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Who has the right-of-way at a railroad crossing?
The answer
Answer: B. You don't share the road with trains. You stop and let them have the right-of-way, because you can stop your car suddenly but a train can't. Drivers must always yield to trains because it's the law. The average car weighs 3,000 pounds and the average loaded train weighs 12 million pounds.
Source: Tennessee Comprehensive Driver License Manual — Section C, Chapter 3: Trains, p. 113