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Sharing the roadQuestion 191 of 296

Your car stalls on a railway crossing. What must you do first?

  1. Stay in the car and try to restart it
  2. Put on your hazard lights and wait for help
  3. Send one person to push the car while others stay in it
  4. Move everyone out of the car and well away from the tracks
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Correct answer: Move everyone out of the car and well away from the tracks

Get everyone out and away from the tracks and the car first. Then watch for a train in both directions.

Source: Nova Scotia Driver's Handbook (Service Nova Scotia, 2000, reprinted with revisions to 2017), Chapter 3, Signs, Pavement Markings, and Work Zones: Railway crossings, page 82

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Questions last reviewed: 18 October 2026