In this situation, can you enter the railway crossing?
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Correct answer
NO
Explanation
In the video, you are waiting in winter at a level crossing with barriers; a green train passes, the barriers are down, and after the train has passed, the barrier arm starts to rise. It is still rising - the arm is at an angle, not vertical - so you are still not allowed to drive onto the level crossing. 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. A barrier that is rising slowly may stop and come down again if another train is coming from the other direction. You wait patiently until the arm is vertical (and if the level crossing has signal lights - until the red light goes out), look both ways along the tracks, and only then do you drive across, exercising particular caution, without stopping on the tracks.
Legal basis: Art. 28 para. 1 and 3 point 1 of the Road Traffic Act (Prawo o ruchu drogowym)