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When a train signal, gate, flagger, or visible train requires a stop, where should a driver stop?
Flashing railroad warning lamps and crossbucks stand beside empty approaches; no car, gate, stop line or selected stop distance is shown.
Correct answer: Between 15 and 50 feet from the nearest rail.
Why
Stop within 50 feet but not less than 15 feet from the nearest rail and proceed only when safe.
Verified against Alaska Driver Manual · Stopping distance from railroad tracks · p. 63
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