# MenkyoQuest — Question ch6_q010

Chapter: Ch. 6 Hazardous Areas
Section: 第１節 踏切
Type: Multiple choice
Difficulty: easy

## Question
When your vehicle becomes immobilized at a railroad crossing with a warning alarm, what should you use first?

## Options
A. Flare
B. Railroad crossing emergency alert device
C. Horn
D. Hazard lights

## Correct answer
B. Railroad crossing emergency alert device

## Explanation
Section 2 (1) of Chapter 6, Section 1 of the Rules of the Road states: "At railroad crossings with warning alarms, use the push-button railroad crossing emergency alert device installed on the alarm post." At crossings with warning alarms, the emergency alert device is the first option.

## Driving school curriculum
Stage 1 – Topic 6: Intersections and railroad crossings

## Source passage (Rules of the Road)
２(１)  警報機のある踏切では、 警報機の柱などに取り付けられている押しボタン式の踏切支障報知装置を活用する。

## Tags
踏切, 故障, 踏切支障報知装置, 警報機

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Source basis: National Police Agency's official Rules of the Road manual (Public Domain under Article 13 §2 of Japan's Copyright Act).
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