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Why should a driver never attempt to race a passenger vehicle across railroad tracks ahead of an approaching train, even if it seems like there is enough time?

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Racing a train is always completely safe as long as the vehicle can reach highway speed, since most trains travel well under that speed
Trains always stop immediately once a driver is visible on the tracks
This concern applies only to trains traveling faster than 60 mph
Trains are much heavier and take far longer to stop than most drivers expect, making the actual margin narrower than it appears

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Correct answer to question 150 (Passenger): Trains are much heavier and take far longer to stop than most drivers expect, making the actual margin narrower than it appears

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Trains are extremely heavy and cannot stop quickly even if the engineer sees a vehicle on the tracks, so the apparent time margin before a train arrives is often much narrower in reality than it looks from a driver's perspective.

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