Can you drive through a level crossing without stopping if a train is not approaching?
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Correct answer
NO
Explanation
In the photo you can see a road approaching a level crossing over two tracks; at the right edge there is sign B-20 STOP, and just beyond it there is St Andrew's cross G-4 with double arms, and the stop line P-12 and the word STOP are painted on the roadway. You may not drive through this crossing without stopping, even if no train is coming - the answer is NO.
Sign B-20 STOP placed before the tracks means that you must not enter without stopping. Line P-12 shows the place where you must stop. Stopping is always compulsory, even when the tracks seem empty - so that you can look carefully in both directions. At a crossing without barriers this is the only way to make sure that no train is coming, because nothing physically stops you before the tracks. After stopping, you look left and right, listen, and only then do you drive across.
Legal basis: § 21 para. 1 and 4 and § 89 para. 1 of the Regulation on road signs and signals; Art. 28 para. 1 of the Road Traffic Act (Prawo o ruchu drogowym)