You may drive around the gates at a railroad crossing:
- When the train has passed.
- Under no circumstances. ✓
- When the lights have stopped flashing.
- When other drivers drive around the gates.
Answer: B. Under no circumstances.
You may never drive around the gates at a railroad crossing — under no circumstances is it allowed.
Why this is the answer
The manual tells drivers plainly never to drive around lowered gates, and it calls doing so both illegal and dangerous. It also says not to drive around or under a gate that is moving up or down, and that you should not go across the tracks until the lights and bell have stopped and the gates are fully up. So a gate is not something you steer around; you wait behind it until it is completely raised and the lights are off.
Why the other answers are wrong
- A. When the train has passed. — Waiting for the train to pass is not enough, because the manual says you stay put until the gates are completely raised and the lights are off, not just until the train clears.
- C. When the lights have stopped flashing. — Lights going off does not make it legal to swing around a gate, since the manual requires the gates themselves to be completely up before you proceed.
- D. When other drivers drive around the gates. — Other drivers going around the gates does not make it acceptable for you, because the manual says never to drive around lowered gates at all.
Remember it
Treat a lowered gate as a wall, not an obstacle to steer around — you wait for it to lift.