Revision question · Incidents, accidents and emergencies

What should you do first if your vehicle has broken down on an automatic railway level crossing?

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Answer options

Get everyone out of the vehicle and clear of the crossing

Telephone your vehicle recovery service to move it

Walk along the track to give warning to any approaching trains

Try to push the vehicle clear of the crossing as soon as possible

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Get everyone out of the vehicle and clear of the crossingThis was the right answer

First, get yourself and anyone else well away from the crossing. If there’s a railway telephone, use that to get instructions from the signal operator. Then, if there’s time, move the vehicle clear of the crossing.

Reviewed reading for this question

Rule 299Highway Code rule · Get everyone out and clear first, then use the railway telephone and follow instructions; do not delay evacuation while warning signals begin.

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