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Difficulty: HardLevel Crossing Incidents

After your car suffers a mechanical failure and stops across a railway line, all passengers have safely exited. While you are speaking to the railway signal operator on the trackside emergency phone, the amber light illuminates followed immediately by flashing red lights and sounding alarms. What action must you take immediately?

  1. A
    Stay on the emergency phone until you finish stating your vehicle registration and exact location
  2. Leave the phone immediately and move yourself and all passengers well clear of the crossing areaAnswer
  3. C
    Run back onto the tracks to retrieve and place a warning triangle towards the oncoming train
  4. D
    Attempt to push the vehicle off the rails before the barriers descend completely

Answer

Leave the phone immediately and move yourself and all passengers well clear of the crossing area.
According to Highway Code Rule 299, if warning lights flash or alarm bells sound while dealing with a broken-down vehicle or using the trackside emergency phone, you must leave the phone immediately and move everyone well clear of the railway crossing to a safe distance.

Step-by-Step Solution

1
Recognize the activation of flashing red lights and audible warning alarms at a level crossing.
Identifies that a train is rapidly approaching and arrival is imminent.
Level crossing automatic signals operate with very short clearance times before a train arrives.
2
Prioritize personal safety over communication and property.
The driver immediately drops the telephone handset without trying to salvage property or complete the call.
Highway Code Rule 299 states that if the alarm sounds or warning lights illuminate, you must leave the crossing and phone immediately.
3
Retreat to a safe perimeter well clear of the railway tracks and crossing zone.
All occupants are safely out of the impact and debris zone.
In the event of a high-speed train collision with the vehicle, heavy debris can scatter across a wide area.

Key Concept

Highway Code Rule 299 Emergency Level Crossing Procedures
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