Dedicated to ending collisions and fatalities at highway-rail grade crossings, Operation Lifesaver Inc. teaches drivers to understand what to do at crossings and around railroad tracks.

Here are some questions that test rail-crossing safety knowledge:

1. Some vehicles must stop at all highway-rail grade crossings.

These include:
A) Vehicles with paying passengers
B) School buses
C) Hazardous materials carriers
D) All of the above

2. Most grade crossing crashes involve drivers living within __ mile(s) of the accident location?

A) 1
B) 5
C) 25
D) 50

3. The principal contributing cause in vehicle-train crashes is:

A) The inability of the train to stop quickly
B) Driver error
C) Intoxication
D) Weather conditions

4. A passenger train with eight cars traveling at 80 miles per hour requires a distance of __ to stop?

A) 2 miles
B) 2/3 mile
C) 1 mile
D) 10 miles

5. You are driving across tracks. The flasher lights start flashing; the gates are coming down. You should __?

A) Keep going
B) Back up
C) Stop
D) Abandon bus

Answers: (D), (C), (B), (C), (A)

Source: State of South Dakota Office of Railroads