs beyond the tracks before it starts across?
  3. A school bus has already started across a railroad crossing when the gate ahead of it begins to come down. What does school bus guidance say to do?