Railway crossings
MTO Driver’s Handbook: Safe and Responsible Driving, Stopping at railway crossings
Every railway crossing on a public road in Ontario is marked with a large red and white “X” sign. Watch for it, and for yellow advance warning signs and large “X” markings on the pavement ahead of the crossing. Some crossings have flashing signal lights, some have gates or barriers, and some less-travelled ones have stop signs. A train can take up to two kilometres to stop under full emergency braking.
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Practice questions on this card
- ON-627Under full emergency braking, how far can a train need to stop?
- ON-628A train is coming and the crossing has a gate. Where do you stop?
- ON-629Your vehicle stalls on the tracks and a train is coming. What should you do?
- ON-630Which vehicles must stop at every railway crossing, even where there are gates or signal lights?