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Your vehicle stalls on the tracks and a train is approaching. What should you do?
- A.Stay in the cab and keep trying to restart
- B.Stand on the tracks and wave the train down
- C.Push the vehicle off by hand
- D.Get everyone out, and move away from the tracks at a 45-degree angle in the direction of the approaching train
Correct answer
D. Get everyone out, and move away from the tracks at a 45-degree angle in the direction of the approaching train
Why
A train cannot stop in time, so people matter more than the vehicle. Moving at 45 degrees toward the approaching train's direction takes you out of the path of debris, which is thrown forward and outward when the train hits the vehicle.
Manual topic: Safe Driving - Railroad Crossings · From the General Knowledge practice bank (GK-099).