In the situation presented, are you approaching a level crossing without a barrier?
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Correct answer
NO
Explanation
In the video you are driving along a suburban street among buildings, behind an orange car, and you pass on the right warning sign A-9 "level crossing with barriers" with a fence symbol on a yellow-green background, and next to it marker post G-1a with three stripes. You are not approaching a level crossing without barriers - the sign announces a crossing equipped with barriers or half-barriers. The answer is: no.
The Regulation on road signs and signals states that sign A-9 "level crossing with barriers" warns of a level crossing equipped with barriers or half-barriers, and sign A-10 "level crossing without barriers" - with a locomotive symbol - warns of a crossing equipped with neither barriers nor half-barriers. Marker post G-1a with three stripes stands next to the warning sign, furthest from the tracks, and the next posts with two stripes and one stripe count down two thirds and one third of this distance. Telling the two signs apart matters in practice: at a crossing with barriers, a barrier that is lowered or being raised means no entry, but the Road Traffic Act still requires you to exercise particular caution and make sure that no train is approaching - barriers are sometimes left open because of a fault.
Legal basis: § 6 para. 1 and 2 and § 78 para. 1 and 2 of the Regulation on road signs and signals; Art. 28 para. 1 of the Road Traffic Act (Prawo o ruchu drogowym)