In this situation, can you enter the crossing if you exercise special caution?
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Correct answer
NO
Explanation
In the video, you are waiting at a level crossing with barriers: first a green and yellow train passes, the barriers are down, and the signal lights are showing a flashing red light. At the end of the video the barriers start to rise, but they have not finished rising - this on its own is enough to make entering prohibited, regardless of whether the lights are still flashing. At such a moment, you are not allowed to drive onto the level crossing, even while exercising particular caution. The answer is: no.
The Road Traffic Act prohibits driving onto a level crossing if the barriers have started to come down or have not finished rising, and the Regulation on road signs and signals states that a flashing red signal means no entry beyond the signal lights. Particular caution is an obligation at every level crossing, but it does not replace the ban - it is an additional condition, not a free pass. So you wait until the barriers are vertical and the signal lights are dark, and only then do you move off, after making sure that no other train is coming.
Legal basis: Art. 28 para. 1 and 3 point 1 of the Road Traffic Act (Prawo o ruchu drogowym); § 98 para. 5 of the Regulation on road signs and signals