Rail Road Grade Crossing Collision Test
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1
The normal stopping distance of a 100 car freight train traveling 55 miles per hour is less than one half mile.
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False
2
Two-thirds of all grade crossing collisions occur at night.
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False
3
Each rail road grade crossing has its own identification. That identification is an address designated by local governments which conicides with the number block and street name of the street that intersects the crossing.
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False
4
Railroads are resposible for choosing the locations where grade crossing signals will be installed.
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False
5
The train has the right-of-way over vehicular traffic at a grade crossing.
True
False
6
Vehicles involved in grade crossing collisions are often carried down the tracks by the train as far as a mile from the point of impact.
True
False
7
There are four hazards that could be associated with a train incident. They are mechanical, electrical, chemical and fire.
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False
8
A grade crossing collision may have been staged to cover up a crime such as a murder, a suicide, or even to commit an insurance fraud.
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False
9
Freight trains by state law are required to have a caboose.
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False
10
A railroad locomotive is a motor vehicle according to legal definition.
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False
11
Seventy percent of all grade crossing collisions occur at crossings where there are no active warning devices.
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False
12
In one out of every four grade crossing collisions, the vehicle is driven into the side of the train.
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False
13
When involved in a grade crossing collision, the engineer operating the train must show his valid drivers license.
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False
14
Grade crossing warning devices are designed on a fail safe principle.
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False
15
State law states that the driver of a motor vehilce cannot drive left of the center of the road within 300 feet of any railroad grade crossing.
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False
16
Event recorders are required on all locomotives.
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False
17
A bicycle which is involved in a grade crossing collision is considered to be a motor vehicle.
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False
18
Advanced warning signs at a grade crossing are installed and maintained by the railroad.
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False
19
It is illegal to stop, stand or park a vehicle on any railroad track.
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False
20
The crossbuck sign at a public grade crossing is required by law.
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False
21
All shipments of hazardous materials must display placards to be in compliance with federal regulations.
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False
22
One primary concern for the first responding unit to a hazardous material incident is to secure the scene and limit access.
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False
23
Non-pressure railroad tanks cars have tank test pressure that do not exceed 100 PSI.
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False
24
All train crews and supervisors have the authority to remove event recorder data packs from locomotives.
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False
25
Data packs from event recorders on a locomotive should not be removed by the investigating officer at the scene of a grade crossing collision.
True
False