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What is the meaning of the following traffic light (intermittently flashing red light)?

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  1. Prepare to stop before the intersection with the traffic lights.
  2. It is a special traffic light before a level crossing. Stop before the crossing and don’t proceed for as long as the light is flashing.· Correct answer
  3. Stop before the intersection with the traffic lights.
  4. Drive faster before the crossing.

Explanation

An alternately flashing red light is a special traffic signal before a railway level crossing. When it is on, you must stop and wait until it stops flashing, because a train is approaching or crossing.

How to approach it

Double flashing red = railway, stop until it stops

railway level crossingstopflashing red

Common mistake

Treating it like an ordinary traffic light - this is a railway signal

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