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Safety at railway crossings - do you make the grade?

1. A freight train with 50 cars is travelling 50 km/h. What distance does it require to stop?

a. 300 m
b. 1 km
c. 1.6 km
d. 2.4 km

2. A passenger train with eight cars is travelling 130 km/h. What distance does it require to stop?

a. 300 m
b. 1 km
c. 1.6 km
d. 2.4 km

3. You are driving across train tracks. The lights start flashing and the gates are coming down.
You should:

a. keep going
b. abandon car.
c. stop.
d. back up

4. It's okay for you to cross as soon as the last car of the train has cleared the crossing.

a. True
b. False

5. A train whistle sounding two long, one short, and one long blast means:

a. all clear, proceed.
b. the engineer is saying hello to a passing train.
c. stop; a train is approaching the crossing.
d. the train is about to stop

6. A train should be expected on any track at any time.

a. True.
b. False .

7. Most highway/rail crossing collisions involve drivers living how far from the crossing?

a. within 10 km.
b. within 40 km
c. 40 to 100 km .
d.over 100 km

8. It is usually safe to drive around gates.

a.True.
b. False.

9. If you stall on the tracks when a train is approaching, get away from your car immediately.

a. True
b. False.

10. The most common contributing factor in vehicle-train crashes is:

a. the inability of the train to stop.
b. weather conditions.
c. intoxication.
d. driver error.

Safety Canada (April 2000)

Safety at Highway/Rail Crossings

Railway Safety (July 2005)