Could you put the lives or health of several people at risk by ignoring a stop while driving over the railway tracks at this point?

In the photo you are approaching a level crossing without barriers; by the tracks there are a St Andrew's cross G-3, sign B-20 "STOP" and a mirror, and visibility along the tracks is limited. If you drive over the tracks here without stopping, you may put many people's lives or health at risk. The answer is: yes.

The Road Traffic Act requires you to exercise particular caution when approaching a level crossing and, before entering the tracks, to make sure that no rail vehicle is approaching, and sign B-20 additionally prohibits entry without stopping. Driving onto the tracks without stopping at a place where the tracks cannot be seen is a lottery: a train travelling at 100 km/h covers 28 m per second and needs several hundred metres to stop, so the train driver has no chance of avoiding a collision. The victims are not only the people in the car - a passenger train carries dozens or hundreds of people, and hitting a car can derail the train; train drivers die too. That is why the penalties for ignoring B-20 and the signals at a level crossing are so high. Stopping before the tracks and looking in the mirror and in both directions costs a few seconds and is the only guarantee that you will get across safely.

Legal basis: Art. 28 para. 1 and Art. 3 para. 1 of the Road Traffic Act (Prawo o ruchu drogowym); § 21 para. 1 and 4 and § 78 para. 5 of the Regulation on road signs and signals