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<p><span style="font-size:medium;">The following information comes from the Texas Drivers License Handbook:</span></p> <p><span class="a" style="left:775px;top:4020px;font-size:medium;">Railroad Crossing :</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:medium;"><span class="a" style="left:775px;top:4124px;">This sign means you are within a few hundred feet of a railroad crossing. Slow down and be</span><span class="a" style="left:757px;top:4202px;"> prepared to stop. If you see a train coming, STOP. Never try to beat a train.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:medium;"><span class="a" style="left:757px;top:4202px;"><span class="a" style="left:777px;top:4451px;">Railroad Cross Buck:</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:medium;"><span class="a" style="left:757px;top:4202px;"><span class="a" style="left:777px;top:4451px;"><span class="a" style="left:777px;top:4451px;">Railroad Cross </span></span></span><span class="a" style="left:1310px;top:4454px;">B</span><span class="a" style="left:1359px;top:4451px;">uck </span><span class="a" style="left:1206px;top:4555px;">signs <span class="w10"></span>are posted <span class="w9"></span>at <span class="w6"></span>every railroad, <span class="w9"></span>highway, road, <span class="w10"></span>or street <span class="w10"></span>grade crossing </span><span class="a" style="left:777px;top:4633px;">and shows the location. If more than one track is to be crossed, the sign will show the number </span><span class="a" style="left:777px;top:4710px;">of tracks. Always slow down, look, listen, and be prepared to yield the right-of-way to an </span><span class="a" style="left:777px;top:4787px;">approaching train.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:medium;"><span class="a" style="left:777px;top:4787px;">Yield:</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:medium;"><span class="a" style="left:777px;top:4787px;">This signs tells y<span class="l6">ou the road you <span class="l6">are on </span></span><span class="a" style="left:2666px;top:5075px;"> joins with another r<span class="l6">oad ahead. Y<span class="l9">ou </span></span></span><span class="a" style="left:2677px;top:5127px;">should slow down or stop if necessary so </span><span class="a" style="left:2677px;top:5179px;">you can yield the right-of-way to vehi</span><span class="a" style="left:2677px;top:5230px;">cles on the other road.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:medium;"><span class="a" style="left:777px;top:4787px;"><span class="a" style="left:2677px;top:5230px;">Bearing in mind that the description of "YIELD" here describes a road intersection....the concept as it applies to railroads is also fairly clear.</span></span></span></p> <p><a href="http://driving-tests.org/texas/texas-drivers-handbook-online/">http://driving-tests.org/texas/texas-drivers-handbook-online/</a></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <div class="ff92" style="font-size:82px;"><span class="a" style="left:1294px;top:4429px;font-size:small;"> </span><span class="a" style="left:775px;top:4020px;"></span></div>
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