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 not drive around the gates at a railroad crossing under any circumstances.
Why this is the answer
The Texas handbook tells drivers to obey all crossing gates and says plainly never to drive around crossing gate arms. It also describes the correct routine when gates are down: stop, stay stopped, and wait until the train passes and the gates are raised before crossing. That leaves no situation in which steering around a lowered arm is permitted, even if the train has gone by, the lights have stopped, or someone else does it.
Why the other answers are wrong
- A. When the train has passed. — Waiting for the train to pass is not enough, because the handbook says to remain stopped until the gates are raised before crossing.
- C. When the lights have stopped flashing. — The lights going off does not by itself make it allowed to go around a lowered gate, since the handbook says to wait until the gates are raised.
- D. When other drivers drive around the gates. — Other drivers going around the gate does not change the rule, because the handbook says never drive around crossing gate arms.
Remember it
Treat a lowered gate arm as a wall, not an obstacle to steer around.