In this situation, can you bypass the barrier and enter the railway crossing after making sure that the train is not coming?
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Correct answer
NO
Explanation
In the video, you are driving along a city street towards a level crossing with sign B-20 "STOP"; the barriers are just coming down, and the signal lights are showing a flashing red light. At the end of the video, the barrier arms are already horizontal, closing both lanes. Even if you could not see a train, driving around the barrier is strictly prohibited. The answer is: no.
The Road Traffic Act prohibits driving around lowered barriers or half-barriers and driving onto a level crossing if they have started to come down or have not finished rising; the Regulation on road signs and signals adds that a flashing red signal means no entry beyond the signal lights. Your own judgement of whether a train is coming does not matter at all here - a train travelling at 100 km/h covers hundreds of metres in a few seconds and cannot be stopped. You wait in front of the barrier and move off only when it has fully risen and the red light has gone out.
Legal basis: Art. 28 para. 3 point 1 of the Road Traffic Act (Prawo o ruchu drogowym); § 98 para. 5 of the Regulation on road signs and signals