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Adverse Conditions & Emergencies

If your vehicle stalls on railroad tracks and a train is approaching, what should you do?

  • A.Stay in the vehicle and keep trying to start it
  • B.Push the vehicle off the tracks yourself
  • C.Wait in the car with flashers on
  • D.Get everyone out and move away from the tracks immediately
Correct answer

D. Get everyone out and move away from the tracks immediately

Why

If a train is approaching a stalled vehicle on the tracks, get everyone out and move away from the tracks at once. A vehicle can be replaced; people cannot.

Manual topic: NY Driver's Manual (MV-21) - Chapter 12: If You Are in a Crash · From the New York Learner's Permit (Car) practice bank (NYC-180).

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