Railroad crossings with a limited view
A free practice question for the California permit test, with the answer explained.
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Within 100 feet of a railroad crossing with no gates or signals, you can't see 400 feet down the tracks. What's the limit?
The rule
Within 100 feet of a railroad crossing where you can't see 400 feet down the tracks each way, the limit is 15 mph. It does not apply when gates, a warning signal or a flagger controls the crossing.
Within 100 feet of a crossing, the limit is 15 mph if you can't see 400 feet of track each way and no gates, signals or flagger control it. 25 school, homes, shops · 15 blind corner, alley, rail crossing.
From the California Driver Handbook, section 7, page 51. This question is our own wording of that rule. The handbook and the DMV have the final word.
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