If an approaching train is near enough or going fast enough to be a danger, you must:
- Slow down and proceed with caution.
- Not cross the tracks until the train has completely passed. ✓
- Cross the tracks at your own risk.
- Find an alternative route across tracks.
Answer: B. Not cross the tracks until the train has completely passed.
You must not cross the tracks until the train has completely passed.
Why this is the answer
The Florida handbook says you must stop at a railroad crossing when a train is clearly visible, and it warns that trains are often moving faster than they look and cannot stop quickly. That means slowing down and going ahead with care is not the rule when a train is close or fast. You wait and do not cross until the train has passed.
Why the other answers are wrong
- A. Slow down and proceed with caution. — Slowing down and continuing with caution still puts you on the tracks while a train is approaching, and the handbook requires a stop when a train is clearly visible.
- C. Cross the tracks at your own risk. — Crossing at your own risk ignores the handbook's warning that you must stop for a clearly visible train and should not try to beat it.
- D. Find an alternative route across tracks. — The passages tell you to stop and wait at the crossing; they do not say to look for another route across the tracks.
Remember it
A train you can see is a stop sign, not a guess.